Brown G. Ensign assisted in the organization and has since acted as treasurer of the United Home Builders, a prosperous concern of Oakland. His birth occurred in Effingham, Illinois, on the 6th of June, 1879, his parents being J. H. and Hattie J. Ensign. In the acquirement of an education he attended the graded and high schools until eighteen years of age and then went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he was employed as a stenographer by the Mississippi Valley Trust Company until 1903. In that year he returned to Effingham, Illinois, and there served as assistant cashier for the First National Bank until 1907, when he resigned and removed to Neola, Iowa, acting as president of the State Bank of Neola for five years or until 1912. He then made his way to California and after spending five months in Sacramento came to Oakland, here assisting in the organization of the United Home Builders, of which he has served as treasurer to the present time. In that capacity he has contributed in no small degree to the continued growth and success of this Oakland concern, which has gained both prestige and prosperity.
At Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on the 7th of June, 1905, Mr. Ensign was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Donaldson, by whom he has two children: Donaldson, a public-school student; and Brown G. Ensign, Jr.
Mr. Ensign is a republican in politics and a Protestant in religious faith. He belongs to the Athenian Club and the Oakland Commercial Club and is identified fraternally with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a man of exemplary habits, strict integrity and strong personality and is well known in Oakland, holding the high esteem of all who have business and social relations with him.
Past and Present of Alameda County California, Vol. II
Published in Chicago by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1914
Pages 158-159
Transcribed by Linda Jackson 5/31/2008,
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