John Marshall Brown

Background

Brown, John Marshall was born on December 14, 1838 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of John Bundy and Ann Matilda (Greely) Brown.

Education

Educated Fortland. Gould’s, Bethel and Phillips Andover Academies Graduate Bowdoin College, 1860. Master of Arts, 1863. Commissioned First lieutenant, 20th Maine Volumes, August 29, 1862.

Appointed by President Lincoln, June 1863, captain and assistant adjutant general volumes

Later served in South Carolina. and Florida. Promoted lieutenant colonel 32d Maine volumes, March 26, 1864.

Commanded regiment at Totopotomy and Cold Harbor and preliminary movements at St. Petersburg, where was severely wounded. Discharged for physical disability from wounds, September 23, 1864.

Bvtd. colonel and brigadier general.

Career

Became member firm J. B. Brown & Son, owners Portland Sugar Company.

Achievements

• John Marshall Brown has been listed as a noteworthy trustee of estates, army officer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member common council, Portland, 1865, commissioner to Paris Exposition, 1867. Served in Maine Militia as a.-daughter-c., colonel and brigadier general Bem. Maine legislature, 1899.

Member and 6 years president of the board of overseers, and later.

Member of the board of managers National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and local manager Eastern branch, since 1898.

Connections

Married Alida Catherine Carroll, December 18, 1866.

Father:

John Bundy Brown

Mother:

Ann Matilda (Greely) Brown

Spouse:

Alida Catherine Carroll