Thompson S. Brown

At [the March 1847 monthly] meeting, Major T. S. Brown (who was afterwards appointed by the Emperor Nicholas Chief Engineer of the St. Petersburg and Moscow railroad) was nominated as a member. His recent death has awakened the sincere regret of his friends. He was a man of great ability in his profession, and had obtained a position of eminence, previous to his departure from the country, by his connection with the New York and Erie Railroad, of which he had long been the chief engineer. . . . He died at Naples, on his return to his native country, after a long absence in the service of the Emperor of Russia.

John H. Gourlie
“The Origin and History of the Century,” 1856