Benton Co., AR - Biographies - John G. Brown
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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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John G. Brown, son of Joseph and Sarah (Green) Brown, was born January 
21, 1848. in Watauga County, N. C. The father was also born in the 
same county, is now living, and is engaged in tilling the soil on the 
same farm that he first settled. During the late war he enlisted in 
Company D, First North Carolina Volunteer Cavalry, served through the 
entire war and participated in many battles-Petersburg, Willis Church, 
Manassas, Bull Run, Gettysburg, Richmond, Stony Creek, Bellefield and 
a number of others. He was captured near Petersburg three days before 
Lee's surrender, and imprisoned at Point Lookout, where he was kept 
for three months, and then paroled. Sarah (Green) Brown was also born 
in Watauga County, N. C., and by her marriage with Mr. Brown became 
the mother of seven children, four now living: C. E., Mrs. Harriet E. 
Clowson, Julia A. and John G. Those deceased were named Susanna, 
[p.815] James and Mrs. Mary L. Yonce. The parents of these children 
are sixty-four and sixty years of age, respectively. John G. Brown 
received a common-school education before the breaking out of the war, 
and after that eventful period. At the age of nineteen he left the 
home of his youth, turned his face westward, and finally settled in 
Northern Missouri, where he remained for fourteen years. He married 
Amelia E Watson, daughter of Abner and Mary (Emmons) Watson, of 
Chariton County, Mo. This union resulted in the birth of three 
children: Rosa A., Joseph Abner and James O. Mr. Brown left Missouri 
and moved to his old home in North Carolina, where he remained for 
about two years. He then moved to Bentonville, Ark., where he worked 
at the carpenter's trade, and after a two years residence in that 
city, moved to his present farm, where he has since lived. Like his 
father, Mr. Brown enlisted in the Confederate army, Company D. First 
North Carolina Volunteer Cavalry, and served a part of the last year. 
He took part in some skirmishes, but no actual battles. He was 
wounded, and was disabled for about a year. Mrs. Brown is a member of 
the Missionary Baptist Church.