John Stafford Brown (1894 - 1985)

Born 26 Sep 1894 in Brewster, Thomas, Kansas, United States

Died 1 Dec 1985 at age 91 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

American geologist responsible for donating land (1966) featuring fractured granite terrain in the St. Francois Mountains to the state of Missouri that became Elephant Rocks State Park. As Chief Geologist of the St. Joseph Lead Company, he led the team in 1947 that discovered the Viburnum Trend or Lead Belt in southeastern Missouri, one of the largest lead deposits in the world. In 1959, he received the Penrose Medal of the Society of Economic Geologists.

Dr. John Stafford Brown was born in Brewster, Kansas on 26 Sep 1894 to parents Ben Armistead Brown (1862-1930) and Christine Peck (1869-1950).

John married Evangeline Ada Moon on 23 May 1924 in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

He passed away on 1 Dec 1985 in Charlotte, North Carolina at age 91.

It is unclear if he was buried,^[1] though there is one indication that it was in Cockeysville, Baltimore, Maryland.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ Burial Details Unknown: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173047701/john_stafford-brown: accessed April 24, 2024), memorial page for John Stafford Brown (26 Sep 1894–Dec 1985), Find a Grave Memorial ID 173047701; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Harold howell (contributor 47480106).

• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2TS-GHK : Fri Mar 08 07:48:23 UTC 2024), Entry for Ben A Brown and Christine Brown, 1910.