Biography

01/03/1841 - 05/26/1907

BROWER, Calvin W., a Representative from Schuylkill County; born, January 3, 1841 in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pa.; private, Company L, 60th Regiment, 3rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry (1861-1864, Civil War); machinist; engaged, foundry business; foreman, Donaldson Iron Works; elected, delegate, Republican State Convention (1886); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1888; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1890); owner, Tremont Iron Works; secretary and general manager, Tremont Engine and Boiler Works; appointed, warden, Schuylkill County Prison (1895-1898); unsuccessful campaign, justice of the peace (1901); died, May 26, 1907 in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; interred, Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.