Background
Brown was born in Sumner County, Tennessee.
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John Brown
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He headed a group of Latter-day Saints, mainly from Mississippi, who moved west in 1846. They did not realize that the main body of the church had stopped at Winter Quarters, Nebraska and they ended up wintering in Pueblo, Colorado. Brown himself had headed back east to meet with higher up church leaders, and was part of the pioneer company headed by Brigham Young that arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in July 1847.
From 1860 to 1862 Brown served as a missionary in Great Britain.
From 1863 until 1891 he was the bishop of the Pleasant Grove Ward in Pleasant Grove, Utah. He also served for a time as mayor of Pleasant Grove.
From 1867 to 1868 he served another mission in the Southern States Mission. He was later made a patriarch in the church.
Membership
He was also a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature.
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