California Biographies, San Joaquin Valley

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm

Source:
History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin 
Valley, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from 
its earliest settlement to the present time.
Prof. James Miller Guinn , A. M.
The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago 1905
Notes: Missing Page: 865-866,983-984,1175-1176


DANIEL BROWN, Jr. A man of rare personality and attainments, Daniel Brown, Jr., is cashier of the 
Fresno National Bank. A native son of the state, he was born in Petaluma, Sonoma county, in 1863. the 
second in a family of seven children. His father, Daniel Brown, was a native of Tipperary, Ireland, who 
came to America and located first in New York city. In 1851 he came to California via the Isthmus of 
Panama, and after his arrival in San Francisco engaged in the mercantile business in that city. He 
afterward located in Petaluma, and in 1856 started the banking business of that place, becoming vice-
president of the Wickesham Banking Company, and later president of the same. He was also' vice-
president of the Savings Bank of Santa Rosa. His death occurred in 1902^ and up to the last he 
remained active in the business life which had known the value of his mastermind for so many years. 
Politically he was also active, being an adherent of the principles of the Democratic party, having 
served on the state committee and various other committees. His wife, formerly Annie Ferguson, 
survives him and now resides in San Francisco. 

Daniel Brown, Jr., was reared in Petaluma, receiving a preliminary education in the public schools of 
that place, after which he entered the University of California, then the Hastings Law College, 
graduating from the latter institution in 1884, with the degree of LL. B. He was admitted to the bar and 
practiced for about a year, when he gave up the profession and secured a position in the cashier's 
office in the United States Mint at San Francisco. In 1890 he came to Fresno and for six years engaged 
in the livery business on I street, in 1900 accepting the position of assistant cashier of the Fresno 
National Bank, in which he had been a director for several years. In 1902 he became cashier of the 
bank, which position he has since retained, to the upbuilding and progress of the bank. He is also 
director in the Fresno Land and Investment Company and the Central Land and Trust Company. 
Fraternally he is a charter member of the Sequoia Club, of which he is a director and treasurer. 
Politically he is a Democrat and is an ex-member of the county central committee.