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Note: The 1930 federal census for Alameda Co., California shows that he and his parents were born in Kentucky. The 1940 federal census for Alameda Co., California shows that he was born in Kentucky. Source: Pleasant Hill Historical Society, news article dated May 17, 1940 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Browne have been here as guests of Mr. Browne's sister, Mrs. H. B. Edelen. Many years living at Berkeley, Calif., Mr. Browne recently retired after a period of 42 years' service with the Pullman Company (starting at age 24 and quitting at 66) and the Brownes proceeded at once with a long-considered plan to locate at Rogers, Ark., where "hunting and fishing are good." They drove through, shipping their goods, got to Rogers, bought a home. But their goods had not arrived so they motored to Pleasant Hill for the visit as noted. Source: Pleasant Hill Historical Society, news article dated December 15, 1944 W. C. Browne, Rogers, Ark., was this mid-week a one-day visitor of his sister, Mrs. H. B. Edelen. He had been to Milwaukee going thence to California where he visited his brother, Ed Browne, Long Beach and sisters, Mrs. A. J. Schieser, Greenville, Calif. and Mrs. Ardis Smith, San Francisco. Source: Pleasant Hill Historical Society, news article dated December 13, 1945 W. C. Browne of Rogers, Ark. was here several days last week visiting his sister, Mrs. H. B. Edelen. Source: Pleasant Hill Historical Society, news article dated July 7, 1955 Wm. C. Browne has moved to Pleasant Hill from Rogers, Ark. and has a room at the George Dunn home. Mr. Browne a retired Pullman conductor is a brother of Mrs. Anna Edelen. Source: Pleasant Hill Historical Society, news article dated August 16, 1956 Wm. Browne, a brother of Mrs. H. B. Edelen, city, himself a boyhood resident of Pleasant Hill, is leaving town about Sept. 1 and will establish himself in Milwaukee. He chooses Milwaukee as a location primarily because his son Ralph Browne, is a representative there for a Detroit accident insurance company, but secondly because his eyes are developing cataracts (it is feared) and when it comes to correcting this condition there are Milwaukee men in whom he has much confidence to do the work. Mr. Browne, a retired Pullman conductor, has made his home here for something more than a year. W. C. Browne Dies (Source: Pleasant Hill Historical Society, news article dated September 3, 1959) Friends here have learned of the death last month in a rest home in Kentucky of Will C. Browne, Harrodsburg, Ky., brother of the late Mrs. Anna Edelen of Pleasant Hill, and last of his family. He was buried in Milwaukee, Wis. APRIL 15-1959 Word was received by relatives of William Cecil Browne of his passing away at Harrodsburg Kentucky. Mr Browne was the last survivor of the family of Stephen and Margaret Meyer Browne. He leaves one daughter and two grandchildren. (Typewritten note found among papers collected by Anna Irvine Browne Edelen) "THREE OUTSTANDING TRIPS" Highlights of Pullman Service Related by Former P. H. Man Wm. Brown, who lived in Pleasant Hill as a boy and youth, now rounding out 40 years of service with the Pullman Company, has written interestingly to his sister, Mrs. Anna B. Edelen, this city, of "three outstanding trips" he has made in Pullman service in 40 years: He was with the special train from the west which carried to New York City the body of Geo. F. Baker, Manhattan banker, who died last month in Honolulu, and had no sooner returned from that assignment when he was chosen by the Pullman Company to have charge of the special which recently bore the Snites youth back to Chicago in a respirator in which he had been transported from China, in which he had survived for 14 months and in which he will have to spend at least seven more years in order that his breathing may be restored to normal. The third "outstanding trip" Mr. Brown made was with President-Elect Hoover, west coast to Washington, in 1928. But read his letter. It is under date of July 4 from Berkeley, Calif.: ---------------------- Have just made two of the three most interesting and outstanding trips of my nearly 40 years' service with the Pullman Company. On June 10 I left Oakland, Calif., in charge of the special train carrying the family and the remains of Mr. Geo. F. Baker, the New York banker, who died in Honolulu. They had a special train from Oakland to New York. Only nine in the party and we made the run in three days. I returned home on the 17th and was called on the 19th to take the Fred Snites, Jr., special train, Oakland to Chicago. That was really a wonderful experience and I will always appreciate having mad the trip and to have talked with the young man, who has been in the respirator for 14 months with very little chance ever to come out of it, but the courage and faith that he and his father have and the affection they have for each other was certainly wonderful. The trip had been planned and arrangements made months in advance. The Pullman Company had a seven-compartment observation car, and really made it over in many ways, doubling the capacity of the batteries and the electrical equipment in order to give amply current to run the motor for Snites' respirator. He was placed in the observation room and the seven compartments were used for the doctor and the 10 nurses (eight Chinese and two Americans). Three nurses were on duty at a time, four hours on and eight hours off. The company placed two porters on the car; also, two of the best electricians the company had were on the train, one on duty in the car at all times. There was an extra respirator in the baggage car, also a gasoline engine, in case something happened that the train should get behind a washout, or wreck. Then if we could not otherwise generate electricity, we could use the gas engine to generate power for the respirator. They also had a hand pump. So were assured that that could not stop. Reaching Chicago, the cars were taken into the yards at an express depot where the platform was even with the floor of the car. In order to get the respirator out of the car it was necessary to take the railing off the rear platform; also the large glass out of the rear window. They had steel rails that were laid over the window sill and down on the platform. Then the respirator weighing 1200 pounds, was wheeled out. A truck was in waiting about 100 feet away equipped with batteries and a cable long enough to reach into the car; when they were ready to move him out the power was switched from the car to the truck. Snites never missed a breath in the change and was on his way to the Billings Hospital in 30 minutes after we reached the express depot. A wonderful trip, perfectly planned, and carried out to the letter. My third outstanding trip: I accompanied President Hoover's special train from Palo Alto to Washington in 1928. That does not come to many conductors away from Washington, D. C. So I appreciated that trip. I am nearing the end of my service with the company, as I expect to retire next February in my 40th year with Pullman. His World War I Draft Registration Card shows the following information: Name: William Cecil Browne Permanent home address: Cedar Edge, Delta, Colorado Date of birth: 1 February 1874 Present occupation: Sheep Raiser & Ranchman Employer: Self Nearest relative: Eelen Browne (wife), Cedar Edge, Delta, Colorado Height: Tall Build: Medium Color of eyes: Gray Color of hair: Bald Delta Co., Colorado -- 12 September 1918 The Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death - Minnie Browne source shows that he was born in Danville, (Boyle Co.), Kentucky. The Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961 - William C. Broune source shows that he was born in Boyle Co., Kentucky. The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death -- William C. Broune (Browne) source shows this date of birth as 17 February 1875, born in Boyle Co., Kentucky. The William Cecil Browne in the U. S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index,1936-2007 source shows his place of birth as Danville, Boyle Co., Kentucky.
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