Alonzo J Brown

Alonzo Brown, unknown-1962: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187862479/alonzo-brown

Death notice for Mrs. Myrtle Brown, Ithaca Journal, December 7, 1914, 3.
"Mrs. Myrtle Brown, aged twenty-five years, wife of Alonzo J. Brown, died last evening at the family residence, 228 Cleveland avenue, after an illness of six months. She is survived by her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hill of Moline, Ga."

Scott-Brown Wedding Announcement, Ithaca Journal, August 3, 1917, 3.
"Mrs. Nanette J. Scott and Alonzo J. Brown of 228 South Cleveland avenue were married at 8 o'clock last night at the home of the bride's mother. Mrs. Richard Jackson, 327 Center street...."

"Bike, Smile, Inseparable with Veteran Messenger," Ithaca Journal, February 28, 1939, 3
"One summer morning in 1916, Alonzo James Brown hopped on his bicycle and pedaled down to the Lehigh Valley Railroad station with messages and passenger tickets. He has been doing the same thing every morning since."

B.M. Clarey, "Alonzo J. Brown, Messenger for Lehigh, to Retire," Ithaca Journal, September 14, 1949, 2.
"The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company is going to retire Alonzo J. Brown next month and thereby remove Ithaca''s pedal ingest person from the streets."
"...he came here from Columbia, S.C. as a young man in 1915."

"Alonzo Brown Dies at 87," Ithaca Journal, August 24, 1962, 3.
"Alonzo H. Brown, 87, of 228 Cleveland Ave, ell known in Ithaca for his more than 30 years as a porter and messenger with the Lehigh Valley Railroad, died at his home today, Aug 24, 1862."
-Member of the A.M.E. Zion Church, member and former past master of the Henry Highland Garnet Lodge 40 of the Masons, member and former Exalted Ruler of the Elks Lodge 180.