CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY:  R. H. BROWN, Smith County, TX

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson - Page 175

R. H. BROWN

Richard H. Brown, of Tyler, was born in Albemarle county, Virginia, 
on the 30th of Sept. 1846. His father, Tariton W., and mother, Eliza
(Thurmond) Brown, were native Virginians.  Young Brown enlisted as a 
soldier in Sturtevant's battery on the 1st day of January, 1864, 
participating in the battles around Petersburg, and was in the 
trenches near that city from the 15th of June, 1864 until the 
evac­uation in April, 1865. He took part in the battle of the Crater.
He came Texas in October 1871, arriving in Tyler on the 10th and has 
been a citizen continuously.  On April 22nd, 1874, he was married to 
Mrs. Maggie F. Jones, who died nine years after their marriage. On 
June 3rd, 1886, he was married to Mrs. Virginia Logan Philips.  Mr. 
Brown was a clerk in the general merchandise house of J. H. Brown & 
Co. for awhile, and then, he was with the firm of Goodman & Askew for 
two years. He commenced the general mer­chandise business under the 
firm name of Floore & Brown Sept. 1st, 1876, the partnership continuing 
for five years, when Mr. Floore retired and the concern went on under 
the name of Brown and Douglas until the death of John B. Douglas, 
twelve years later. In 1895, Oscar McFarland en­tered as a partner in 
the business, the firm being Brown & McFarland, and it yet continues 
one of the leaders in Tyler's commercial world.  Mr. Brown has several 
times been called by the people to membership in the board of aldermen 
where, by reason of his large experience in financial affairs, he has 
rendered real service to his city.  By his first marri­age he has 
living the following children:  May, wife of Albert Sledge, of Tyler; 
Lettie, wife of Gaylord Warner, of Kansas City, Mo.; and Richard Brown, 
a graduate of the V. M.	I., who is an electrical engineer in New York 
City.