Texas Legislature, 1888-1892.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (appointed in 1911).
Son of Ervin Brown and Matilda (Burdett) Brown. The family moved to Texas when Thomas was 10 years of age.
1856/Graduated BAYLOR UNIVERSITY/ LL.B. Degree Husband of Louise T. Estes whom he married August 7, 1859
CIVIL WAR Service: Second lieutenant in the Twenty-second Texas Cavalry; later being promoted to Captain.
1888/served in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Legislatures.
1892/appointed District Judge of Grayson and Collin Counties.
1893-1911/Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left when John L. Henry resigned. He died of stomach cancer.
(Most of this biological information was provided by flgrl.)
BROWN, THOMAS J.
Thomas J. Brown, of Sherman, the eminent Texas jurist, was born in Jasper county, Georgia, July 24, 1836, and came to Texas in the winter of 1845 with his parents, who resided in Washington county until 1858, when they removed to Limestone. The subject of this sketch was graduated in 1858 from the law department of Baylor University at Independence; was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Texas, Jan. 5, 1859, and immediately thereafter engaged in the practice of his profession at McKinney, in Collin county. When the war came in 1861 he entered the Confederate army as second lieutenant of Troop E of Col. Robert Taylor's cavalry regiment, was later promoted to be Captain and rendered capable and gallant service. After the war he formed a partnership with Gov. J. W. Throckmorton, which continued until 1885. He removed to Sherman in 1872 where he has since resided. He represented Grayson county in the House of the 21st and 22nd legislatures. In August 1892, he was appointed district judge and elected to that position the following November.
In May 1893, Gov. Hogg appointed him chief justice of the court of civil appeals for the fifth supreme district, but before he qualified was made associate justice of the supreme court of Texas, and has by re-election held that position ever since. While in the legislature Judge Brown by his masterly advocacy of the railroad commission bill acquired a statewide reputation as a practical statesman, and during his fourteen years service as a Justice of the Supreme Court he has easily distinguished himself as one of the greatest jurists in the history of the state. He enjoys the confidence of the bar and the people. Judge Brown was married in Collin county, Aug. 7, 1859, to Miss Louisa T. Estis. Seven children have been born of this marriage, of whom four daughters are living. (Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, Volume I, by Sid S. Johnson;
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BROWN, THOMAS J.
Thomas J. Brown, chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, died at Greenville, Tex, after an illness of three weeks. (Tombstone Epitaph, Tombstone, Ariz, June 6, 1915
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (appointed in 1911).
Son of Ervin Brown and Matilda (Burdett) Brown. The family moved to Texas when Thomas was 10 years of age.
1856/Graduated BAYLOR UNIVERSITY/ LL.B. Degree Husband of Louise T. Estes whom he married August 7, 1859
CIVIL WAR Service: Second lieutenant in the Twenty-second Texas Cavalry; later being promoted to Captain.
1888/served in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Legislatures.
1892/appointed District Judge of Grayson and Collin Counties.
1893-1911/Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left when John L. Henry resigned. He died of stomach cancer.
(Most of this biological information was provided by flgrl.)
BROWN, THOMAS J.
Thomas J. Brown, of Sherman, the eminent Texas jurist, was born in Jasper county, Georgia, July 24, 1836, and came to Texas in the winter of 1845 with his parents, who resided in Washington county until 1858, when they removed to Limestone. The subject of this sketch was graduated in 1858 from the law department of Baylor University at Independence; was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Texas, Jan. 5, 1859, and immediately thereafter engaged in the practice of his profession at McKinney, in Collin county. When the war came in 1861 he entered the Confederate army as second lieutenant of Troop E of Col. Robert Taylor's cavalry regiment, was later promoted to be Captain and rendered capable and gallant service. After the war he formed a partnership with Gov. J. W. Throckmorton, which continued until 1885. He removed to Sherman in 1872 where he has since resided. He represented Grayson county in the House of the 21st and 22nd legislatures. In August 1892, he was appointed district judge and elected to that position the following November.
In May 1893, Gov. Hogg appointed him chief justice of the court of civil appeals for the fifth supreme district, but before he qualified was made associate justice of the supreme court of Texas, and has by re-election held that position ever since. While in the legislature Judge Brown by his masterly advocacy of the railroad commission bill acquired a statewide reputation as a practical statesman, and during his fourteen years service as a Justice of the Supreme Court he has easily distinguished himself as one of the greatest jurists in the history of the state. He enjoys the confidence of the bar and the people. Judge Brown was married in Collin county, Aug. 7, 1859, to Miss Louisa T. Estis. Seven children have been born of this marriage, of whom four daughters are living. (Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, Volume I, by Sid S. Johnson;
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BROWN, THOMAS J.
Thomas J. Brown, chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, died at Greenville, Tex, after an illness of three weeks. (Tombstone Epitaph, Tombstone, Ariz, June 6, 1915
Texas Legislature, 1888-1892.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (appointed in 1911).
