George Brown (1839 - 1879)

Husband of Catherine (Heatherly) Brown — married 15 Dec 1859 in Campbell, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 1879 at about age 40 in Demory, Campbell, Tennessee, United States

Biography

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Name: Corp George W. Brown

Birth Date: 1839

Death Date: 1879

Cemetery: Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place: Demory, Campbell County, Tennessee, United States of America

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Spouse: Catherine Brown

Children:

Sterling S. Brown

Alice Jane Brown

John Brown

His wife, Catherine Heatherly Brown, is buried at Pleasantview, Kentucky.

[Campbell County, Tennessee, Obituaries, 1821 - 1889 by Paul Lemasters]

"Bloody Tragedy In Campbell County" George Brown Stabbed By James Cannon and Almost Instantly Killed.

We were informed yesterday by Capt. J.W. Ault, mail agent on the K&O road, that one of those bloody tragedies, which ever and anon break the usual quiet of our peaceable communities, had occurred at Cedar Creek, Campbell County, on Wednesday. The parties engaged in the unfortunate affair were George Brown and James Cannon; both of them have always been considered as quiet, law-abiding citizens in the past. The former is a merchant and the latter is a farmer. It seems that Cannon had taken some furs to Brown's store, on Cedar Creek, to sell. They got into a difficulty about the price of them, and, after some harsh words, Brown ordered Cannon out of the store. Cannon started to leave, but Brown followed him out on the porch and there hit him with his fist. Cannon had an open knife in his hand, and upon receiving the blow struck at Brown with it, hitting him upon the right side of the neck and severing the jugular vein. Brown, after being cut, lived only about two minutes. The murderer escaped, and at last accounts had not yet been apprehended. The affair created a great deal of excitement in the neighborhood on account of the prominence and previous good record of both men.

---The Knoxville Daily Chronicle, Friday, March 7, 1879

[Campbell County , Tennessee, Obituaries, 1821 - 1889 by Paul Lemasters]

"Campbell County"

News has just reached here of a serious and fatal stabbing that occurred in the upper edge of the county yesterday. Mr. George Brown, a merchant of that section, while in an altercation with a party by the name of Cannon, had his jugular artery severed, and died in a short time. This is a serious charge for Cannon to bear, and if he is a "son of a gun", it is doubtful whether, after such a "breach of the peace", he can be discharged. It is a lamentable affair.

---The Knoxville Daily Tribune, Friday, March 7, 1879

Sources

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