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Brown Settlement Elders Honored At Homecoming SundayEditor's note: The following story of the Brown Family Homecoming which was held at Brown Settlement near Lexington Sunday August 25 is taken from a recent issue of the Houston Chronicle, written by Staff Correspondent Robert E. Connor, a former Lexington man:)Lexington, Aug. 25. — Among many who brought congratulations Sunday to elders of the Brown Settlement, staging a homecoming with the younger generation, was District Judge John H. Tate of Giddings, who 50 years ago tried cases with Federal Judge T. M. Kennerly of Houston, when the latter was a youthful Lee County lawyer.In the first murder case in which they were associated, the late J. J. Brown of Brown Settlement was a juror. Judge Tate said the Browns are the type of men who make good jurors.Several Live Here.Three of J. J. Brown’s children and several grandchildren are resi • dents of Houston.Honorees of the homecomingSee HOMECOMING, Page I
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Rockdale Reporter and Messenger
Rockdale, Texas, US
Thu, Aug 28, 1947
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