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James Madison (Bud) Brownlow , son of James A. H. Brownlow and Jane Anne Austin, Was born June 1, 1852 in Forsyth Co., Georgia. In about 1855 he moved with his family to Van Wert in Polk Co., Georgia. After his father returned home from war they moved to Bartow Co., Georgia. On May 1, 1879 he married Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Phillips, daughter of James Phillips and Rhoda Martha Collins. She was born Nov. 13, 1861 in Bartow Co., Ga. The story is told that she was born while her father was off fighting for the Confederacy when she was born. One day while her and her mother were in town when a man came walking up the tracks. Her mother looked up and said “Well Lord, yonder comes Jim Phillips”.
Soon after that her father died of a sickness he had contracted in the army. She only got to spend a few days with her father. After his death Sarah ,along with her mother and sister, had to survive on their own. They did but it was not with out struggle. The story is told that during reconstruction they would take pine boughs and attach them to the side of their house for shade in the summer. They also worked keeping other peoples houses.
James and Sarah started out married life with a one eye stove, a table and crates for chairs. They would tie sacks in the corners of their one roomed house for beds. James and Sarah had the following children: George Lester Brownlow b. March 14, 1880, Annie Lee Brownlow b. September 12, 1881, married Hicks Carter December 28, 1907, Rhoda Judson Brownlow b. August 27, 1883, Willie Estelle Brownlow b. April 26, 1886, married Bartow Carter February 25, 1917, Virgil Ephriam Brownlow b. March 1, 1888, and Oliver Johnson Brownlow b. July 8, 1895, married Ethel Briton February 10, 1924.
In about 1900 James moved back to Van Wert. Then in abt 1910 they bought an old white house in Aragon. James and his family grew what they needed to eat and any thing they couldn’t grow they bought. During the World Wars train loads of soldiers would stop in Aragon and the family would take flowers to them. Many of those men went over to Europe and never returned. James was a Mill Supervisor. Every year for Sarah’s birthday her children would throw her a big party which would be attended by sometimes over two hundred people. It was not un common for Governor Talmadge to stop by as well. They would take the furniture out of the house and line the walls with tables of every kind of food imaginable. They would hire local women to do some of the cooking. The main food was a huge pot of stew that was cooked over a fire. There was always plenty at the Brownlow house. James was a member of Prospect Baptist church. He died on Jan 3, 1931 and is buried in the church cemetery{1931 Prospect Church} next to Sarah who passed away on April 15, 1951.
Notes for JAMES MADISON BROWNLOW:
James Madison Brownlow and Sarah Elizabeth Phillips
James Madison (Bud) Brownlow , son of James A. H. Brownlow and Jane Anne Austin, Was born June 1, 1852 in Forsyth Co., Georgia. In about 1855 he moved with his family to Van Wert in Polk Co., Georgia. After his father returned home from war they moved to Bartow Co., Georgia. On May 1, 1879 he married Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Phillips, daughter of James Phillips and Rhoda Martha Collins. She was born Nov. 13, 1861 in Bartow Co., Ga. The story is told that she was born while her father was off fighting for the Confederacy when she was born. One day while her and her mother were in town when a man came walking up the tracks. Her mother looked up and said “Well Lord, yonder comes Jim Phillips”. Soon after that her father died of a sickness he had contracted in the army. She only got to spend a few days with her father. After his death Sarah ,along with her mother and sister, had to survive on their own. They did but it was not with out struggle. The story is told that during reconstruction they would take pine boughs and attach them to the side of their house for shade in the summer. They also worked keeping other peoples houses.
James and Sarah started out married life with a one eye stove, a table and crates for chairs. They would tie sacks in the corners of their one roomed house for beds. James and Sarah had the following children: George Lester Brownlow b. March 14, 1880, Annie Lee Brownlow b. September 12, 188 1, married Hicks Carter December 28, 1907, Rhoda Judson Brownlow b. August 27, 1883, Willie Estelle Brownlow b. April 26, 1886, married Bartow Carter February 25, 1917, Virgil Ephriam Brownlow b. March 1, 1888, and Oliver Johnson Brownlow b. July 8, 1895, married Ethel Briton February 10, 1924.
In about 1900 James moved back to Van Wert. Then in abt 1910 they bought an old white house in Aragon. James and his family grew what they needed to eat and any thing they couldn’t grow they bought. During the World Wars train loads of soldiers would stop in Aragon and the family would take flowers to them. Many of those men went over to Europe and never returned. Every year for Sarah’s birthday her children would throw her a big party which would be attended by sometimes over two hundred people. It was not un common for Governor Talmadge to stop by as well. They would take the furniture out of the house and line the walls with tables of every kind of food imaginable. They would hire local women to do some of the cooking. The main food was a huge pot of stew that was cooked over a fire. There was always plenty at the Brownlow house. James was a member of Prospect Baptist church. He died on Jan 3, 1931 and is buried in the church cemetery next to Sarah who passed away on April 15, 1951.
More About JAMES MADISON BROWNLOW:
Census: 1930, Aragon, Polk County, Georgia
BROWNLOW FAMILY
[first page]
FAMILY REGISTER
PARENTS NAME'S
HUSBAND: James M. Brownlow
BORN: June 1st 1852
WIFE: Sarah Elizabeth Brownlow
BORN November 13th 1861
MARRIED: May 1st 1879
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CHILDREN'S NAMES:
George Lester March 14 - 1880
Annie Lee September 12 - 1881
Rhoda Judson August 27 - 1883
Willie Estelle April 26 - 1886
Virgil Ephriam March 1 - 1888
Oliver Johnson July 8 - 1895
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MARRIAGES:
Annie to J. Hicks Carter December 28 - 1907
G. L. to Grace C. Gladden April 11 -1909
Willie to Bartow M. Carter February 25 - 1917
O. J. to Ethel Briton February 10 - 1924
George L. to Mellie Mae East April 19 - 1924
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DEATHS:
James Madison Brownlow January 3 - 1931
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1852 - 1931 (78 years)
