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John
A. Brown, a representative of
mercantile interests in White Oaks, where he is also filling the
position of postmaster, is a native of Daviess county, Kentucky, and
was reared to the occupation of farming, early becoming familiar
with the duties and labors incident to the care of the fields. At
the time of the Civil war he espoused the Union cause, enlisting as
a member of Company E, Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry, with which he
served until the close of the war in the capacity of corporal. He
was in active duty in the eastern Tennessee and Georgia campaigns,
and Stoneman's raids through West Virginia, South Carolina, North
Carolina and Georgia, his regiment participating in many hotly
contested engagements. While in the army he was wounded and still
suffers from the injuries sustained in defense of his
country.
Mr. Brown came to
White Oaks on the 11th of September, 1883, and has since made his
home in New Mexico. For two years he was engaged in prospecting adn
then turned his attention to merchandising and to the commission
business, conducting his store here since 1885. He belongs to Golden
Rule Lodge No. 16, I. O. O. F., of White Oaks adn maintains pleasant
relations with his old army comrades through his membership in
Kearny Post No. 10, G. A. R. He is as true and loyal to his country
and her interests as when he followed the stars and stripes upon the
battlefield of the south.
Source:
History of New Mexico:
Its Resources and People, by George B. Anderson, Pacific States Publishing
Co., 1907-Transcribed by C. Anthony.
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