Person:Samuel Brown (118)

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Samuel Bernard Brown
b.1 Feb 1855 Atlanta, Georgia
m.
  1. Samuel Bernard Brown1855 - 1922
m.
  1. Paul Joseph Brown1878 - 1954
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Name Samuel Bernard Brown
Gender Male
Birth? 1 Feb 1855 Atlanta, Georgia
Marriage Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United Statesto Ernestine Plonsky
Death? 21 Jan 1922 Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States
Burial? Oakview Cemetery, Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States

He was mayor of Albany 1901 and 1902

and was for many years president of the Albany Hebrew Congregation, and was "Albany's most distinguished Jew" according to the book "History of Dougherty County"

in an article in the Atlanta Constitution : "It is not an exaggeration to say that for a quarter century he has been the first citizen of Southwest Georgia, beloved not only by his own community, but by the whole state."