Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887
Garrard Co.

JAMES H. BROWN, born August 6, 1861, in Lancaster, Ky., is a son of A.B.
and Zerelda (Jennings) Brown.  A.B. Brown was born in Garrard County in
1832, and is a son of A.J. Brown, who married Nancy McKenzie.  A.J. Brown
was postmaster of Lancaster during President s Polk's and Pierce's
administrations and was also a major of militia.  He was a Democrat and was
a delegate to the first Democratic convention held in Garrard County.  He
was a son of Abe J. Brown, a native of Virginia, who married Bettie Dolling
and came to Garrard County about 1791, and entered over 1,000 acres of land
about a mile east of Lancaster.  Mrs. Zerelda Brown is a daughter of Samuel
and Rosana (McDonald) Jennings, and a native of Garrard County.  James H.
Brown was reared on a farm, and after a preliminary education in the common
schools, began the study of law with Denny & Tomlinson.  In February, 1880,
he was admitted to the bar of Lancaster, and in August, 1882, was elected
county attorney and re-elected in 1886 as a Democrat, and is probably the
youngest man ever elected to the office, and only one ever re-elected to
that office in Garrard,

Brown Jennings McKenzie Polk Pierce Dolling McDonald Denny Tomlinson
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