City: Knoxville
BROWNLOW, John Bell, real estate; born Elizabethton, Tenn., Oct. 19, 1839; maternally he is a direct descendent of Capt. James GAINES who was a Revolutionary soldier, and a member of the Convention of N.C., from Chatham Co., which ratified the Constitution of U.S., and from Judge Edmund PENDLETON, who was a member of Continental Congress from Va., 1874-5; son of William GANNAWAY and Eliza (O’Brien) BROWNLOW; father’s occupation, editor of “Knoxville Whig;” paternal grandparents, Joseph A. and Catherine (Gannaway) BROWNLOW, maternal grandparents, James S. and Susan Dabney (Everet) O’BRIEN; educated in the private schools of Knoxville, and Emory & Henry College, Va., in early life was a Journalist, and Sec. to his father while Governor of Tenn. and U.S. Senator; married Fanny FOUCHE, Oct. 1, 1872; member Masonic Fraternity and Sons of the American Revolution; Republican (Independent), Special Agent U.S. Treasury Dept. 1865-6; member of U.S. Governmental Board, representing P.O. Dept. at the Exposition held at Nashville, Tenn., in 1897, Omaha Neb. 1898, Buffalo, N.Y. 1900, World’s Fair St. Louis 1904, Charleston S.C., 1900-01; served as Lieut-Col. Commanding 9th Reg’t. Cavalry Tenn. Vol. U.S.A. 1863-1865; member of Methodist church.
