1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

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was city clerk. Since 1910 he has been identified with the First National
Bank as cashier. He knows the business of the bank thoroughly, is a
keen financier, and has made a great many friends for the institution.
Mr. White served as a member of the Ely School Board six years.
He is a Republican, and is a member of the various Masonic bodies,
including the Shrine.
He married Miss Edith Baughman on June 8, 191 3. Mrs. White
was born in Kansas and taught school both in that state and at Ely.
Mr. and Mrs. White are interested students of Christian Science. They
have one daughter, Mary Louise.
Rev. James Hogan. For twenty years Father Hogan has been
identified with the Duluth Diocese in various locations and capacities,
and for the most part has performed his priestly services in the iron
ranges and for a number of years past has been pastor of the Qiurch
of Blessed Sacrament at Hibbing.
James Hogan was born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1876, and from
early youth his education was directed toward the priesthood. He attended
local schools and high schools at Killaloe, entered All Hallows
Seminary at Dublin, and was ordained a priest June 24, 1900. Soon
afterward he departed for America and reached Duluth in October,
1900. For two and a half years he was vice rector of the Cathedral at
Duluth, and in May, 1903, was assigned the parish at Eveleth, but three
m.onths later went to Virginia as pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes parish.
He remained there six years, for two years was pastor of Sacred Heart
Church at East End Forks, and since then has given all his time to the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament at Hibbing. Father Hogan is a member
of the Kiwanis Club, and is very popular with all classes of citizens in
the community.
John M. Brown. Thirty-two years of residence makes John M.
Brown a pioneer of Ely. His name is held in high esteem throughout
this community. He is known as a man of industry, reliable and responsible
in everything he undertakes. Since March, 1916, he has held
the office of postmaster.
Mr. Brown was born at Brechin, Scotland, in January, 1869, son
of John and Mary (Mason) Brown. His parents spent all their lives
in Scotland and the father was in the insurance business at Brechin.
With the advantages of the local schools of ^his native town John
M. Brown at the age of fifteen went to work in the finishing department
of linen mills, and was a mill hand until at the age of twenty-one
he left for America, his destination being Ely, where his older brother,
David, had preceded him and was engaged in the tailoring) business.
This was in 1890. Mr. Brown on reaching Ely became night clerk
at the Exchange Hotel and subsequently entered the employ of the
old established mercantile firm of the Miller Store Company, and was
with that concern through many faithful years of service. For several
years he delivered goods for the concern all over Ely, and in that
work as in other employment made many friends and had very substantial
backing when 'he became a candidate for postmaster. Mr. Brown
is chairman of the board of trustees of the Presbyterian Church at Ely
and is affiliated with the Foresters.
In 1895 he married Miss Jessie Mollison, also of Brechin, Scotland.
They have two sons, Allen and Norman. The former is employed
in the local mines at Ely. Norman is in the United States Navy, on
duty on the U. S. Prairie with headquarters at San Diego, California.