Coosa County AlArchives Biographies.....Brown, J. A. January 23 1852 - January 25 living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   J. A. BROWN, merchant of Kellyton, Ala., was born January 23, 1852, in Coosa
county, near Mount Olive. During his minority he received a good common school
education. In 1873 he began teaching school and followed that profession in
Coosa county until 1884. The year following he began a merchandise business at
his present location on a small scale, and was successful. In 1889 he accepted
R. Corley as a partner, the firm name being J. A. Brown & Co. In 1890 this firm
erected a fine stone store building, and they are now the leading merchants in
the place. They carry a stock of about $4,000, and transact a yearly business of
about $15,000. Mr. Brown was married in 1885, September 23, to Annie Hestor,
daughter of Alfred L. Hestor. To this marriage there have been born three
children, viz.: Orrie E., Clyde Graham, and Voncille Amanda. Politically Mr.
Brown is a democrat, and he is now justice of the peace for his beat. He is a
dimitted Mason and his wife is a Methodist. W. C. Brown, the father of J. A.
Brown, is a son of J. B. and Susan (Alford) Brown. The Browns are of Scotch
ancestry, and came to this country before the Revolutionary war, settling in
Virginia. They afterward moved into North Carolina, in which state J. B. Brown
was born and reared. He married there and lived there until 1835, when he
removed to Talladega county, Ala. He settled near a point called Brownville, and
lived there a number of years. Mr. J. B. Brown was an old line whig and was
opposed to the war of secession. He was a good scholar, a great reader, and was
well informed in history. The Alfords are of Welsh and English ancestry. W. C.
Brown was born in December 29, 1825, in Robeson county, N. C. He was therefore
ten years old when he reached Alabama. He received a common school education,
and taught school in his early manhood. He has been a farmer ever since. He
moved to his present location in 1850. He was married December 6, 1849, in Coosa
county, to Margaret N. Graham, a daughter of G. W. Graham, who was of a large
and influential family of Alabama. To this marriage there were born six
children, Elizabeth G., deceased; Julius A., Kellyton, Ala.; Mary E. wife of
William H. Staples, of Good Water, Ala.; J. K., deceased; W. G., Hollands, Ala.
; and Susan, deceased. The mother of these children died December 1, 1868, and
Mr. Brown on January 3, 1870, married Mrs. S. E. Calfee, a lady whose maiden
name was Kimbro. Mr. Brown served in the Confederate army, as a private soldier
in company C, Tenth Confederate cavalry, mostly in the western army. Like all
the cavalry his regiment saw very hard service in the war. He was in the Atlanta
campaign from Resaca down to Atlanta. He was at Savannah when it was evacuated,
and was paroled at Talladega, Ala. In 1888 he was elected to the legislature by
the democrats from Coosa county and served one term. He has been a justice of
the peace of his beat since the war. He is a democrat, a master Mason and
treasurer of Hillabue lodge, No. 197, F. & A. M.; is a member of the Baptist
church and a deacon of his church.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 723-724

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