Jackson County AlArchives Biographies.....Brown, Jesse Edward 1845 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 September 8, 2011, 6:17 pm Source: See below Author: Smith & De Land, publishers JESSE EDWARD BROWN, son of Jeremiah and Mary Ann (Williams) Brown, of Scottsbro, was born May 1, 1845, in Jackson County. Jeremiah Brown is one of a family of North Carolinians who gave its name to Brownsboro. He was a planter in Jackson County and died here. He was a man of firm convictions and great stability of character. He was married three times. His first wife was a Miss Moore, and by her he had two sons and one daughter: Bridges, who was a soldier and died at the battle of Corinth; John A., and Nancy, who married a Mr. Yates, of Birmingham. Mrs. Yates, a fluent speaker and writer, has edited various papers, at different times, both in this State and Mississippi. Jeremiah Brown was married the second time to Miss Mary Ann Williams, a daughter of a Samuel Williams, one of the pioneers of this county, who accumulated a goodly estate in land and slaves. She was one of a family of six children, and herself was the mother of four, viz.: Mary wife of Col. John Snodgrass, of this place; Jesse Edward, of whom we now write; Margaret, wife of William H. Payne, druggist: Charles W., a lawyer, graduated at the University of Alabama, and now in the office of the superintendent of education. Jesse E. Brown was educated at Georgetown, Ky., and Lebanon, Tenn., where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in August, 1869, at Huntsville, and began his practice in Scottsboro, where he has remained up to the present writing. He represented his county in the State Legislature in 1872-3, and was one of the framers of the present Constitution of Alabama. Mr. Brown became a member of the Confederate Army, in Frank Gurley's company, Fourth Alabama Cavalry, and served throughout the entire war. He was in battle near Farmington, wounded and captured at the second battle of Fort Donelson, and a prisoner at Louisville and Baltimore for about two months. He fought at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Kenesaw Mountain, where he lost a leg, and was confined to the hospital for a long time thereafter. Having returned home, he studied law, as before mentioned. Mr. Brown was married November 5, 1873, to Miss Virginia F. Wood, at Winchester, Tenn. She was a daughter of Dr. Ira G. Wood, and they have three children, viz.: Zaida, Lawrence Edward; Clifford, who was born in 1878 and died in 1880; and Jesse E. Mr. Brown is a member of the Episcopal Church and of the fraternity of Odd Fellows. His position as one of the most prominent members of the bar in Northeastern Alabama is well known throughout that portion of the State, and his practice is extensive and lucrative. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land 1888 PART III. HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE. CEREAL BELT. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/jackson/bios/brown857gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb