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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

His Worship The Mayor, Mr. John Marshall Brown

His Worship The Mayor, Mr. John Marshall Brown , who has been a member of the Oamaru Borough Council since 1885, was born in Kinross-shire, Scotland, in 1837. After being educated at the local parish school, he was brought up up as a wool spinner, and arrived at Port Chalmersin 1859, in the ship “Mariner.” Mr. Brown was for twenty years a storekeeper in Rattray Street, Dunedin, and visited his native land in 1878. Two years later, he returned to the Colony, and settled near Oamaru, where he acquired a farm. After three years Mr. Brown became the purchaser of the Star and Garter Hotel, which he conducted for twelve years. He is now in business as a cycle engineer. During his residence in Dunedin, Mr. Brown was, for six years, a member of the Dunedin City Council. As a Mason he was initiated in Lodge Otago Kilwinning, and is now attached to the Oamaru Kilwinning, N.Z.C., of which he has been secretary since 1886. He is Grand Superintendent of Otago, and Past Grand Principal in the Supreme Chapter of New Zealand. In 1870 Mr. Brown married the daughter of the late Mr. Charles Glover, of Birmingham, and his family consists of eight sons and one daughter.