DEATH OF COL. JOHN E. BROWN.
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THE END WAS CALM AND PEACEFUL.
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He "Passed Over the River and Rested Neath the Shade of the Trees" Yesterday Morning at 8:40 - Biographical.
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Col. John E. Brown breathed his last yesterday morning at 8:40 in his office in the law building where he had been since he fired the shot Tuesday that closed his earthly career.
After the report from him at 3 o'clock yesterday morning as published in the OBSERVER, the final change came. He grew weaker and weaker, and daylight was not many hours old when his spirit passed beyond.
The end was so quiet that it was not known for a minute or so that he was dead. His sons, physicians, and several other friends were with him when he breathed his last.
At 9 o'clock an autopsy was held by Dr. Jospeh Graham, Dr. O'Donoghue, Dr. W.A. Graham and Dr. I.W. Faison. The ball, as known, entered the head two inches in rear of the right ear. It ranged slightly downward and forward, lodging in the brain opposite to the side where it entered an inch from the cranium. It passed throught the lobes of the larger part of the brain, not striking a vital point, which fact accounted for his living so long after he shot himself. The ball was imbedded in the brain substance. The brain, said one of the physicians, was not unlike the oridinary brain, except that the coverings had grown to the skull.
After the autopsy was over the body was prepared for burial by Undertaker Harry, and at 12:30 was taken from the law building to the darkened home on West Trade street, where a heartbroken wife, and four grief-stricken sons awaited the sad home coming.
An escort, consisting of the members of the bar, and several elders and deacons of the First Presbyterian church, followed the remains.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Col. Brown was born in Caswell county, August, 1830. he was the son of John E. and Elizabeth C. Brown, both of whom were good old Carolina stock, the father being for many years the leading physician of his time, and for two terms a member of the State Legislature. He was a brother of Senator Bedford Brown. The mother was a lineal descendant of the Carters, of Shirley, Va., one of the first families of the Old Dominion. Col. Brown received his preparatory education at Yancesville, N.C., and completed his education in 1853 at Hampden-Sydney College, of Virginia, a Presbyterian Institution of high repute. After leaving college he read law at Richmond Hill, under the late Judge Richmond Pearson. He was admitted to the bar in 1856, and in 1857 he came to Charlotte, which has been his home ever since, and with the exception of the four years of the war, he has been in most active practice. He entered the Confederate service in May, 1861. Je was commissioned first liutenant in Company D, of the Seventh North Carolina State Troops, which was commanded by Col. Campbell. His first active service was in the battle of Newbern in March 1862, soon after which he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Forty-second regiment, which was ordered to Virginia in May, 1862, and brigaded under Gen. Pettigrew. In 1863 he was promoted to the rank of colonel of his regiment, and was engaged around Petersburg and Richmond, till May 20, 1864, when at the battle of Bermuda Hundreds he was wonded in the head by a gunshot. After a brief sickness he returned to the army in front of Richmond, and December 24th, was ordered to Wilmington, and thence to Fort Fisher. Later he joined Gen. Johnson, and his last battle was that of Bentonville, where the regiment surrendered. He held the rank of colonel on his return to Charlotte, and resumed the practice of law, at which he has since continued. In 1872, 3 and 1874, Col. Brown served in the lower house of the Legislature. He married Miss Laura P. Morrison, daughter of Rev. R.H. Morrison, D.D., one of the leading and most popular divines of North Carolina.
Col. Brown was left for dead upon field of battle, and was saved by his body servant, Dave Brown, colored. Col. Brown supported Dave the rest of his life.
Col. Brown was a good soldier. He knew no fear, and never flinched when danger was nigh. Eight years ago he was made solicitor of the Criminal Court, which position he held at the time of his death. He was a good advocate and handled his cases well. As solicitor and citizen he was generally esteemed and beloved. he was a man of high sense of honor and sterling integrity. He was pure in heart, and his walk was blameless. Mr. W.W. Phifer, clerk of the Criminal Court, who had been intimately associated with him, said yesterday that he had never known Col. Brown guilty of any act that was even shady - he was a high-toned, lovely and lovable Christian character, full of gentleness, meekness, and humility.
In his home circle he was all that a husband and father could be; loving, kind, and helpful.
He was a member of the Presbyterian church, being a ruling elder since before the war in the First Presbyterian church of this city. He went in and out before the people and not one in that large body of communicants who compose the membership of the Fist church but who had the utmost confidence in his piety. He was devoted to his church and loyal to its every interest. His brother, Maj. T.J. Brown, of Winston; Judge Avery of Morganton, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; Mr. and Mrs. Hall, of Salem, and Capt. Joseph Morrison and wife, of Lincolnton, all relatives of the deceased, arrived yesterday to attend the funeral services which will be held in the First Presbyterian church this morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. Dr. Preston.
