Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....Brown, W.F. 1842 - uk
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Author: MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA
W F. BROWN, lawyer, Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ga., son of James C. and Emily M. 
(Knight) Brown, was born in Carroll county in 1850.	His grandfather, John 
Brown, was born in South Carolina, whence he came to Georgia in ox-carts and, 
settled in the woods on land now included in DeKalb county. They lived in tents 
until they cut the logs to build their cabin, and they cleared the land for 
cropping. In 1832, ten years after DeKalb county was laid off, he removed to 
Carroll county, organized a year or two before, and again settled in the woods, 
practically repeating his experience in making the home he had left. Mr. 
Brown's father was born in what is now DeKalb county in 1815, and accompanied 
the family to its new home. His mother's parents, John C. and Emily (Hopkins) 
Knight, were among Carroll's early settlers. Mr. Brown was reared in Carroll 
county and received a good common school education. When nineteen years of age 
he began teaching school and continued it seven years, and also began reading 
law. In 1876 he entered the literary department the University of Georgia, and
	was graduated in 1878. He was admitted to the bar, and entered upon the 
practice
	of law in 1880, and has been eminently successful. He is recognized as 
being as
	well read in law as the majority of the profession practicing in his 
circuit, as one 	of its leading lawyers, and gains his share of the 
cases intrusted to his management. He has a good and growing clientele. No 
citizen stands higher or better in the estimation of the people than Mr. Brown. 
In 1884 he was elected to represent Carroll county in the general assembly and 
served the term. Mr. Brown was married in 1873 to Miss Emily, daughter Of 
Archey and Malinda (George) Hagon.  The father was one of the early settlers in 
Coweta county, the mother was born in Jackson County, Ga. Of the eight children 
born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown these seven are living: EarlL, appointed to a 
cadetship at the West Point Militory academy, after passing a crucial 
competitive examination; Ralph S., Emily, Paul F., Willie G., Harry D., and 
Eveline. Mr. Brown is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in masonry a royal and 
select master. Himself and wife are working members of the Methodist church-he 
being superintendent of the Sunday school. He is also one of the trustees of 
the Hucheson Collegiate institute. He is now judge of Carroll City court under 
appointment of Ex-Gov. Northen. Altogether Mr. 	Brown is a thoroughgoing, 
progressive and most worthy citizen.	



Additional Comments:
“MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA”, Historical and Biographical Sketches
by S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., Published in 1896.  Transcribed by Elizabeth Robertson 
July 2004.


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