William Dixon Browne

1897 - 1957  (60 years)

• Name	William Dixon Browne
  Birth	25 Feb 1897	Spokane, Spokane, WA
  Gender	Male
  Census	12 Jun 1900	Spokane, Spokane, WA ; age 3, born Feb 1897 in WA, living with parents
  Census	22 Apr 1910	Spokane, Spokane, WA ; age 13, born WA, living with parents
  Census	2 Jan 1920	Spokane, Spokane, WA ; age 23, born WA, nut salesman, living with parents
  Death	3 Mar 1957	Multnomah Co, OR
  Person ID	I6109	Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Edward Denby Browne,   b. Jun 1846, Australia d. 9 Jun 1920, Hailey, Blaine, ID (Age ~ 73 years)
  Mother	Bessie Dixon,   b. Mar 1862, Ontario, CAN d. 12 Jan 1928, Portland, Multnomah, OR (Age ~ 65 years)
  Marriage	1892
  Family ID	F1928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Eugene Guard", 4 Mar 1957 Death Claims Police Captain PORTLAND - Police Capt. William D. Browne, whose attempts to root out suspected Communists often tangled him in controversies, died Sunday at the age of 60. A heart condition and leukemia took his life. His Illness had forced him to retire from the force last month. Browne's anti-Red campaigns carried over into his work in the American Legion, and he was prominent in that organization's anti-subversives committees. A native of Spokane, he began police work there as a sheriff's deputy in 1920. Four years later he became a patrolman here. He rose through the ranks and became chief of detectives in 1948. Browne served in the Army in both world wars. Surviving are the widow, two stepsons and a brother, Denby Browne, Vancouver, Wash.