CAPT. JAMES P. BROWN PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME NEAR KOSSE
Kosse, Tx. July 24, 1897. Dead at his residence near here, yesterday,
Capt. James P. Brown, age 66 years. Capt. James P. Brown was born in
Georgia and moved to Texas before the war and settled in Washington
County. In 1858 he moved to this county, and in 1861 he went into the
Confederate Army as 3rd lieutenant, Company K, 12th Texas Calvary,
Parson's Brigade.
After one year's service he was elected Caption of his company and
served as such until the close of the war.
He represented his county one term in the state legistature and was
for the past 4 years collector for the county. He was a brother of
Honorable T. J. Brown, one of the judges of the supreme court and of
Judge E. F. Brown, of Sherman and the father of District Judge C. A.
Brown of Vernon.
He was a member of the Masonic Order and held the position of master
of this lodge at the time of his death. He was a member of the Baptist
church and a true christian, gentle man. He leaves a wife and several
grown children. His relatives were nearly all with him.
This obiturary was taken from the July 29, 1897 issue of the Groesbeck
Journal, Groesbeck, Tx.