William  Morton Brown

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William M. Brown
Born
Feb. 23, 1839
Died
Aug. 2, 1902

A Soldier of the Confederacy
Captain of the Rockbridge Battery
"Stonewall Brigade."
Member of the Texas Senate 15th Legislature
Comptroller Public Accounts, 1881-3
One of the true and tried.
A Christian Gentleman.
Full Name: William  Morton Brown
Location: Section:Republic Hill, Section 2 (C2)
Row:A  Number:17
Reason for Eligibility: Confederate Veteran; Member, Texas Senate; State Comptroller of Public Accounts 
Birth Date: February 23, 1839 
Died: August 2, 1902 
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BROWN, WILLIAM MORTON (1838-1902)William M. Brown, politician, was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1838. While he was still an infant the family moved to Augusta County, Virginia. He graduated from Washington College in the late 1850s. In 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and served as a lieutenant in the Rock Bridge Artillery company. He was wounded in two battles, the latter being Gettysburg in July 1863, where he was captured and imprisoned on Johnson's Island. After his release at the end of the war he moved to Marlin, Texas, where he had a cotton commission business. In 1876, he was elected to represent the Twenty-first District in the Texas Senate; he served in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth legislatures. During his term he married Mamie Dill of Austin; they had four children. Brown was comptroller of public accounts from 1880 until January 1883. He was one of the organizers of the John Bell Hood Camp of Confederate Veterans in Austin in 1884 and was instrumental in the establishment of the Confederate Home for Men. Brown was state oil inspector from 1887 to 1891. He was a Presbyterian and a Democrat. He died in Austin on August 2, 1902.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas (New York: Southern, 1880). C. W. Raines, Year Book for Texas (2 vols., Austin: Gammel-Statesman, 1902, 1903). E. W. Swindells, A Legislative Manual for the State of Texas (2 vols., Austin, 1879-83).

Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "BROWN, WILLIAM M," http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbr98.html (accessed September 17, 2005).

Notes:

#8997) Served as State Senator during the 15th session. Served as Comptroller from 1881-1883.
Entered by Administrator on 2/1/1998 12:11:40 PM

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