James Stephens Brown Explained

James Stephen Brown Jr. (July 6, 1858January 6, 1946) was an American Democratic politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, from 1906 to 1910.

Early life

Brown was born in Paris, Tennessee on July 6, 1858.[1] He attended the University of Tennessee before entering the United States Naval Academy in September 1875.[2] Brown graduated from the Naval Academy in 1880.[3]

Career

Brown served aboard and . He was part of the U.S. delegation at the coronation of Tsar Alexander III of Russia in May 1883.[3]

Brown resigned his commission as an ensign in February 1889 and became a lawyer in Nashville, joining the firm of Champion, Head, and Brown.[3] [2] [4]

During the Spanish–American War, Brown returned to active duty as a lieutenant junior grade from May to October 1898.[2] [5]

Brown served as Mayor of Nashville from 1906 to 1910.[4] [6] He subsequently moved to Memphis.[4]

Personal life and death

Brown was married to Madeline Pattie McComb on November 6, 1895.[5] They had three children: James S. Brown, III, Worthington Brown, and Berta Brown Radford.[5] He was Presbyterian.[4]

Brown died on January 6, 1946, at his home in Memphis.[4] [6] He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: James Stephen Brown . January 7, 1946 . 1538 . Certificate of Death . Department of Public Health, State of Tennessee, Division of Vital Statistics.
  2. Book: List of Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps, from 1775 to 1900: Comprising a Complete Register of All Present and Former Commissioned, Warranted, and Appointed Officers of the United States Navy, and of the Marine Corps, Regular and Volunteer. Comp. from the Official Records of the Navy Department . 1901 . 82 . L. R. Hamersly & Company . 2023-05-27.
  3. Book: The University of Tennessee Record . 1898 . 178 . University of Tennessee . 2023-05-27.
  4. News: J.S. Brown, Ex-Mayor of Nashville, Dies. . June 23, 2018 . The Tennessean . January 7, 1946. 14. Newspapers.com. registration .
  5. Web site: Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN . 2013-03-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313015642/http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nashvillearchives/mayors.html . 2016-03-13 . dead .
  6. News: Brown, Former Nashville Mayor, Dies . June 23, 2018 . The Jackson Sun . January 7, 1946. 9. Newspapers.com. registration .

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