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Robert Meriwether Brown
Full Name: Robert Meriwether "Sunny Jim" Brown, Jr.
Date of birth: December 24, 1845
Date of death: May 10, 1917
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
H
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52
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Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
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30th
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Democrat
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Wharton / Wharton
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Lavaca, Wharton
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H
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52
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Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
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29th
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Democrat
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Wharton / Wharton
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Lavaca, Wharton
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(1)
"Hon. R.M. Brown of Wharton, candidate for flotorial representative" requested "his name placed on the democratic ticket for the primary on July 28." "Halletsville News: Meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee Was Held," 4/26/1906, p. 12.
Houston Post.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
35th Legislature, 1st C.S., 5/11/1917, p. 258.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch, Robert Meriwether Brown, Volume IV, pp. 1598-1599. Birth date 12/24/1845 in Amherst County, Virginia.
A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
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Military Service Notes |
Confederate States Army, Private, Company E, 2nd Virginia Calvary, enlisted 9/1/1863. R.M. Brown, Jr., application date 9/13/1913, birth year estimated 1845, birthplace Athens, Amhens, Virginia, age 68. Pension File No. 22600, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958.
Robert Meriweather Brown Jr., birth date 12/24/1845, death date 5/10/1917. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865.
Ancestry.com.
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Other Resources |
R.M. Brown, inscription: UCV [United Confederate Veterans], burial in Wharton City Cemetery, Wharton County.
Find a Grave.
Obituary, "'Sunny Jim' Brown Dead at Wharton," 5/11/1917, p. 12, "Judge R.M. Brown, known in the legislature as 'Sunny Jim,' died in a local hospital Wednesday night (5/9/1917)."
Houston Post.
29th Legislature (1905) - R.M. Brown, postoffice Wharton, nativity Virginia, age 59 (born circa 1846), lawyer, Democrat.
Texas Legislative Manual.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
R.M. Brown, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
R.M. Brown, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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