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC
Thursday, January 30, 1896
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THE END WAS CALM AND PEACEFUL.
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He "Passed Over the River and Rested Neath the Shade of the Trees" Yesterday Morning at 8:40 - Biographical.
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Col. John E. Brown breathed his last yesterday morning at 8:40 in his office in the law building where he had been since he fired the shot Tuesday that closed his earthly career.
After the report from him at 3 o'clock yesterday morning as published in the OBSERVER, the final change came. He grew weaker and weaker, and daylight was not many hours old when his spirit passed beyond.
The end was so quiet that it was not known for a minute or so that he was dead. His sons, physicians, and several other friends were with him when he breathed his last.
At 9 o'clock an autopsy was held by Dr. Jospeh Graham, Dr. O'Donoghue, Dr. W.A. Graham and Dr. I.W. Faison. The ball, as known, entered the head two inches in rear of the right ear. It ranged slightly downward and forward, lodging in the brain opposite to the side where it entered an inch from the cranium. It passed throught the lobes of the larger part of the brain, not striking a vital point, which fact accounted for his living so long after he shot himself. The ball was imbedded in the brain substance. The brain, said one of the physicians, was not unlike the oridinary brain, except that the coverings had grown to the skull.
After the autopsy was over the body was prepared for burial by Undertaker Harry, and at 12:30 was taken from the law building to the darkened home on West Trade street, where a heartbroken wife, and four grief-stricken sons awaited the sad home coming.
An escort, consisting of the members of the bar, and several elders and deacons of the First Presbyterian church, followed the remains.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Col. Brown was born in Caswell county, August, 1830. he was the son of John E. and Elizabeth C. Brown, both of whom were good old Carolina stock, the father being for many years the leading physician of his time, and for two terms a member of the State Legislature. He was a brother of Senator Bedford Brown. The mother was a lineal descendant of the Carters, of Shirley, Va., one of the first families of the Old Dominion. Col. Brown received his preparatory education at Yancesville, N.C., and completed his education in 1853 at Hampden-Sydney College, of Virginia, a Presbyterian Institution of high repute. After leaving college he read law at Richmond Hill, under the late Judge Richmond Pearson. He was admitted to the bar in 1856, and in 1857 he came to Charlotte, which has been his home ever since, and with the exception of the four years of the war, he has been in most active practice. He entered the Confederate service in May, 1861. Je was commissioned first liutenant in Company D, of the Seventh North Carolina State Troops, which was commanded by Col. Campbell. His first active service was in the battle of Newbern in March 1862, soon after which he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Forty-second regiment, which was ordered to Virginia in May, 1862, and brigaded under Gen. Pettigrew. In 1863 he was promoted to the rank of colonel of his regiment, and was engaged around Petersburg and Richmond, till May 20, 1864, when at the battle of Bermuda Hundreds he was wonded in the head by a gunshot. After a brief sickness he returned to the army in front of Richmond, and December 24th, was ordered to Wilmington, and thence to Fort Fisher. Later he joined Gen. Johnson, and his last battle was that of Bentonville, where the regiment surrendered. He held the rank of colonel on his return to Charlotte, and resumed the practice of law, at which he has since continued. In 1872, 3 and 1874, Col. Brown served in the lower house of the Legislature. He married Miss Laura P. Morrison, daughter of Rev. R.H. Morrison, D.D., one of the leading and most popular divines of North Carolina.
Col. Brown was left for dead upon field of battle, and was saved by his body servant, Dave Brown, colored. Col. Brown supported Dave the rest of his life.
Col. Brown was a good soldier. He knew no fear, and never flinched when danger was nigh. Eight years ago he was made solicitor of the Criminal Court, which position he held at the time of his death. He was a good advocate and handled his cases well. As solicitor and citizen he was generally esteemed and beloved. he was a man of high sense of honor and sterling integrity. He was pure in heart, and his walk was blameless. Mr. W.W. Phifer, clerk of the Criminal Court, who had been intimately associated with him, said yesterday that he had never known Col. Brown guilty of any act that was even shady - he was a high-toned, lovely and lovable Christian character, full of gentleness, meekness, and humility.
In his home circle he was all that a husband and father could be; loving, kind, and helpful.
He was a member of the Presbyterian church, being a ruling elder since before the war in the First Presbyterian church of this city. He went in and out before the people and not one in that large body of communicants who compose the membership of the Fist church but who had the utmost confidence in his piety. He was devoted to his church and loyal to its every interest. His brother, Maj. T.J. Brown, of Winston; Judge Avery of Morganton, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; Mr. and Mrs. Hall, of Salem, and Capt. Joseph Morrison and wife, of Lincolnton, all relatives of the deceased, arrived yesterday to attend the funeral services which will be held in the First Presbyterian church this morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. Dr. Preston.
