Luke Brown is the son of John Martin Brown and Lovina Wilson Brown.
Luke married Katharine (Katie Alice) Sparks on June 14, 1893. She was born September 6, 1877 at Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah. They had a son named Harry Brown born October 22, 1895 at Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho.
Harry Brown married Eleanor Ann Martindale on October 7, 1915. Eleanor was born on December 27, 1892 at Snowville, Box Elder, Utah. She died on July 5, 1974 at Emmett, Gem, Idaho.
Family members have reported that "Luke" was a prize fighter. Does anyone have more information about this? Let me know at OrsonPrattBrown@gmail.com
Sources:
PAF- Archer Files = Captain James Brown + Martha Stephens > John Martin Brown I + Lovina Wilson > Lewis "Luke" Dunbar Brown
Photo from Erold Clark Wiscombe
(Wrestler, Luke Brown, real name Carl Lewis Campbell, Sr., born July 28 1935 in Kentucky, died November 12, 1997. Luke Brown also known as Big Boy, The Kentuckian, Big Luke, Man Mountain Campbell. Luke Brown formed a successful tag team with Grizzly Smith known as The Kentuckians.)
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