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About John Louis Brown
National leader of and co-founder of "The Knights of the Wise Men" -- a fraternal order to help African-Americans by paying benefits for sickness and death.
John Louis Brown is the Great-Grandfather of singer-songwriter Lionel Ritchie. John Louis was born Oct. 25, 1839 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was the son of Dr. Morgan Brown or his son, Morgan W. Brown and was born in Tennessee to Mariah, unknown last name, who was a slave. Dr. Morgan owned a slave Plantation on the Cumberland River in Nashville, TN.
From the will of Dr. Morgan Brown in August 1839 he releases Mariah and her child from slavery and makes them free. John Louis died of pneumonia on 8 September 1931 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee (This death date was taken from the death certificate) Maggie Smith was the informant. He was buried 12 September 1931. Records showed that John Louis Brown enlisted in the Civil War 20 May 1861 at the age of 22.
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John Louis Brown's Timeline
| 1839 |
October 25, 1839
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Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States
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| 1893 |
January 19, 1893
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Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States
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| 1931 |
September 8, 1931
Age 91
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Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
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Pleasant Gardens Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN, United States
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