CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: M. T. BROWN - Smith County, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson 
M. T. BROWN  

M. T. Brown was born in the state of North Carolina August 12, 1822, 
and removed to Texas in 1854.  He died April 3, 1887, in Smith county.  
Enlisted in Co. H, 35th Texas Cavalry, serving two years in the 
Trans Mississippi army until the close of the war in 1865.  He was 
orderly sergeant of his company, and was in all the campaigns of his 
regiment during the war.  A brave soldier, a splendid man and true 
to the land of his nativity; a successful farmer and a leading 
resident of the county.  He was married April 3, 1867, to Miss P. J. 
Matthews, who survives him.  He leaves several children, who are 
prominent people in Texas.