
Brown is second from left.
James Stephens Brown, Jr. (c. 1859 – January 6, 1946) was an American Democratic politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1906 to 1910
Early life
Brown was born circa 1859.[1][2] He graduated from the United States Naval Academy.[1][2]
Career
Brown served a naval officer in the Spanish–American War of 1898.[3] He became a lawyer, and he joined the firm of Champion, Head, and Brown.[1] He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1906 to 1910.[1][2] He subsequently moved to Memphis.[1]
Personal life and death
Brown was married to Madeline Pattie McComb on November 6, 1895.[3] They had three children: James S. Brown, III, Worthington Brown, and Berta Brown Radford.[3] He was Presbyterian.[1]
Brown died on January 6, 1946 at his home in Memphis.[1][2] He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "J.S. Brown, Ex-Mayor of Nashville, Dies.". The Tennessean. January 7, 1946. p. 14. https://www.newspapers.com/image/143572290/?terms=%22James%2BStephens%2BBrown%22. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Brown, Former Nashville Mayor, Dies". The Jackson Sun. January 7, 1946. p. 9. https://www.newspapers.com/image/282238818/?terms=%22James%2BStephens%2BBrown%22. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN". http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nashvillearchives/mayors.html.
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Preceded by Thomas Owen Morris |
Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee 1908–1909 |
Succeeded by Hilary Ewing Howse |
Template:Mayors of Nashville
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