Person:Neil Brown (4)

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Gov. Neil Smith Brown, of Tennessee
b.18 Apr 1810 Giles, Tennessee, United States
d.30 Jan 1886
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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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  • H.  Gov. Neil Smith Brown, of Tennessee1810 - 1886
  • W.  Mary Alexander (add)
  1. Judge James Trimble Brown1842 - 1878
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Name[1] Gov. Neil Smith Brown, of Tennessee
Gender Male
Birth[2] 18 Apr 1810 Giles, Tennessee, United States
Marriage to Mary Alexander (add)
Occupation[2] From 1847 to 1849 Tennessee, United StatesGovernor
Death[2] 30 Jan 1886
Burial[2] Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Reference Number? Q60348?


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Neill Smith Brown (April 18, 1810January 30, 1886) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 12th Governor of Tennessee from 1847 to 1849, and as the United States Minister to Russia from 1850 to 1853. He also served several terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives, and was Speaker of the House for the 1855–1857 term. A lifelong Whig, Brown campaigned to keep Tennessee in the Union in the years leading up to the Civil War. However, once the war began, he sided with the Confederacy.

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References
  1. ↑ MacColl, Gail, and Carol McD. Wallace. To Marry an English Lord. (New York: Workman Publishing, 1989).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Neill S. Brown, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  3.   Neill Smith Brown, in Find A Grave.
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