The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-04
The Late Hon. James Brown.

Columbia (Tenn.) MALL
"Another of the early settlers of MaurJ
county has passed away. Colonel james
Brown, aged eighty years, died short time
since in Texas WHITTIER he had removed from
his Mississippi home, about three years
ago with his son William and his youngest
daughter, Julia Shotwell. He was the old.
est son OF Rev. Joseph Brown, once so wei
known to all the people of Middle Tennesl
see, and particularly Maury county. Jame'
Brown came to this county when qulst
young, and lived with his father, who they
| lived three miles from Columbia near thd
place where DR.. Akin now lives, on the hin
Immediately on this side of Lytle's creek
near the old buryi1g-ground where so many
of the pioneers of Maury now sleep. There
was then church near that place, and there
stood the first courthouse in Marry county
The death or Colonel James Brown revives
the recollections OF the old times of Maury
county. When James Brown came TO this
county, it was the time of Indian fighters
and block houses. He was brought up
among scenes OF danger, and this gave him
much of that fearless energy which he ex-
hibited in after life. When quite youth,
in company with his uncle, Colonel Joseph
b. Porter, he surveyed greater portion of
what is now West Tennessee, and became
familiar with the whole country, long be-
fore any white people were there. His
mother, Mrs Joseph Brown, was daughter
of John Thomas, who was one of the first
settlers of Davidson county. Her brother,
Joshua Thomas, and her husband, Joseph
Brown, were celebrated in the history of
Tennessee as Indian fighters. Her sister,
Mrs Joseph B. Porter, was the wife of the
first county court clerk of Maury county,
who held the office for nearly twenty-five
years. The Browns, Porters and Bradshaws
were the earliest settlers south ofDuck river,
and their descendants are now scattered
through Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas.
Colonel James Brown was first married to
Miss Williamson, who was the sister of
MCord Williamson and OF Mrs z. d. Frank
lin, and the niece of Mrs. Nicholson, the
mother of Hon. A. o. p. Nicholson. Colo
mel Brown, after he was married first, set
tied in Madison county, Tennessee, and his
first wife was barred near Jackson, in this
State. He alterward emigrated to Missis-
sippi and became one Of the richest and
most prosperous farmers in that State, as
well as one of the most able aud public
spirited OF her citizens. He did great deal
toward the establishment of the Mississippi
University, which was located at Oxford,
the place of his residence. By the war he
lost all of his property that he had not given
w ms ShhNtSu' RuO " IN tliO VhOi ~ SnhL-
acteristic of the man, he commenced life
anew, and was rapidly acquiring pro perty
in Texas. He was noble, true and good
man. He gave all he had to the cause of his
and though cast down, he never
became Respondent. He attached himself
to the Cumberland Presbyterian church, of
which his father was for so long leading
and most beloved minister. All of his faith
er's family, which was once SO numerous,
are now gone, except Mrs. Ann Lindsay, of
Giles county, his only surviving sister.
Colonel James Brown was noble specimen
)f the early pioneers Of Tennessee. His death
though not unexpected, will carry sadness
20 the hearts of thousands.