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'''John Robert Brown''' (January 14, 1842 – August 4, 1927) was a [[United States Representative]] from [[Virginia]]. ==Biography== Born near [[Snow Creek, Virginia|Snow Creek]], [[Virginia]], he attended private schools in [[Franklin County, Virginia|Franklin]] and [[Henry County, Virginia|Henry]] Counties and entered the [[Confederate Army]] in 1861 as a private in Company D, Twenty-fourth Regiment of Virginia Volunteers. In 1870 he formed a partnership with his father in the tobacco business at Shady Grove; he moved to [[Martinsville, Virginia|Martinsville]], [[Virginia]] in 1882 and continued in the tobacco business. He also engaged in banking and was [[mayor]] of Martinsville from 1884 to 1888. Brown was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[50th United States Congress|Fiftieth Congress]], serving from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1889; he unsuccessfully contested the election of [[Claude A. Swanson]] to the [[55th United States Congress|Fifty-fifth Congress]]. He reengaged in the tobacco business and retired from active business pursuits; Brown died in Martinsville, with interment in Oakwood Cemetery. ==External links== *{{findagrave|7773336|name=John Robert Brown}} ==References== *{{CongBio|B000931}} Retrieved on 2009-04-17 {{Persondata |NAME= Brown, John Robert |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION= Confederate Army soldier and politician |DATE OF BIRTH= January 14, 1842 |PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Snow Creek, Virginia|Snow Creek]], [[Virginia]] |DATE OF DEATH= August 4, 1927 |PLACE OF DEATH= [[Martinsville, Virginia|Martinsville]], [[Virginia]] }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, John Robert}} [[Category:1842 births]] [[Category:1927 deaths]] [[Category:Confederate States Army soldiers]] [[Category:Mayors of places in Virginia]] [[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia]] [[Category:Martinsville, Virginia]]
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