Limestone CO. TX - OBIT:  Capt. James P. Brown

Submitted by Anna Penny  alp@vvm.com

   
                  Capt. James P. Brown Dies, July 24, 1897
                                      
                                      
   A VETERAN DEAD
   CAPT. JAMES P. BROWN PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME NEAR KOSSE
   Kosse, Tx. July 24, 1897. Dead at his residence near here, yesterday,
   Capt. James P. Brown, age 66 years. Capt. James P. Brown was born in
   Georgia and moved to Texas before the war and settled in Washington
   County. In 1858 he moved to this county, and in 1861 he went into the
   Confederate Army as 3rd lieutenant, Company K, 12th Texas Calvary,
   Parson's Brigade.
   
   After one year's service he was elected Caption of his company and
   served as such until the close of the war.
   
   He represented his county one term in the state legistature and was
   for the past 4 years collector for the county. He was a brother of
   Honorable T. J. Brown, one of the judges of the supreme court and of
   Judge E. F. Brown, of Sherman and the father of District Judge C. A.
   Brown of Vernon.
   
   He was a member of the Masonic Order and held the position of master
   of this lodge at the time of his death. He was a member of the Baptist
   church and a true christian, gentle man. He leaves a wife and several
   grown children. His relatives were nearly all with him.
   
   This obiturary was taken from the July 29, 1897 issue of the Groesbeck
   Journal, Groesbeck, Tx.

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