BARNSTABLE – Ernest Lincoln Brown, Jr., of Barnstable, MA, and Fort Pierce, FL, passed away on October 9, 2020, after a brief illness. Ernie was born to Ernest L. And Mary Kate (Croghan) Brown on May 9, 1934. After graduating from High School, he joined the U.S. Army and saw active duty in Korea.
After the war he did bio-research with a Swedish team in Tokyo, Japan, followed by research at the 1st Army Medical Lab at 90 Church St., New York City.
In the 1960’s he joined the Ellis Real Estate organization in NYC and began his lifelong interest in real estate management. In the 1970s his Great Eastern Lobster Company shipped weekly 3,000 pounds of New England lobsters to Europe and another 2,000 pounds to Florida and the Virgin Islands. In the late 70’s he and his partner, Anthony lnganni, established Montfort Management Company and managed condo and hotel properties on Martha’s Vineyard, becoming the largest employer there. They then…