Biography of William T. Brown, Franklin Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

William T. Brown, M. D., one of the leading practicing physicians of
Altus, Franklin Co., Ark., was born in Jackson County, Mo., April 9,
1828, and is the son of Halbert E. and Susannah (Burk) Brown. John
Brown, grandfather of our subject, came from Ireland and settled in
Wythe County, Va., at a very early date. Soon after Daniel Boone went
to Kentucky, he followed and located in what is now known as Wayne
County, where his son, Halbert E. Brown, was born in 1804, August 12.
The latter lived in Kentucky until after his marriage to Miss Burk,
who was born in the same county in 1802, and then in 1824 they moved
to Missouri, and were among the first settlers of Jackson County. They
moved from there to Saline County, Ark., in 1849, and afterward moved
to Lewisburg, where they both died during the war. The father was a
dealer in stock while in Missouri, and after moving to Arkansas he
turned his attention to farming. They were both members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and he was a Democrat in politics. They
were the parents of six sons and two [p.1228] daughters, two sons now
living, the subject of this ketch and Benton L., who is a farmer in
Franklin County, Ark. Dr. William T. Brown received his education at
Independence, Mo., and studied medicine at the same place. In 1855 he
commenced the practice of his profession in Sanne County, Ark., and in
1860 he moved to Russellville, Pope County, of the same State, where
he practiced until 1883, and then came to Altus. In 1868 he was
elected county judge of Pope County, and held the position for four
years. He was postmaster at Berlin for a time, was justice of the
peace, register, etc., and during the war he acted as assistant
surgeon at Dardanelle and Little Rock in the Federal service. At Altus
he has a successful practice, and in fact has all, or more, than one
physician can attend to. July 26, 1849, he wedded Miss Mary J. Wills,
a native of Saline County, Ark., and the daughter of Jesse T. Wills, a
native of Alabama, but an early settler of Saline County, Ark. Mrs.
Brown died in her native county, February 8, 1855, and of the two
children born to their union, only one, John M., is now living, and is
a successful farmer of Franklin County, Ark. Jesse was born July 9,
1850, and died August 10, 1863. Then February 18, 1856, Dr. Brown
married Miss Mary J. Graves, a native of Saline County, Ark., born
April 17, 1839, and the daughter of James Graves. To the second union
were born two children: Clarissa J., born March 17, 1857, and Martha
J., born July 26, 1866. Clarissa J. is the wife of T. J. Morrison, a
farmer of Franklin County, Ark., and Martha J. is the wife of E. R.
Lee, agent of the ticket office at Alma. Ark. Dr. Brown is a
Republican in his political views, and is a strict Prohibitionist, is
a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.