Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887,
Jessamine Co.

GEORGE I. BROWN was born in western North Carolina, December 11, 1784.  He
was seven years old when his father removed to Franklin County, Ky.  In
1809 he was married to Sallie Perry, daughter of Lewis Perry, a native of
Orange County, Va., and an early settler in Woodford County, Ky.  Sallie
Perry was also a native of Orange County Va.; was born September 30, 1789,
and died May 6, 1832.  In 1811 he settled in Nicholasville, which at that
period contained only 400 inhabitants.  He lived, on his first coming, in
a log house he erected himself, on Main Street, in the center of the
village, on the lot now occupied by the residence of Holman R. Crow.  He
kept a dry goods store for many years.  He subsequently purchased a large
body of land near the town limits, and erected a large brick building
containing twelve rooms.  In 1817 he began farming and manufacturing hemp.
In 1824 he was elected to represent the people of Jessamine in the State
Legislature.  He also served as senator for four years, from 1829 to 1834,
and again in the Kentucky Legislature of 1850.  By his first wife he had
two sons: Moreau Brown, born January 14, 1815, died June 17, 1875; George
I. Brown, Jr., born in 1819.  In 1833 he married a second wife, Catherine
W. McKinney, who was born in Jessamine County, October 25, 1802, and died
October 2, 1867.  Following are the names of his children by his second
marriage: Mrs. Mary H. Tetcher, born in 1836; William Brown, born May 23,
1839; Mrs. Sallie Wagner, born in 1841, died in 1880.  William Brown is a
distinguished politician, as well as a lawyer.  He read law under Judge
William R. Welch, now of Carlinville, Ill.; practiced two years, then
entered the law school of Harvard College.  In 1863, during the late civil
war, he was a decided Union man.  In 1867, and again in 1870, he was the
Republican candidate for Congress in the Ashland District, and was defeated
by Hon. James B. Beck.  In 1871 he was the Republican candidate for
attorney general of the State, against Gen. P. W. Rodman.  In 1873 he was
a member of the Kentucky Legislature, and greatly distinguished himself as
one of the most accomplished debaters in that body.  His speech on the bill
to educate colored children was regarded as one of the ablest speeches
delivered in the Legislature of that period. George I. Brown and sons owned
over 150 slaves at the time he died.  Many of them are now living, and
cherish his memory with a marked reverence.  Their love and friendship for
his son is sincere and deep, as his father was one of the kindest of
masters.

Brown Perry Crow McKinney Tetcher Wagner Beck Rodman Welch
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Franklin-KY Woodford-KY Orange-VA NC IL

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