Background
Brown, Joseph Gill was born on November 5, 1854 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Henry J. and Lydia (Lane) Brown.
Brown, Joseph Gill was born on November 5, 1854 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Henry J. and Lydia (Lane) Brown.
Educated private schools, Raleigh and Wake County, North Carolina, Trinity College, 1871-1872, half through sophomore year.
President Citizens’ National Bank, Raleigh, Raleigh Savings Bank & Trust Company, Atlantic Fire Insurance Company. Director Carolina division Southern Railway, Atlantic Joint Stock Land Bank. President North Carolina State Bankers’ Association, 1899-1900.
3 terms on executive council, 1898-1901 and 1902-1904, and one as vice president for North Carolina American Bankers’ Association.
Member Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Member General Conferences, 1908-1925 (incorporated). Member Epworth Board Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Member board aldermen.
Member State Board Charities. Member Federal Advisory Council of the United States.
Married Alice Burkhead, November 10, 1881. Children: Josephine Lane (Mistress J. K. Doughton), Robert Anderson, Frank Burkhead.