James Petty Brown
Full Name: James Petty Brown
Birth date: March 5, 1829
Death date: July 23, 1897
Terms of Service
-
House,
16th
(1)
Legislature
1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
Democrat
(1)
Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News .
Biographical Notes and Resources
Other Resources
- Capt. J.P. Brown, birth date 3/5/1829, death date 7/23/1897, burial in Brown Cemetery, Kosse, Limestone County. Includes obituaries in the Shiner Gazette, 7/28/1897, and Austin Statesman, 7/24/1897, and a reprint of obituary in the Groesbeck Journal, 7/24/1897.
Find a Grave .
- Obituaries, Captain James P. Brown, The Galveston Daily News, 7/25/1897, p. 3, crediting Abilene Library Consortium.
"A Veteran Dead: Capt. James P. Brown Passes Away at His Home Near Kosse," Shiner Gazette, 7/28/1897, p. 2, crediting Shiner Public Library. "He represented his county one term in the state legislature . . . "
"Capt. Brown Dead: Prominent Texan Dead at His Residence Near Kosse," Austin Weekly Statesman, 7/29/1897, p. 11.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . Shiner
Austin
Galveston
- Biographical sketch, James Petty Brown, p. 263. Born 3/5/1829 in Jasper County, Georgia.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
- Confederate States Army, 3rd Lieutenant, Company K, Parson's 24th Regiment, Texas Cavalry; elected Captain, 5/18/1862.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.