McIntosh-Chatham County GaArchives Deaths.....John Browne December 18 1887
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Name:                Browne, John
Date Of Death:       December 18 1887 Time: 
Place Of Death:      Doboy Island, McIntosh Co., GA
Residence:           Doboy Island
Gender:              Male
Race:                W
Age:                 65
Marital Status:      Married
Spouse:              Browne, Margaret Doyle
Date Of Birth:       1822
Place Of Birth:      Ireland
Mother's Name:       Unavailable, Unavailable
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Father's Name:       Unavailable, Unavailable
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Cause Of Death:      Brief Illness
Hospital:            none
SS Number:           none
Occupation:          Stevadore
Funeral Home:        Unavailable
Doctor:              Unavailable
Coroner:             Unavailable
Informant:           Unavailable
Date Of Burial:      December 21 1887
Place Of Burial:     Catholic Cemetery, Savannah, GA
Date Recorded:       Unavailable

"...The remains were brought up from Doboy on Tuesday night and were taken to 
the residence of the late Captain's daughter (Mrs. George Smith) on Bryan 
Street, east of Habersham.  They were removed to the Cathedral (of St. John 
the Baptist) yesterday morning, where a solemn requiem mass was celebrated by 
Rev. Father Colbert.  The Hibernian Society, of which the deceased was a 
member, attended the funeral in a body and escorted the remains to the 
Cathedral cemetery.  The interment was in the deceased's family lot.  The 
pallbearers were Alderman W.F. Reid and Messrs. E.J. Kennedy, John Foeley and 
Luke Carson, from the Hibernian Society, and Messrs. Pat Manning, Philip Evoy 
and Ed Brown, and Capts. Hanson and Neirose, of Doboy.

"Capt Brown was one of the best known men on the coast.  He was familiarly 
called the "King of Doboy".  He owned one-half of the island, and was also 
owner of the well-known tugboats Nellie Brown and Crescent City.  In addition 
to this, he was a partner in the firm of Hunter, Bean & Co., of Darien and 
Mobile.

"Capt. Brown was married twice and leaves a wife and five children.  Two of 
his daughters are residing in Savannah.  He was Orderly Sergeant of the 
McIntosh Guards, Twenty-sixth Georgia regiment, Col. Atkinson, of Gordon's 
brigade."  (Savannah Morning News, Dec 22, 1887)

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