Milton Brown (February 28, 1804 – May 15, 1883) was a

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from

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Biography

Brown was born in

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. After growing up, he moved to

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. He married Sarah F. Jackson on January 21, 1835, and they had seven children, four boys and three girls.

Career

Brown studied law and was admitted to the Tennessee bar and began his practice in

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, but later, he moved south to

Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Tennessee, United States. Located east of Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis and 130 Miles Southwest of Nashville, it is a regional center of trade for West Tennessee. Its total population wa ...

. In 1835 Brown became a judge of the chancery court of west Tennessee and held this position until he was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress, representing the twelfth district. He served in that Capacity from March 4, 1841 to March 3, 1843. Reelected to the two succeeding Congresses representing the eleventh district, he served from March 4, 1843 to March 4, 1847. Brown was one of the founders of two Universities:

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, which became

Union University Union University is a private Baptist university in Jackson, Tennessee, with additional campuses in Germantown and Hendersonville. The university is affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention (Southern Baptist Convention). It was estab ...

), and of Lambuth College, both in

. He also served as president of the Mississippi Central & Tennessee Railroad Co. from 1854 to 1856, and as president of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co. from 1856 to 1871.

Death

Brown died in

on May 15, 1883 (age 79 years, 76 days). He is interred in Riverside Cemetery in Jackson.

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