{"id":3154,"date":"2022-01-10T14:33:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T20:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/?p=3154"},"modified":"2022-01-10T14:33:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T20:33:26","slug":"browning-richard-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/2022\/01\/10\/browning-richard-h\/","title":{"rendered":"Browning, Richard H."},"content":{"rendered":"

Hon. Richard H. Browning<\/strong>, a prominent planter of the northern part of
\nLauderdale County, was born in Williamson County, Tenn., about midway between
\nFranklin and Nashville, December 16, 1835. His father, L. Browning, was born
\nin Edinboro, Scotland, in 1800, and emigrated to America when eighteen years
\nold. After remaining a short time at Philadelphia, he came to Nashville, where
\nhe sold goods until 1835. He married Lucinda Hightower, daughter of Richard
\nHightower, one of the respected and well-known farmers of that section. Two
\nsons and two daughters were born to them, our subject being the youngest
\nchild. The mother was born in Williamson County, and died in Hardeman County
\nin 1836. The father was a man of extensive reading and broad ideas; he was
\nfully informed upon all political subjects, and might have commanded the
\npopular support in politics, but preferred the quiet life. In 1835 he moved to
\nHardeman County, settling in the northwestern portion of the county, and
\nfarmed until his death in October 1857. Our subject was raised on a farm, and
\ncompleted his education at Bethel College. He married in Lauderdale County,
\nMarch 20, 1861, Miss Margaret J. Wright, a daughter of Edward Wright, a native
\nof Virginia, and a well-known farmer of Lauderdale. To this marriage were born
\nStella V., Mary L., Edward Marvin, and Cordy Ethel. Mrs. Browning was born in
\nLauderdale County, August 1838. Mr. Browning is a Democrat and cast his first
\nvote for Jno. C. Breckinridge, and gave his vote and influence in favor of
\nsecession, believing it best and believing that the State under the
\nConstitution of the United States, had a right to this prerogative. He
\nenlisted in the Confederate Army, and was mustered into cavalry service
\nSeptember 21, 1861, at Columbus, Ky., and belonged to Capt. R. W. Haywood’s
\ncompany, which was afterward Company D, Seventh Tennessee Regiment, under Col.
\nJackson. He served under Gens. Chalmers and Forrest, and was in all the
\nbattles his company fought in, and was surrendered by Forrest, May 8, 1865, at
\nGainesville, Ala. Mr. Browning represented his county in the Forty-fourth
\nGeneral Assembly of the State, and proved a useful, efficient representative.
\nMr. and Mrs. Browning are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He
\nowns 600 acres of land; 300 under cultivation.. He raises stock, but gives his
\nchief attention to cotton, and is one of the practical, influential citizens
\nof the county.<\/p>\n

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Hon. Richard H. Browning, a prominent planter of the northern part of Lauderdale County, was born in Williamson County, Tenn., about midway between Franklin and Nashville, December 16, 1835. His father, L. Browning, was born in Edinboro, Scotland, in 1800, …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-3154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biographies","tag-browning"],"modified_by":"Jim Daniel","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3155,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154\/revisions\/3155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}