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 74 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.