Author: Brown, John Mason
Alternate names: Brown, John Mason, 1837-1890; John Mason Brown; Colonel John Mason Brown (26 Apr 1837 - certain 29 Jan 1890); John Mason 1837-1890 Brown
Born: 1837
Died: 1890
Bio: John Mason Brown was born in Frankfort in Liberty Hall on April 26, 1837. His grandfather was John Brown, a leading lawyer, a U.S. Congressman, and, when Kentucky became a state, one of the state’s first two senators. His father was Mason Brown, a circuit judge in Kentucky who served as secretary of state.-Kentucky Monthly