John Calvin BROWN

January 6, 1847 (age 62)

Giles County, Tennessee. (A brother, Neill S. Brown, was governor of Tennessee from United States

He graduated from Jackson College, Tennessee, in 1846 and was admitted to the Pulaski bar two years later. He developed an excellent law practice in Pulaski during the 1850s. He was first married to Ann Pointer and then to Elizabeth Childress in 1864 by whom he had four children. He was a Presbyterian and a Whig. He remained out of politics until 1860 when he became an elector on the John Bell Constitutional Unionist party ticket. While a moderate in politics, when his state seceded Brown enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private. At the battle of Fort Donelson in February 1862, he commanded the 3rd Tennessee Infantry. Wounded at Perryville during the Kentucky campaign of October 1862 and again at Chickamauga in September 1863, he was a hero at Missionary Ridge in 1863 and in the Dalton-Atlanta campaign of 1864. Brown was promoted to brigadier general on August 30, 1862, and to major general on August 4, 1846. He served under General John B. Hood as commander of Cheatham’s Division. Brown was severely wounded during the charge at Franklin, Tennessee, in November 1864 and saw no further military duty. After the war, he returned to his Pulaski law practice. He was disfranchised until 1869 when he was elected to the state legislature. He was defeated in an 1875 U.S. Senate race by former President Andrew Johnson. He then returned to his law practice. After 1876, Brown worked for New York financier Jay Gould as president of the Texas and Pacific Railroad, and he lived at various times in Washington, D.C., and in Texas. In 1889, he returned to Tennessee as president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company.

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BROWN, John Calvin was born on January 6, 1827 in Giles County, Tennessee. (A brother, Neill S. Brown, was governor of Tennessee from 1847, United States. Son of Duncan and Margaret (Smith) Brown.

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He graduated from Jackson College, Tennessee, in 1846 and was admitted to the Pulaski bar two years later. He developed an excellent law practice in Pulaski during the 1850s. He was first married to Ann Pointer and then to Elizabeth Childress in 1864 by whom he had four children.

He was a Presbyterian and a Whig. He remained out of politics until 1860 when he became an elector on the John Bell Constitutional Unionist party ticket. While a moderate in politics, when his state seceded Brown enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private.

At the battle of Fort Donelson in February 1862, he commanded the 3rd Tennessee Infantry. Wounded at Perryville during the Kentucky campaign of October 1862 and again at Chickamauga in September 1863, he was a hero at Missionary Ridge in 1863 and in the Dalton-Atlanta campaign of 1864. Brown was promoted to brigadier general on August 30, 1862, and to major general on August 4, 1846.

He served under General John B. Hood as commander of Cheatham’s Division. Brown was severely wounded during the charge at Franklin, Tennessee, in November 1864 and saw no further military duty. After the war, he returned to his Pulaski law practice.

He was disfranchised until 1869 when he was elected to the state legislature. He was defeated in an 1875 U.S. Senate race by former President Andrew Johnson. He then returned to his law practice.

After 1876, Brown worked for New York financier Jay Gould as president of the Texas and Pacific Railroad, and he lived at various times in Washington, D.C., and in Texas. In 1889, he returned to Tennessee as president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company.

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"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.

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Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.

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