Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and others previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Brier Brown, expert mechanic for the Thompson Auto Co., Barron, was born in Dallas Township, this county, Dec. 21, 1891, and received his education in the district schools. He learned his trade as a mechanic in Barron. From there in 1914 he went to Manistique, Mich., and four years later to Gladstone, Wis., where he operated a lathe machine. In 1919 he came to Barron once more, first as a salesman for the Thompson Auto Co. and now asmechanic. He lives with his mother. He is the son of George W. and Sarah (Peebles) Brown, the pioneers. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 118-119.