Husband Maj. Adam Mercer Brown 1 2 3
Born: 3 Aug 1829 or 1830 - Middlesex Twp, Butler Co, PA 2 3
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Father: Joseph Brown (Abt 1800-1883) 2 5 6
Mother: Mary Marshall (1798-1877) 7
Marriage: 1851 or 1854 2 8
• Additional Image: A. M. Brown.
Wife Lucette Turney 2
AKA: Lucetta Turney 8
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Father: Adam Turney ( -1872) 8 9
Mother: Hannah Weaver (1791- )
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1 M Judge Marshall Brown 2 8
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2 F Sarah M. Brown 2
AKA: Sarah B. Brown 8
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Spouse: Dr. T. G. Herron ( -Bef 1913) 2 8
3 F Caroline A. "Carrie" Brown 2 8
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Spouse: John H. Herron ( - ) 2 8
4 M William John Brown 2 8
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5 M Thomas M. Brown 2 8
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6 M John Dean Brown 2 8
Born: - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
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Spouse: Helen Dorothy Shepard ( - ) 8
Marr: 2 Jun 1898 8
General Notes: Husband - Maj. Adam Mercer Brown
He was born and raised in Butler County, Pennsylvania, but read law in Pittsburgh with his uncle, Thomas M. Marshall; he reached eminence in his profession, and was one of the leading candidates for the Republican nomination for Supreme Judge in the State Convention of 1882.
He received the most liberal training afforded by the schools of his native county, and finished his education at private schools in Pittsburgh. He read law with his uncle, Thomas M. Marshall, being admitted to the bar in 1853. For twelve years he was a member of the firm of Marshall & Brown, but after 1865 he practiced for himself. He was recognized as a leading member of the Allegheny county bar, and achieved many forensic triumphs. Although his practice was almost entirely in the civil courts, he occasionally, and for special causes, consented to appear in important criminal cases. Among his many celebrated cases his successful defense and acquittal of James Nutt, in the famous trial for the murder of Capt. Dukes, in 1884, added no little to his professional reputation, and won popular favor.
Mr. Brown was a lifelong supporter of the republican party. He was a member of the select council of Pittsburgh for three years; a delegate to the national convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln for president, in 1864, and to that which nominated Grant and Colfax, in 1868. He never sought or desired public office, although often urged to become a candidate for high official positions. Energetic and efficient on all occasions of public emergency; patriotic and public-spirited, he enjoyed the thorough respect and confidence of all who knew him. He was an active member of the First U. P. Church, of Pittsburgh. He was prominent in the organization of the Anchor Savings Bank in 1873, of which he was president. He was also a director in the Cash Insurance company and Odd Fellows' Savings Bank.
He attended the Butler Academy, and private training was given him in Pittsburgh to which city he was sent to complete his education. His parents from the first had intended him to become a merchant, but after finishing his education he was prevailed upon to take up the study of medicine, so he began reading under Dr. A. G. McQuaide, of Butler, but some time later, however, through the advice of Thomas M. Marshall, he abandoned his medical studies and took up law instead of medicine for his profession. He entered the office of Thomas M. Marshall and in 1854 was admitted to the bar in the Pennsylvania courts and became a law partner with Mr. Marshall, continuing until 1865, when he severed his connection with him and opened an office for himself on Fifth avenue, Pittsburgh, where he was located up to his retirement in 1903. Early in life he became much interested in military matters, and for several years was major of the Washington battalion of the Pennsylvania Guards. Almost from the beginning of his professional career Mr. Brown interested himself in politics, being a staunch defender of the general principles of the Republican party, although purely on principle, as he never cared for political preferment in the way of office-holding. But few, if indeed any, have contributed more to the success of the Republican cause in western Pennsylvania. He was a member of the select council of Pittsburgh three years was a delegate to the national convention which nominated President Lincoln in 1864, and Grant and Colfax in 1868. By his earnestness in those two great conventions-the one in the very darkest days of the civil war and the other just after it had closed-he acquired a reputation even throughout the nation. At the outbreak of the war he devoted himself with all of his energies in aiding and maintaining the Union; his efforts to encourage enlistments and volunteers for the army from his section of the commonwealth were very marked. He was frequently urged by his legion of admirers to become a candidate for congress, also for a place on the judiciary, both of which he declined. In 1874 he was sought out for a candidate for mayor of Pittsburgh, but declined the honor. In 1873 he was one of the chief organizers of the Anchor Savings Bank of Pittsburgh, of which he was president. He has also been a director in the Cash Insurance Company and the Odd Fellows Saving Bank. He achieved general popularity on account of his conceded patriot-ism and public spirit, and enjoys the respect and full confidence of all who have so long known him as friend and valuable citizen.
His legal practice has been nearly all in civil cases, but on important criminal actions he has appeared as counsel. He has ever been able to hold the 'attention and command and respect of judge and jury, where on more than one occasion he has achieved positive forensic triumphs. In a celebrated trial, in the case of James Nutt, charged with the murder of Dukes, in 1884, he defended and by his extraordinary skill and eloquence combined he succeeded in obtaining an acquittal.
Mr. Brown was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, where for forty-odd years he served on the official board. He was a man whose perception of the justice and propriety of things made him unbending to the wishes and offers made by designing men. In 1902 after retiring from the legal practice, he was appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania to the office of recorder of Pittsburgh, so called by the provisional act of assembly, but really to assume the office of mayor, which officer had been removed. Subsequently he was removed from said office by the same governor, which removal resulted in a political revolution that swept from power the political organization which had had absolute control of the city and county for over twenty-five years. [GPHAV, 845]