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Source: Memoirs of Georgia Containing Historical Accounts of the State's Civil, Military, Industrial and Professional Interests, and Personal Sketches of Many of Its People. Vol. 2. Atlanta, Ga.: Southern Historical Association, 1895. p. 688. Contributed by Lori Thornton.

JAMES L. BROWN, farmer, Cadiz, Franklin Co., Ga., son of Isham and Elizabeth (Burrus) Brown, was born in Anderson, S.C., in 1816. His paternal grandparents were James and Susan (Kane) Brown, who moved first to North Carolina and thence to South Carolina, where he died in 1837. He was a large farmer and a preacher of some note. His grandparents were George and Rachel (Felton) Brown. They were natives of North Carolina, where he followed farming. Mr. Brown's father was born in Pendleton district, S.C., where he grew to manhood, and later moved to Georgia and settled in Franklin county. Mr. Brown was reared on the farm and received only the limited education obtainable in that locality at the time of his boyhood. He started in life as an overseer, then for some years rented land, and finally, in 1839, he bought a farm, on which he has since lived a happy, contented life, and raised a family. He has an excellent farm in fine condition, with a comfortable dwelling and substantial outbuildings. He has served as bailiff and as a justice of the peace. Mr. Brown was married in 1839 to Miss Jane M.—born in South Carolina in 1822—daughter of William and Annie (Love) Bailey. He was a native of South Carolina and a farmer. Eleven children blessed this union: Martha C., Eliza, William F., Asa M., Elizabeth N., John T., Anavastine, Isham, Newton, Susan L. and Lawrence S., of whom seven survive. The mother of these, a devoted member of the Baptist church, died in 1882. Subsequently he married Miss Eleanor—born in Elbert county in 1837—daughter of Thomas Black, who was born in Union, S.C., and followed farming and carpentering. Mr. Brown and his wife are consistent members of the Baptist church.

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