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BROWN, John J. (Amboy, IL, May 25, 1883--Dubuque,IA, June 20, 1951) | Ancestry: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137542251/john-j-brown?_gl=1*12wu3rs*_ga*MTU4MDUyNDU2MC4xNjUxMjA3NTgw*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY2MzI3OTU5NC4xNTMuMS4xNjYzMjc5NjQ5LjAuMC4w | ||
BROWN, John J. (Amboy, IL, May 25, 1883--Dubuque,IA, June 20, 1951). Brown served fourteen years as secretary-treasurer of the Iowa Federation of Labor. He was also a member of the board of directors of the federation for twelve years and a member of the state federation for twenty-six years. | |||
Employed as a pressman for the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD]] and then the ''Dubuque Times-Journal'', Brown became the union secretary and treasurer when the Dubuque Printing Pressmen's and Assistants' Union was organized in 1914. He served in that position until his death. After twenty-seven years, Brown retired as a pressman and served briefly as a U.S. deputy marshal for northeastern Iowa. | Employed as a pressman for the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD]] and then the ''Dubuque Times-Journal'', Brown became the union secretary and treasurer when the Dubuque Printing Pressmen's and Assistants' Union was organized in 1914. He served in that position until his death. After twenty-seven years, Brown retired as a pressman and served briefly as a U.S. deputy marshal for northeastern Iowa. | ||
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BROWN, John J. (Amboy, IL, May 25, 1883--Dubuque,IA, June 20, 1951). Brown served fourteen years as secretary-treasurer of the Iowa Federation of Labor. He was also a member of the board of directors of the federation for twelve years and a member of the state federation for twenty-six years.
Employed as a pressman for the TELEGRAPH HERALD and then the Dubuque Times-Journal, Brown became the union secretary and treasurer when the Dubuque Printing Pressmen's and Assistants' Union was organized in 1914. He served in that position until his death. After twenty-seven years, Brown retired as a pressman and served briefly as a U.S. deputy marshal for northeastern Iowa.