James Petty Brown, born in Jasper Co., GA and the son of Ervin & Matilda Burdette Brown.
James was married 3 times: first to Mary Ann Bryant (Dec. 1st, 1847, Washington Co., Texas), second to Caroline A. McKinley, and third to Crecidius C. McKinley (Caroline & Crecidius were sisters).
James P. Brown Obituary
Limestone CO. TX - OBIT: Capt. James P. Brown
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.
NOTE: The battle flag for Company K, 12th Texas Calvary (J. P. Brown's unit) has been preserved, and is on display at the Texas Heritage Museum in Hillsboro, Texas.
James was married 3 times: first to Mary Ann Bryant (Dec. 1st, 1847, Washington Co., Texas), second to Caroline A. McKinley, and third to Crecidius C. McKinley (Caroline & Crecidius were sisters).
James P. Brown Obituary
Limestone CO. TX - OBIT: Capt. James P. Brown
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.
NOTE: The battle flag for Company K, 12th Texas Calvary (J. P. Brown's unit) has been preserved, and is on display at the Texas Heritage Museum in Hillsboro, Texas.
James Petty Brown, born in Jasper Co., GA and the son of Ervin & Matilda Burdette Brown.
James was married 3 times: first to Mary Ann Bryant (Dec. 1st, 1847, Washington Co., Texas), second to Caroline A. McKinley, and third to Crecidius C. McKinley (Caroline & Crecidius were sisters).
James P. Brown Obituary
Limestone CO. TX - OBIT: Capt. James P. Brown
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.
NOTE: The battle flag for Company K, 12th Texas Calvary (J. P. Brown's unit) has been preserved, and is on display at the Texas Heritage Museum in Hillsboro, Texas.
James was married 3 times: first to Mary Ann Bryant (Dec. 1st, 1847, Washington Co., Texas), second to Caroline A. McKinley, and third to Crecidius C. McKinley (Caroline & Crecidius were sisters).
James P. Brown Obituary
Limestone CO. TX - OBIT: Capt. James P. Brown
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.
NOTE: The battle flag for Company K, 12th Texas Calvary (J. P. Brown's unit) has been preserved, and is on display at the Texas Heritage Museum in Hillsboro, Texas.
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