Adam  J.  Brown  attended  the  public  schools  of  Schuylkill  Haven  and  then
became  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Philadelphia  &  Reading  Railway  Company,
remaining  in  the  employ  of  that  company  for  a  period  of  fifteen  years.  He
then  accepted  a  clerkship  in  the  county  jail  at  Pottsville,  remained  there  for
three  years,  and  subsequently  spent  eight  months  in  the  soliciting  of  insurance.
Having  been  appointed  deputy  under  Sheriff  Patrick  J.  Murphy,  he  served  as
such  until  Jan.  i,  1914.
Mr.  Brown  married  Dora  Weaver,  daughter  of  Charles  F.  Weaver,  of
Cressona,  Schuvlkill  county,  and  they  have  had  one  son,  Russell  C,  who  is
attending  school.  Mr.  Brown  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  takes  an  active
interest  in  the  party,  as  well  as  in  everything  which  is  conducive  to  the  wel-
fare and  prosperity  of  the  borough  and  county.  He  is  a  member  of  the
First  Reformed  Church,  and  treasurer  of  its  Sunday  school,  and  is  also  a
member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  lodge  of  Schuylkill  Haven.
DAMD  lONES,  now  living  retired  at  Mahanoy  City,  is  an  old-time
miner  and  a  "veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  well  known  and  respected  among  his
associates  in  all  the  walks  of  life.  He  is  a  native  of  Whales,  born  Dec.  16,
1 84 1  at  Llangynidr.  in  Breconshire,  and  passed  his  early  life  m  that  country.
His  parents  were  Thomas  and  Ann  (Lewis)  Jones,  the  latter  dying  in  Wales.
The  father  came  to  the  United  States  in  185 1.  In  his  own  country  he  had
been  a  miner,  and  he  sought  employment  of  the  same  kind  here,  settling  at
New  Mines,  near  Minersville,  in  Schuylkill  county.  Pa.,  where  he  found
work.  He  continued  to  follow  mining  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in
1864  at  Mahanoy  City,  this  county.
