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Source: "Memoirs of Georgia", Historical and Biographical Sketches, by S Emmett Lucas Jr, published in 1896.

 William J Brown, farmer, Buchanan, Haralson Co., Ga., son of William 1.and Susan Brown, was born in Henry county, Ga.,

in 1852. His paternal grandfather, Roland Brown, was a farmer, a poor man, and came from South Carolina to Georgia

early in the present century. His wife was a Miss Dicy Waldrop, also a native of South Carolina. The parents of
our subject were born in Georgia, and the father was reared on a farm, but he started in life for himself as a brakeman

on the Georgia railway. He was promoted to a conductorship on a freight train, and, saving some money, came to and

settled on a farm in Haralson county in 186o. During the war he served as captain in the army until the surrender. He

also was elected and served as a 'justice of the inferior court, and died in 1886. Mr. Brown received a very limited education,

 and has followed farming exclusively. He was married Dec. 23, 1873, to Miss Nancy Carolina, daughter of Seaborn and Melinda Caroline McGarity, of Paulding county, Ga.

To them nine children have been born: Carrie Leota, Willie S., Eva May, Cora Ella, Robert Joseph, Sarah Udara, Bertie,

Agnes Pearl, James Benjamin. Mrs. Brown is an exemplary member of the Methodist church. Mr. Brown is a master Mason,

 one of the most prosperous farmers in the county, and as a citizen Commands the respect and esteem of all who
know him.

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