The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-04-30
BROWN A SUCCESSFUL
FARMERjHOME IDEAL ONE

lanta Constitution says:
The residence of Hon. Joseph
M. Brown, ex~railroad commits
sioner, nov a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor, is i'll many respects one of
the most interesting and unique
homes in Georgia.
1t is situated on a historic spot.
Here, q generation ago, lived ex-
Governor Charles J. Mcdonald,
who was passing from the political
stage in Georgia when Mr.. Brown 3
father, Joseph e. Brown, the fa-
nous "war Governor" was just
stepping into the limelight of pop
ular favor. Despite the difference
in their ages, there existed devo-
ted attachment between the old
man and the man just entering the
prime of his physical and mental
powers.
Governor-elect Joseph E. Brown
wrote his acceptance of the Demo-
cratic nomination for his first term
as Governor in 1857 in ex- Governor
McDonald's office, which stood
but q few steps from the residence
now occupied by Joseph M. Brown,
where the latter has just written
his announcement for the exalted
Office which his father 80 ably
filled.
Mr.. Brown purchased the beau
tiful home from General Henry R.
Jackson, Georgia's gifted "poet-
orator." and moved to Marietta
in May, 1889, a few months after
his marriage to Miss Cora McCord,
of Augusta.
The house IS situated on an en-
inence whose sloping eastern front
is shaded by majestic trees. From
this hill is to be had charming
view of the famed Kennesaw
mountain, two miles to the north
west, and of a part of the little
city of Marietta on the east.
In this beautiful home Mr.. and
Mrs. Brown have lived an ideal
life since their union, nineteen
years ago. They have been blessed
by three children, j Joseph Emerson,
Charles Mcdonald and Cora Nc
Cord, the eldest boy being about
seventeen years of age. Mr.. Brown
and his wife have endeavored to
make their home life so attractive
to their children as to make it
their favorite resort, and in this
they have entirely succeeded. Not
only their own children, but the
other young children of Marietta
have long ago learned that a cor
dial welcome always awaits them
at the Brown mansion, where the
happiness of the young is an espe-
cial aim.
While there is little which might
be styled expensive in the resi-
dence, there is one feature which
has been for years a source of great
enjoyment to Mr.. Brown. This
is his library, in which he has &C.
cumulated during the past thirty
years many rare and valuable vol.
umes. AS is we'll known, Mr..
Brown whites away his leisure time
In literary pursuits, and on such
day that he cannot get into the
garden or fields, he will be found
in his library.
Mr. Brown is very fond of horses
and Jersey cattle, and of raising
the food for them. His ideas run
to farming in all of it's branches
Vegetable gardens and orchards,
wherein are almost all varieties of
fruits grown in North Georgia, are
to be found on the top and sides
of the hill upon which the resi-
dence is situated. Behind the
house is grove of pecan trees
planted by Mr.. Brown in 1892.
On the upland adjoining he has
raised OF bushels OF corn on an
acre of red land, and threshed out
400 bushels of oats on seven acres.
At the Atlanta Exposition in
1895 he took the first prize for q
Georgia-made ham, and the sec
ond prize for wheat.
Mr.. Brown tastes run in peace
full lines, hence his preference for
this quiet home III the shady
grove, and to this no doubt NAV
be attributed much of his hest
fancy i'll answering the call of the
people to become a central figure
in the political field.
Mr.. Brown displays deep inter-
est in the welfare of Marietta, and
has given literally of his money
and time to its growth. He gave
$4,000 toward the erection of a
new Baptist church here, and is
vice-president of the Marietta
board of education. He is a di-
rector in the First National Bank
of Marietta.
In addition tn his Moriotto