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC
Thursday, January 30, 1896
DEATH OF COL. JOHN E. BROWN.
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THE END WAS CALM AND PEACEFUL.
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He "Passed Over the River and Rested Neath the Shade of the Trees" Yesterday Morning at 8:40 - Biographical.
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Col. John E. Brown breathed his last yesterday morning at 8:40 in his office in the law building where he had been since he fired the shot Tuesday that closed his earthly career.
After the report from him at 3 o'clock yesterday morning as published in the OBSERVER, the final change came. He grew weaker and weaker, and daylight was not many hours old when his spirit passed beyond.
The end was so quiet that it was not known for a minute or so that he was dead. His sons, physicians, and several other friends were with him when he breathed his last.
At 9 o'clock an autopsy was held by Dr. Jospeh Graham, Dr. O'Donoghue, Dr. W.A. Graham and Dr. I.W. Faison. The ball, as known, entered the head two inches in rear of the right ear. It ranged slightly downward and forward, lodging in the brain opposite to the side where it entered an inch from the cranium. It passed throught the lobes of the larger part of the brain, not striking a vital point, which fact accounted for his living so long after he shot himself. The ball was imbedded in the brain substance. The brain, said one of the physicians, was not unlike the oridinary brain, except that the coverings had grown to the skull.
After the autopsy was over the body was prepared for burial by Undertaker Harry, and at 12:30 was taken from the law building to the darkened home on West Trade street, where a heartbroken wife, and four grief-stricken sons awaited the sad home coming.
An escort, consisting of the members of the bar, and several elders and deacons of the First Presbyterian church, followed the remains.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Col. Brown was born in Caswell county, August, 1830. he was the son of John E. and Elizabeth C. Brown, both of whom were good old Carolina stock, the father being for many years the leading physician of his time, and for two terms a member of the State Legislature. He was a brother of Senator Bedford Brown. The mother was a lineal descendant of the Carters, of Shirley, Va., one of the first families of the Old Dominion. Col. Brown received his preparatory education at Yancesville, N.C., and completed his education in 1853 at Hampden-Sydney College, of Virginia, a Presbyterian Institution of high repute. After leaving college he read law at Richmond Hill, under the late Judge Richmond Pearson. He was admitted to the bar in 1856, and in 1857 he came to Charlotte, which has been his home ever since, and with the exception of the four years of the war, he has been in most active practice. He entered the Confederate service in May, 1861. Je was commissioned first liutenant in Company D, of the Seventh North Carolina State Troops, which was commanded by Col. Campbell. His first active service was in the battle of Newbern in March 1862, soon after which he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Forty-second regiment, which was ordered to Virginia in May, 1862, and brigaded under Gen. Pettigrew. In 1863 he was promoted to the rank of colonel of his regiment, and was engaged around Petersburg and Richmond, till May 20, 1864, when at the battle of Bermuda Hundreds he was wonded in the head by a gunshot. After a brief sickness he returned to the army in front of Richmond, and December 24th, was ordered to Wilmington, and thence to Fort Fisher. Later he joined Gen. Johnson, and his last battle was that of Bentonville, where the regiment surrendered. He held the rank of colonel on his return to Charlotte, and resumed the practice of law, at which he has since continued. In 1872, 3 and 1874, Col. Brown served in the lower house of the Legislature. He married Miss Laura P. Morrison, daughter of Rev. R.H. Morrison, D.D., one of the leading and most popular divines of North Carolina.
Col. Brown was left for dead upon field of battle, and was saved by his body servant, Dave Brown, colored. Col. Brown supported Dave the rest of his life.
Col. Brown was a good soldier. He knew no fear, and never flinched when danger was nigh. Eight years ago he was made solicitor of the Criminal Court, which position he held at the time of his death. He was a good advocate and handled his cases well. As solicitor and citizen he was generally esteemed and beloved. he was a man of high sense of honor and sterling integrity. He was pure in heart, and his walk was blameless. Mr. W.W. Phifer, clerk of the Criminal Court, who had been intimately associated with him, said yesterday that he had never known Col. Brown guilty of any act that was even shady - he was a high-toned, lovely and lovable Christian character, full of gentleness, meekness, and humility.
In his home circle he was all that a husband and father could be; loving, kind, and helpful.
He was a member of the Presbyterian church, being a ruling elder since before the war in the First Presbyterian church of this city. He went in and out before the people and not one in that large body of communicants who compose the membership of the Fist church but who had the utmost confidence in his piety. He was devoted to his church and loyal to its every interest. His brother, Maj. T.J. Brown, of Winston; Judge Avery of Morganton, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; Mr. and Mrs. Hall, of Salem, and Capt. Joseph Morrison and wife, of Lincolnton, all relatives of the deceased, arrived yesterday to attend the funeral services which will be held in the First Presbyterian church this morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. Dr. Preston.
