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CAMPBELL BROWN, insurance adjuster, was born in
Glasgow, Scotland, May 19, 1862, where so many successful Scotsmen have
laid the foundation of prosperous business careers. His parents, Dugald
Brown and Flora Campbell, were natives of Mull, and reflected credit upon
their Highland ancestry by the character of their lives. Mr. Brown was
graduated from the Normal College in 1876, after which he began
his active career with sixteen years in
the Clyde sugar business.
In 1895, he came to New York, and
the same year entered the service of the Norwich (England) Union Fire
Insurance Society. Four years afterwards he was engaged as adjuster for
New York City and the State of New Jersey, for the Western Assurance
Company and the British American Assurance Company, both of Toronto, and
.the British American Insurance Company of New York. In 1901, he became
General Adjuster for the Phoenix Assurance Company of London; in 1909 was
appointed Superintendent of Adjustments, General Adjustment Bureau of New
York, and in 1911 became
Assistant General Manager. In this business, involving
many difficult questions for solution,
Mr. Brown displayed a trained judgment and a judicial fairness, which
inspired the utmost confidence among his business associates.
Though a Republican in politics, Mr.
Brown did not permit party affiliations to limit his action as a voter,
and preferred to act independently in this capacity. He became a member of
the St. Andrew’s Society of New York in 1900; he served on the Board of
Managers, and was Chairman of the Board in 1911. He was also a member of
the New York Burns Society, of the New York Athletic Club and the
Insurance Society of New York, and was a member of various other
societies.
In 1902, Mr. Brown married Lily
Lefferts, daughter of Lewis Lefferts and Phoebe Anne (Becker) Lefferts, of
New York. They had one daughter, Lillias Lefferts Brown, born August 23,
1909.
Mr. Brown was brought up in the
Presbyterian faith and was a faithful member of that church. He died at
his late residence, New Rochelle, N. Y., April 13, 1915. |
