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	<title>Charles Brown House</title>
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	<description>The Charles Brown House is a historic house in Vancouver, Washington. Built 130 years ago, the house is named for one of its most notorious residents. Brown, then president of the First National Bank, came to an untimely death in 1901. Today, house holds the Vancouver office of Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson &#038; Hook, one of the leading family and estate planning law firms in the Northwest. SKJ&#038;H has restored the second napoleon style house to its original grandeur. This web journal follows the restoration process of the Charles Brown House.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bates and Burnett 50 years</title>
		<link>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2008/09/03/bates-and-burnett-50-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vince Roman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bates and Burnett purchased the Brown House in 1946 and became the first decentralized law office in Vancouver. The below photograph was taken at a party held for the two on behalf of 50 years practicing law together. Mr. Bates is holding the big gift on the left and Mr. Burnett is holding the smaller [...]
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		<title>Mary Josephine Tuomala Hilstrom</title>
		<link>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2008/07/01/mary-josephine-tuomala-hilstrom/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2008/07/01/mary-josephine-tuomala-hilstrom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vince Roman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary Josephine Tuomala Hilstrom (1863-1929) was the mother in law of Mr. Bates. She was also the maid for the Brown family for several years. Below is a biography of Mary written by her granddaughter, Mary Ellen Bates.
 
In 1946 my father, William (Billy) Charles Bates, and his partner, L. Milton Burnett, purchased the house, [...]
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		<title>William Charles Bates. 1885-1973</title>
		<link>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2008/06/09/william-charles-bates-1885-1973/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vince Roman</dc:creator>
		
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William Charles (Billy) Bates was born in Toronto, Canada on 20 October 1885. His mother was born in the United States of parents who were of English and Scotch-Irish ancestry. His maternal grandmother was born in Belfast, Ireland of Scotch parents and his maternal grandfather was a Yorkshireman who had worked on the Great Lakes [...]
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		<title>Spring Flowers</title>
		<link>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2008/05/23/spring-flowers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 18:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vince Roman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s that time of the year when the sun begins to shine and flowers begin to grow. I recently planted delphiniums, rhododendrons, mums and a variety of other small plants in our garden. They look great and make the house even more beautiful. It is amazing what a few plants can do for appearance. Click [...]
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		<title>Matt Cohen Joins Vancouver Office</title>
		<link>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2008/02/15/matt-cohen-joins-vancouver-office/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2008/02/15/matt-cohen-joins-vancouver-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vince Roman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson &#038; Hook is excited to welcome new associate Matthew Cohen to our Vancouver office. Matt graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned his law degree from Lewis &#038; Clark College in Portland. Matt brings a high energy and hard working attitude to the office and we are thrilled to have him [...]
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		<title>Sam Brown Obituary</title>
		<link>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2008/02/04/sam-brown-obituary/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2008/02/04/sam-brown-obituary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vince Roman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick and Rosy Brown, very distant cousins of Charles Brown, who live in Minnesota, briefly stopped by the house last week while they were in town for business. Vince gave them a tour of the house and exchanged email addresses. Rick is very interested in Charles Brown’s father, Sam, and wanted to learn more about [...]
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		<title>Bella C. Lemon&#8217;s obituary</title>
		<link>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2008/01/21/bella-c-lemons-obituary/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2008/01/21/bella-c-lemons-obituary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vince Roman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bella C. Lemon was the only child of Alonzo and Belle Cook. Alonzo is believed to be the builder of the Brown House, although some evidence suggests Sam Brown could have built it. Mrs. Lemon quite possibly lived in the Brown House for several years as a young girl. Her obituary appeared in the Daily [...]
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		<title>Sam Brown Article</title>
		<link>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2008/01/02/sam-brown-article/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2008/01/02/sam-brown-article/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vince Roman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson &#038; Hook’s very own Vince Roman had a short story he wrote printed in the most recent issue of the Trailbreakers, the Clark County Genealogical Society’s quarterly. The story concerns early Vancouver pioneer Samuel W. Brown. Click on link to view article and click on article to enlarge.
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		<title>Thank You Cards</title>
		<link>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2007/11/27/thank-you-cards/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2007/11/27/thank-you-cards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vince Roman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently donated photographs and other historical information regarding the Brown Family to the Knox County Genealogical Society in Galesburg, Illinois. This information was then forwarded to the Galesburg Public Library where it is stored in their archives. Galesburg was the hometown of Samuel Brown. Below are two thank you cards each organization sent us. [...]
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		<title>Charles Wilson visit</title>
		<link>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2007/10/19/charles-wilson-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.charlesbrownhouse.com/2007/10/19/charles-wilson-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vince Roman</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Frances Renewed Brown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning in Vancouver at the Charles Brown House we were thrilled to have a few of Charles Brown&#8217;s descendants visit us and share old stories and photographs. 
Charles Wilson (94) who lives in Corvallis is Charles Brown&#8217;s last surviving grandchild and grew up right here in the house from ages 8-21. His mother was [...]
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