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1861 he became major-surgeon; and in 1866 was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general.
He
died Oct. 31, 1891.
Joseph Emerson, lawyer, jurist, governor, United States senator, was born April 15, 1831, in South Carolina. In 1849 he was elected to the Georgia state senate; in 1853 he was a Pierce elector; and in 1855 he was elected judge of the superior courts of the Blue Eidge circuit. In 1857 he was elected
Brown,
governor of
Georgia
and was re-elected in in 1859. He was a secessionist in 1860 and was active and ener;
getic as a war governor after the state had seceded. In 1861 he was again elected governor; and in 1863 he was again elected to that high office. In 186870 he was chief justice of the supreme court of Georgia, which position he resigned to accept the presidency of the Western atlantic
Brown, Justus Morris, army surgeon, was born Dec. 8, 1840, in Ohio. In 1862 he was appointed assistant surgeon in the United States army. In 1904 he was retired with the rank of brigadier-general. Brown, Kate Louise, educator, author, was born May 8, 1857, in Adams, Mass. She has attained success in educational work in Reading, Wakefield and Milton, Mass.; and is now engaged in educational work in Boston, Mass. She has written many children's songs and music for kindergarten marching plays. She is the author of Little People; Interstate Reader; Stories in Songs; The Plant Baby
and Its Friend; and Alice and Tom. Brown, Katharine Holland, writer, author, was born in Alton, HI. She is the author of Dianne Dawn and The Juliana Stories. Brown, Kenneth, journalist, author, was
born March 9, 1868, in Chicago, 111. He was educated in the public and private schools of United States, Germany and Switzerland; studied
town, Ohio. Brown, Joseph M., governor. In 1909-11 he was governor of Georgia. Brown, Joseph Rogers, manufacturer, inventor, was born Jan. 26, 1810, in Warren, R. I. In 1865 he invented the universal milling machine and later invented the patent form cutters and universal grinding machine. He has been an extensive manufacturer of sewing machines. He died July 33, 1876, on the Isle of Shoals, N.H. Brown, Julius L., lawyer, business president, was born May 31, 1848, in Canton, Ga. and is the son of the late Governor Joseph
B. Brown. He was educated at the university of Georgia. Then in
1870-73 he was assistant United States attorney; and for twenty years was general counsel for the original lessee of the Western and Atlantic railroad. For a number of years he was president of the Georgia mining,
manufacturing and investment company; and is now master in chancery in the United States circuit court. He is a thirty-two degree mason past grand commander of the grand commandry of Georgia knights templar; and past vice-presideiit of the grand high priesthood of Georgia.
five
years at
university Harvard and a short time at
railroad company. In 1880-91 he was United States senator. He died Nov. 30, 1894, in Atlanta, Ga.
Brown, Joseph Henry, manufacturer, inventor, was born July 34, 1810, in Wales. In 1874-81 he was president of the Joseph H. Brown iron and steel company of Chicago, 111. He invented the first method of cutting nail plate. He died Nov. 17, 1886, in Youngs-
the university of Vir-
He has been
gaged
in
enjournalistic
work
on
the Boston
ginia.
Herald, the
New York
Herald and the Balti-
more News. In 189698 he was reporter on the Chicago Inter-Ocean; and in 1898-1900 was an editorial writer for the New York Commercial Advertiser. He is now a, resident of Charlottsville, Va., engaged in writing in collaboration with his brother-in-law, H. B. Boone. He is part-author of Eastover Court House; The Redfields Succession; Sirocco; and The First Secretary.
Brown, Levant Frederick, ralroad manager, author, was born Oct. 8, 1849, in Wheatland, Mich. He graduated in 1871 from the law department of the university of Michigan. Since 1881 he has been engaged in railroad business. He is the author of Prince Harold. Brown, Lewis Gove, soldier, was born York. In 1862 he was first lieutenant the eleventh regiment Ohio infantry; and
New
1865 was
in in in brevetted brigadier-general of vol-
unteers.
Brown, Lucy Hall, physician, inventor, was born about 1871. In 1884-87 she was professor of physiology and hygiene; and resident physician of Vassar college. Since that time she has practiced medicine in Brooklyn, N.Y. She is the inventor of numerous electrical devices.
Brown, Marshall, lawyer, jurist, author, was born Feb. 13, 1852, in Brownsdale, Pa. He was educated in the public schools; and at the Western university of Pittsburg, Pa. In 1874 he began the active practice of law in Pittsburg, Pa. Since 1900 he has been judge of the court of common pleas of AUepoet,
