“The History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago: 
Western Historical Company. 1881.

Township:  City of La Crosse 


J. J. BROWN, cooper and stockholder in the “La Crosse Co-operative 
Barrel Manufacturing Co.,” was born in the city of Chur, Switzerland, 
son of Christina Brown, who died in Switzerland in 1854.  Mr. Brown 
came to the United States in 1873, lived three years in Mazomanie, Dane 
Co., Wis., then three years in Rushford, Minn., and came to La Crosse in 
1879.  He was married in 1878, in Mazomanie, to Miss Ada Coon, 
daughter of Myron Coon, of that place.  Has one child – Seaman.






Submitted by:  Diane Scott