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC
Thursday, January 30, 1896
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THE END WAS CALM AND PEACEFUL.
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He "Passed Over the River and Rested Neath the Shade of the Trees" Yesterday Morning at 8:40 - Biographical.
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Col. John E. Brown breathed his last yesterday morning at 8:40 in his office in the law building where he had been since he fired the shot Tuesday that closed his earthly career.
After the report from him at 3 o'clock yesterday morning as published in the OBSERVER, the final change came. He grew weaker and weaker, and daylight was not many hours old when his spirit passed beyond.
The end was so quiet that it was not known for a minute or so that he was dead. His sons, physicians, and several other friends were with him when he breathed his last.
At 9 o'clock an autopsy was held by Dr. Jospeh Graham, Dr. O'Donoghue, Dr. W.A. Graham and Dr. I.W. Faison. The ball, as known, entered the head two inches in rear of the right ear. It ranged slightly downward and forward, lodging in the brain opposite to the side where it entered an inch from the cranium. It passed throught the lobes of the larger part of the brain, not striking a vital point, which fact accounted for his living so long after he shot himself. The ball was imbedded in the brain substance. The brain, said one of the physicians, was not unlike the oridinary brain, except that the coverings had grown to the skull.
After the autopsy was over the body was prepared for burial by Undertaker Harry, and at 12:30 was taken from the law building to the darkened home on West Trade street, where a heartbroken wife, and four grief-stricken sons awaited the sad home coming.
An escort, consisting of the members of the bar, and several elders and deacons of the First Presbyterian church, followed the remains.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Col. Brown was born in Caswell county, August, 1830. he was the son of John E. and Elizabeth C. Brown, both of whom were good old Carolina stock, the father being for many years the leading physician of his time, and for two terms a member of the State Legislature. He was a brother of Senator Bedford Brown. The mother was a lineal descendant of the Carters, of Shirley, Va., one of the first families of the Old Dominion. Col. Brown received his preparatory education at Yancesville, N.C., and completed his education in 1853 at Hampden-Sydney College, of Virginia, a Presbyterian Institution of high repute. After leaving college he read law at Richmond Hill, under the late Judge Richmond Pearson. He was admitted to the bar in 1856, and in 1857 he came to Charlotte, which has been his home ever since, and with the exception of the four years of the war, he has been in most active practice. He entered the Confederate service in May, 1861. Je was commissioned first liutenant in Company D, of the Seventh North Carolina State Troops, which was commanded by Col. Campbell. His first active service was in the battle of Newbern in March 1862, soon after which he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Forty-second regiment, which was ordered to Virginia in May, 1862, and brigaded under Gen. Pettigrew. In 1863 he was promoted to the rank of colonel of his regiment, and was engaged around Petersburg and Richmond, till May 20, 1864, when at the battle of Bermuda Hundreds he was wonded in the head by a gunshot. After a brief sickness he returned to the army in front of Richmond, and December 24th, was ordered to Wilmington, and thence to Fort Fisher. Later he joined Gen. Johnson, and his last battle was that of Bentonville, where the regiment surrendered. He held the rank of colonel on his return to Charlotte, and resumed the practice of law, at which he has since continued. In 1872, 3 and 1874, Col. Brown served in the lower house of the Legislature. He married Miss Laura P. Morrison, daughter of Rev. R.H. Morrison, D.D., one of the leading and most popular divines of North Carolina.
Col. Brown was left for dead upon field of battle, and was saved by his body servant, Dave Brown, colored. Col. Brown supported Dave the rest of his life.
Col. Brown was a good soldier. He knew no fear, and never flinched when danger was nigh. Eight years ago he was made solicitor of the Criminal Court, which position he held at the time of his death. He was a good advocate and handled his cases well. As solicitor and citizen he was generally esteemed and beloved. he was a man of high sense of honor and sterling integrity. He was pure in heart, and his walk was blameless. Mr. W.W. Phifer, clerk of the Criminal Court, who had been intimately associated with him, said yesterday that he had never known Col. Brown guilty of any act that was even shady - he was a high-toned, lovely and lovable Christian character, full of gentleness, meekness, and humility.
In his home circle he was all that a husband and father could be; loving, kind, and helpful.
He was a member of the Presbyterian church, being a ruling elder since before the war in the First Presbyterian church of this city. He went in and out before the people and not one in that large body of communicants who compose the membership of the Fist church but who had the utmost confidence in his piety. He was devoted to his church and loyal to its every interest. His brother, Maj. T.J. Brown, of Winston; Judge Avery of Morganton, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; Mr. and Mrs. Hall, of Salem, and Capt. Joseph Morrison and wife, of Lincolnton, all relatives of the deceased, arrived yesterday to attend the funeral services which will be held in the First Presbyterian church this morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. Dr. Preston.
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC
Thursday, January 30, 1896
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