Son of Ervin Brown and Matilda (Burdett) Brown. The family moved to Texas when Thomas was 10 years of age.
1856/Graduated BAYLOR UNIVERSITY/ LL.B. Degree Husband of Louise T. Estes whom he married August 7, 1859
CIVIL WAR Service: Second lieutenant in the Twenty-second Texas Cavalry; later being promoted to Captain.
1888/served in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Legislatures.
1892/appointed District Judge of Grayson and Collin Counties.
1893-1911/Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left when John L. Henry resigned. He died of stomach cancer.
(Most of this biological information was provided by flgrl.)
BROWN, THOMAS J.
Thomas J. Brown, of Sherman, the eminent Texas jurist, was born in Jasper county, Georgia, July 24, 1836, and came to Texas in the winter of 1845 with his parents, who resided in Washington county until 1858, when they removed to Limestone. The subject of this sketch was graduated in 1858 from the law department of Baylor University at Independence; was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Texas, Jan. 5, 1859, and immediately thereafter engaged in the practice of his profession at McKinney, in Collin county. When the war came in 1861 he entered the Confederate army as second lieutenant of Troop E of Col. Robert Taylor's cavalry regiment, was later promoted to be Captain and rendered capable and gallant service. After the war he formed a partnership with Gov. J. W. Throckmorton, which continued until 1885. He removed to Sherman in 1872 where he has since resided. He represented Grayson county in the House of the 21st and 22nd legislatures. In August 1892, he was appointed district judge and elected to that position the following November.
In May 1893, Gov. Hogg appointed him chief justice of the court of civil appeals for the fifth supreme district, but before he qualified was made associate justice of the supreme court of Texas, and has by re-election held that position ever since. While in the legislature Judge Brown by his masterly advocacy of the railroad commission bill acquired a statewide reputation as a practical statesman, and during his fourteen years service as a Justice of the Supreme Court he has easily distinguished himself as one of the greatest jurists in the history of the state. He enjoys the confidence of the bar and the people. Judge Brown was married in Collin county, Aug. 7, 1859, to Miss Louisa T. Estis. Seven children have been born of this marriage, of whom four daughters are living. (Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, Volume I, by Sid S. Johnson;
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BROWN, THOMAS J.
Thomas J. Brown, chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, died at Greenville, Tex, after an illness of three weeks. (Tombstone Epitaph, Tombstone, Ariz, June 6, 1915
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (appointed in 1911).
Son of Ervin Brown and Matilda (Burdett) Brown. The family moved to Texas when Thomas was 10 years of age.
1856/Graduated BAYLOR UNIVERSITY/ LL.B. Degree Husband of Louise T. Estes whom he married August 7, 1859
CIVIL WAR Service: Second lieutenant in the Twenty-second Texas Cavalry; later being promoted to Captain.
1888/served in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Legislatures.
1892/appointed District Judge of Grayson and Collin Counties.
1893-1911/Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left when John L. Henry resigned. He died of stomach cancer.
(Most of this biological information was provided by flgrl.)
BROWN, THOMAS J.
Thomas J. Brown, of Sherman, the eminent Texas jurist, was born in Jasper county, Georgia, July 24, 1836, and came to Texas in the winter of 1845 with his parents, who resided in Washington county until 1858, when they removed to Limestone. The subject of this sketch was graduated in 1858 from the law department of Baylor University at Independence; was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Texas, Jan. 5, 1859, and immediately thereafter engaged in the practice of his profession at McKinney, in Collin county. When the war came in 1861 he entered the Confederate army as second lieutenant of Troop E of Col. Robert Taylor's cavalry regiment, was later promoted to be Captain and rendered capable and gallant service. After the war he formed a partnership with Gov. J. W. Throckmorton, which continued until 1885. He removed to Sherman in 1872 where he has since resided. He represented Grayson county in the House of the 21st and 22nd legislatures. In August 1892, he was appointed district judge and elected to that position the following November.
In May 1893, Gov. Hogg appointed him chief justice of the court of civil appeals for the fifth supreme district, but before he qualified was made associate justice of the supreme court of Texas, and has by re-election held that position ever since. While in the legislature Judge Brown by his masterly advocacy of the railroad commission bill acquired a statewide reputation as a practical statesman, and during his fourteen years service as a Justice of the Supreme Court he has easily distinguished himself as one of the greatest jurists in the history of the state. He enjoys the confidence of the bar and the people. Judge Brown was married in Collin county, Aug. 7, 1859, to Miss Louisa T. Estis. Seven children have been born of this marriage, of whom four daughters are living. (Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, Volume I, by Sid S. Johnson;
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BROWN, THOMAS J.
Thomas J. Brown, chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, died at Greenville, Tex, after an illness of three weeks. (Tombstone Epitaph, Tombstone, Ariz, June 6, 1915
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