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James Petty Brown Full Name: James Petty Brown Date of birth: March 5, 1829 Date of death: July 23, 1897 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 42 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 16th (1)   Democrat Kosse / Limestone   Limestone (1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Capt. J.P. Brown, birth date 3/5/1829, death date 7/23/1897, burial in Brown Cemetery, Kosse, Limestone County. Includes obituaries in the Shiner Gazette, 7/28/1897, and Austin Statesman, 7/24/1897, and a reprint of obituary in the Groesbeck Journal, 7/24/1897. Find a Grave. Obituaries, Captain James P. Brown, The Galveston Daily News, 7/25/1897, p. 3, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "A Veteran Dead: Capt. James P. Brown Passes Away at His Home Near Kosse," Shiner Gazette, 7/28/1897, p. 2, crediting Shiner Public Library. "He represented his county one term in the state legislature . . . " "Capt. Brown Dead: Prominent Texan Dead at His Residence Near Kosse," Austin Weekly Statesman, 7/29/1897, p. 11. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Austin Galveston Shiner Biographical sketch, James Petty Brown, p. 263. Born 3/5/1829 in Jasper County, Georgia. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, 3rd Lieutenant, Company K, Parson's 24th Regiment, Texas Cavalry; elected Captain, 5/18/1862. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Committee Informationtop 16th R.S. - 1879 Agriculture and Stock Raising   Assessment and Collection of Taxes   Federal Relations   Internal Improvements   Roads, Bridges and Ferries

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