Brown, John Thompson -- Nov. 20, 1837 —At his father's residence, in Bedford co., John Thompson Brown, of Petersburg. Va., aged 36. He was for several years a very distinguished member of the legislature, was rising rapidly at the bar, and was regarded as one of the most eminent men of his age in the state. ["Historical Collections of Virginia" by Henry Lowe, Babcock & Company, Charleston, S.C., 1845. p. 406-407; submitted by Robyn Greenlund]

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