Person:John Brown (547)

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John Calvin Brown
b.6 Jan 1827
d.17 Aug 1889
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  • F.  Duncan Brown (add)
  • M.  Margaret Smith (add)
  1. Gov. Neil Smith Brown, of Tennessee1810 - 1886
  2. John Calvin Brown1827 - 1889
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m. 23 Feb 1864
  1. Marie Brown1865 - 1887
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Facts and Events
Name John Calvin Brown
Gender Male
Birth[1] 6 Jan 1827
Marriage 23 Feb 1864 to Elizabeth Childress
Death[1] 17 Aug 1889
Burial[2] Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, United States35.1935616,-87.0289307
Reference Number? Q210555?


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John Calvin Brown (January 6, 1827August 17, 1889) was a Confederate Army officer and an American politician and businessman. Although he originally opposed secession, Brown fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War, eventually rising to the rank of major general. He later served as the 19th Governor of Tennessee from 1871 to 1875, and was president of the state's 1870 constitutional convention, which wrote the current Tennessee State Constitution.

A leader of the state's Bourbon Democrats, Brown dedicated much of his time as governor to solving the state's mounting debt issues. Following his gubernatorial tenure, he advocated railroad construction, briefly serving as president of the Texas & Pacific Railroad in 1888, and as president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company in 1889.[1]

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John C. Brown, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ John C. Brown, in Find A Grave.
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