Ernest Augustus Brown (1912-1970) was born in Bedford, Massachusetts. He received his AB and STB from Tufts University in 1939 and 1940, respectively, and attended courses at Harvard Divinity School. In 1940, Brown was ordained as a Unitarian minister at the First Parish Church in Stow, Massachusetts. He held ministerial settlements in Claremont and Lempster, New Hampshire; Windsor, Vermont; and Stow, Waltham, and North Andover, Massachusetts. He also served on the board of the New Hampshire Universalist Convention and as president of the Massachusetts Universalist Minister's Association. Brown died suddenly at the age of 57, in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
His papers reside in the Harvard Divinity School Library. (Special Collections at Harvard Divinity School Library preserves and makes accessible primary source materials documenting the history of religion and theology, with particular historical emphasis on American liberal religious traditions. Though the historical strengths of the collections have been in the field of Christianity, other religious traditions are increasingly reflected, in step with Harvard Divinity School's evolving focus on global religious studies. Known as Andover-Harvard Theological Library since 1911, it was renamed the Harvard Divinity School Library in 2021.)
His papers consist of data on the churches he served in MA and NH and letters.
Anchorage Daily News January 20, 1996
Longtime Alaskan Maurice ''Monty'' Sargent, 85, died Jan. 15, 1996, of massive infection at Community Hospital in Santa Rosa, Calif. He was visiting his sister, Rena Suberg, at the time he became ill. There were no services held in Anchorage. His wishes were to be cremated and to have his ashes scattered over Mount Susitna.
Mr. Sargent was born March 7, 1910, in Sturgis, S.D. He attended schools in Winifred, Mont. During earlier years, he was a Greyhound bus driver in the Lower 48. Mr. Sargent served in the Navy during World War II. He came to Alaska 33 years ago. He was self-employed as a heavy-equipment worker and welder. He also worked on radar sites in many villages in Alaska. Mr. Sargent was a lieutenant colonel in the Civil Air Patrol, in which he was very active. He also was a member of the Moose Lodge and Operating Engineers union. His wife, two brothers, and daughter, preceded him in death.
He is survived by three sisters, Rena Suberg of Santa Rosa, Rose Forder of Great Falls, Mont., and Terry Hill of Walla Walla, Wash.; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and many friends in Alaska and the Lower 48. Written remembrances of friends may be sent to Rose Forder, 347 Lamp Lighter Lane, Great Falls, Mont. 59405. Arrangements were handled by Lafferty-Smith Mortuary in Santa Rosa.