Jessamine County KyArchives Biographies.....Brown, George 1819 - 1897
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Author: Bennett H. Young

George Brown.

   George Brown was born in Nicholasville on February 28, 1819, and died October
30, 1897. He first attended school at St. Joseph's, Bardstown, Ky., afterward at
Center College, Danville and finally at Transylvania University in Lexington.
Upon leaving college he at once engaged in the business of the manufacture of
hemp. His father had been one of the pioneers in hemp manufacture in Lexington
and the son acquired a practical knowledge of the business in early life. Owning
a large number of slaves, which he used in his business, he made it extremely
profitable and he continued in the manufacture of hemp for many years. In the
fall of 1853 he moved to a farm on Jessamine creek, about two miles from
Nicholasville, and in conjunction with his farm operated a hemp manufactory. He
married Ann M. Hemphill in 1843, who proved to him an affectionate, faithful and
helpful wife. She was one of the model housekeepers of Jessamine county and as
neighbor and friend had no superior.

   Mr. Brown was a man of intense activity; domestic in his taste, he loved his
home and added to it those things which made it attractive. He was a model
husband and father. When twenty-two years of age, he united with the
Nicholasville Presbyterian church, in the faith of which he continued to the end
of his life, and at his death he was the oldest living member of the
organisation. He was converted under the preaching of Rev. David Todd. He was
efficient and earnest in his Christian work and was always one of the liberal
and helpful members of the congregation. He was a pure, good man; long president
of the Jessamine County Bible Society, he was not only active but useful in the
Bible work and has left behind him no enemies and a host of friends.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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