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Browne, Samuel Barnett

journalist, lawyer, was born Sept. 18, 1844, in Mt. Vernon, Ala. He served in the confederate army; lost his right foot at Frazier's Farm; again entered the army as a cavalryman; and was recommended as major by Gen. Robert E.

Lee for distinguished valor on the battlefield. In 1868 he was admitted to the bar; subsequently he resided in Calvert, Texas, and became editor of the Central Texan. He again returned to Mobile, Ala., where he has become distinguished especially in criminal law, and is known as one of the most eminent lawyers of the Alabama bar.