Matt Cohen Joins Vancouver Office

Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson & 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 & Clark College in Portland. Matt brings a high energy and hard working attitude to the office (more…)

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Sam Brown Obituary

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 (more…)

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Bella C. Lemon’s obituary

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 (more…)

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Sam Brown Article

Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson & 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 (more…)

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Thank You Cards

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 (more…)

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Charles Wilson visit

This morning in Vancouver at the Charles Brown House we were thrilled to have a few of Charles Brown’s descendants visit us and share old stories and photographs. (more…)

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