Alanson Brown was born in Demopolis, Alabama in 1837. It was during the Civil War that he found his calling and was baptized in a primitive Baptist Church. He soon joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. He received his license to preach Nov. 21, 1868 and was admitted into the traveling connection in the Tennessee Conference in 1869. He became a Deacon and a fully ordained minister in 1871 and continued to be a "circuit rider," a "saddlebag preacher" or officially the role was called "traveling clergy." Carrying only what he could fit in his saddlebag, he traveled through the Tennessee wilderness preaching anyplace available.
He married Amanda F. Buford on December 13, 1858, in Mobile, Alabama. He had one son with her, Alanson M. Brown. On December 17, 1873, he married Miss Catherine Moore. Together they had seven children.
In 1876 he transferred from Tennessee to the West Texas Conference. He regularly visited many Central and South Texas towns on his circuit. By 1880, the Browns had settled in San Marcos. After an illness, Alanson Brown died at his home on April 30, 1900. The Methodist circuit rider emblem is now on his grave in the San Marcos Cemetery, along with his Confederate Veterans marker.
Thanks to A Tudor, FAG #50724009, for this biography.
He married Amanda F. Buford on December 13, 1858, in Mobile, Alabama. He had one son with her, Alanson M. Brown. On December 17, 1873, he married Miss Catherine Moore. Together they had seven children.
In 1876 he transferred from Tennessee to the West Texas Conference. He regularly visited many Central and South Texas towns on his circuit. By 1880, the Browns had settled in San Marcos. After an illness, Alanson Brown died at his home on April 30, 1900. The Methodist circuit rider emblem is now on his grave in the San Marcos Cemetery, along with his Confederate Veterans marker.
Thanks to A Tudor, FAG #50724009, for this biography.
Alanson Brown was born in Demopolis, Alabama in 1837. It was during the Civil War that he found his calling and was baptized in a primitive Baptist Church. He soon joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. He received his license to preach Nov. 21, 1868 and was admitted into the traveling connection in the Tennessee Conference in 1869. He became a Deacon and a fully ordained minister in 1871 and continued to be a "circuit rider," a "saddlebag preacher" or officially the role was called "traveling clergy." Carrying only what he could fit in his saddlebag, he traveled through the Tennessee wilderness preaching anyplace available.
He married Amanda F. Buford on December 13, 1858, in Mobile, Alabama. He had one son with her, Alanson M. Brown. On December 17, 1873, he married Miss Catherine Moore. Together they had seven children.
In 1876 he transferred from Tennessee to the West Texas Conference. He regularly visited many Central and South Texas towns on his circuit. By 1880, the Browns had settled in San Marcos. After an illness, Alanson Brown died at his home on April 30, 1900. The Methodist circuit rider emblem is now on his grave in the San Marcos Cemetery, along with his Confederate Veterans marker.
Thanks to A Tudor, FAG #50724009, for this biography.
He married Amanda F. Buford on December 13, 1858, in Mobile, Alabama. He had one son with her, Alanson M. Brown. On December 17, 1873, he married Miss Catherine Moore. Together they had seven children.
In 1876 he transferred from Tennessee to the West Texas Conference. He regularly visited many Central and South Texas towns on his circuit. By 1880, the Browns had settled in San Marcos. After an illness, Alanson Brown died at his home on April 30, 1900. The Methodist circuit rider emblem is now on his grave in the San Marcos Cemetery, along with his Confederate Veterans marker.
Thanks to A Tudor, FAG #50724009, for this biography.
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