Brown, John Calvin
soldier, lawyer, governor, was born Jan. 6, 1827, in Giles county, Tenn. In 1861 he entered the confederate army, and was made captain; and served with distinction throughout the civil war, rising to the rank of major-general. He was a delegate to, and was elected president of the state constitutional convention of 1870; and in that year was elected governor of Tennessee, and was re-elected in 1872. serving until 1875. In 1876 he was elected vice-president of the Texas and Pacific Railway company. He died Aug. 17, 1889, in Red Boiling Springs, Tenn.