James Petty Brown
Full Name: James Petty BrownDate of birth: March 5, 1829
Date of death: July 23, 1897
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 42 | Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 | 16th (1) | Democrat | Kosse / Limestone | Limestone |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 16th (1)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Kosse / Limestone
- Counties in district:
- Limestone
Terms of service notes
(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
Biographical Information
- Biographical sketch, James Petty Brown, p. 263. Born 3/5/1829 in Jasper County, Georgia. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
- Confederate States Army, 3rd Lieutenant, Company K, Parson's 24th Regiment, Texas Cavalry; elected Captain, 5/18/1862. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
- Capt. J.P. Brown, birth date 3/5/1829, death date 7/23/1897, burial in Brown Cemetery, Kosse, Limestone County. Includes obituaries in the Shiner Gazette, 7/28/1897, and Austin Statesman, 7/24/1897, and a reprint of obituary in the Groesbeck Journal, 7/24/1897. Find a Grave.
- Obituaries, Captain James P. Brown, The Galveston Daily News, 7/25/1897, p. 3, crediting Abilene Library Consortium.
"A Veteran Dead: Capt. James P. Brown Passes Away at His Home Near Kosse," Shiner Gazette, 7/28/1897, p. 2, crediting Shiner Public Library. "He represented his county one term in the state legislature . . . "
"Capt. Brown Dead: Prominent Texan Dead at His Residence Near Kosse," Austin Weekly Statesman, 7/29/1897, p. 11. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Austin Galveston Shiner
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