Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-30

lerIy sergeant OF the company. and was
ngaged with the company In the battles
4 Laurel Hill and Rich Mountain. under
he command OF General Garnett. who
ost his life on this most memorable re-
.reat of the war. The regiment OF 0o
nen was 20 decimated by killed, wound
d. and missing that the remnant OF ~
vas ordered to Richmond to recruit.
He then enlisted a. a private in PARK
RS Battery. which was then being or
.anized. lie was made junior lieuter-
ant OF the battery. and al the battle
II Sharpsburg promoted TO senior nrst
lieutenant OK the battery, then part OF
the artillery battalion commanded by
Major-Genoral stephen ID. Lee. the ora
tor selected for the occasion Of the pres
snt cornerstone laying. Captain Brown
vas wounded at Marye's Heights and AT
spoteylvania. In the latter battle he
vas Thought to be mortally wounded. the
all passing through his throat irom car
10 ear.
on the promotion of Major GDr) W. W.
Parker. Lieutenant Brown was advanced
n the captaincy OF Parkers Battery.
yhIch position he held until the surren-
Ter Of the army.
He was during the war twice made
prisoner; was captured at the battle OF
Sailors creek. q days march from APP
IOnHffOX tdRAdlii DAONH
in WASHINGTON (oId Capitol PRISON. the
pight Lincoln was assassinated. and VI
wildly recalls the Infatuated mob attack
ng the prison.
since the war he has been engaged In
he real estate business, and is the senior
member OF the firm OF j. Thompson Brown
& Co. AZ one OF his business sue
cesSes. he refers with pleasure 10 hi'
planning. concentrating and introducing
into Richmond the first trolley railway
~ its kind in the world 1.-THE Richmond
Union Passenger Railway" now known
as 'the Richmond Railway and Electric
company" He not only brought the
capital here for the construction Of this
nlant. but laid out the entire route for
the road, which was afterwards adopted
by the electric engineers. Captain Brown
was the only president this electric road
had for any length OF time. Its affairs
since have been, and are now, conducted
bv general officers, without local presi-
dent.
THE GRAND MASTER.
Colonel J. p. Fitzgerald, Grand Master
Of the Lodge OF Masons OF Virginia, is
one Of the best-known men In the South
side. He has been an active member
Of the craft for thir;y-five years or more.
having been a Mason I'm Farmuth Lodge.
out the war with distinguished gallantry,
and was a splendid soldier.
BISHOP CRANBERRY.
Bishop ]. &. CRANBERRY. who will offer
PRAYER at the cornerstone laying, was
chaplain OF the Confederate forces. and
as such his claim has come forward
to challenge his precedence for fidelity
TO his commission. He marched on foot
with the men, and ministered TO them
and was shot down by their side. He
shared the lot of a common soldier in the
field. and shirked no duty In the fight
The wound in the head that smote him
down was reported as mortal, and he
was left among the slain. He was cap
tured, and recovered from his wound
though the sight Of one OF his eyes was
| lost.
In matters of doctrine or duty his voice
always commanded assent, for he had
mastered the theology of his church, and
he had illustrated the whole round OF
duties. He was ready to serve his
brethren, but shrank from every appear
ance of counting popularity. The win
ming arts for personal ends were an
abomination to him. He Is without brus-
queness, "techyness." exclusiveness, or
RIGHTEOUSNESS. without starchiness, or
owlish look OF wisdom, but rather a genial
man, without anecdote, and with head