Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Brown, John C. August 1889
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The Georgia Enterprise, August 29, 1889
DEATH’S SAD ROLL
     Tennessee has lost one of her most distinguished citizens in the death of 
ex Governor John C. Brown. He first came into prominence in 1860 as a strong 
opponent of  secession. When Tennessee went out, he went with her, entered the 
army and rose to the rank of major general. He received a severe wound in the 
battle, the effect of which he felt to the end of his life. He was president of 
the Tennessee constitutional convention in 1870 and was the first governor 
elected under the new constitution.
     Gov. Brown was an uncle of Mrs. D. A. Thompson and Mrs. John J. Corley of 
Covington, Ga. He was a man of fine intellect and high character. He was 
successful in various undertakings and _____ _______ ____ __________.


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