Brown, Walter L
merchant, state senator, was born Sept. 5, 1845, in Carlisle, N. Y. For twenty years he conducted a hardware store in Oneonta, N. Y., covering a whole block, and was the largest of its kind in his county. For a number of years he has been first lieutenant in the New York state guards; was president of the town board; and during 1888-91 served with distinction in the New York state assembly; and subsequently was elected to the state senate.