Hey, Adrian, You are really going to town! Please include the source with all this wonderful stuff. Where did you find it? Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <Adryandav@aol.com> To: <BROWNING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 12:09 AM Subject: [BROWNING] James Nathan Browning gs of John Browning d1844 > BROWNING, JAMES NATHAN (1850-1921). James Nathan Browning, attorney and > lieutenant governor of Texas, son of William F. and Mary L. (Burke) Browning, was > born on a farm near Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas, on March 13, 1850. His > father died when James was four, and his mother later married J. F. Stegall. > The Civil Warqv ended early school advantages for Browning, but he educated > himself during his spare time. In 1866 the family moved to Cooke County, Texas. > After working as a cowboy in Stephens County for a year, Browning went into > partnership with his brother Joe in the cattle business at Fort Griffin, a > venture that often brought the partners in contact with Indian warfare. > > While ranching at Fort Griffin, Browning studied law under C. K. Stribling. > He was admitted to the bar at Albany in 1876 and served for a while as justice > of the peace, then as Shackelford county attorney for two years. He turned > reforming zeal against gambling and other frontier vices and taught a Sunday > school class. He married Cornelia E. Beckham, who died in childbirth two years > later. He subsequently married Virginia Bozeman, on March 9, 1879; they had five > sons and four daughters. In 1881 Browning resigned as county attorney and > moved to Mobeetie, where he was appointed attorney of the Thirty-fifth Judicial > District by Governor Oran M. Roberts.qv He was elected to four terms as > representative in the Texas legislature from the Forty-third District, in 1882, 1884, > 1886, and 1890. As a legislator he led the "free grass" elements in opposition > to the leasing of large tracts of school lands to big cattle raisers in > Northwest Texas. He also served as a member of the committees on penitentiaries and > irrigation and was chairman of the judiciary committee. Browning's honesty > and fairness won the respect of his constituents, who bestowed upon him the > nickname "Honest Jim." > > In 1888 he declined to run again for the legislature and moved his law > practice from Mobeetie to Clarendon. In February 1896 he moved to Amarillo and > formed a law partnership with W. H. Madden, with whom he remained for the next > sixteen years. In 1898, after nomination by the Texas Democratic convention, > Browning was elected to his first term as lieutenant governor. Before he took > office, his son Fred was fatally injured by a fall from a horse. Browning was > reelected lieutenant governor on the Democratic ticket with Governor Joseph D. > Sayers.qv After leaving office in 1903 he was appointed to the University of Texas > Board of Regents by Governor S. W. T. Lanham.qv In 1904 Browning opened his > own law firm in Amarillo. He was elected district judge in 1906 and served for > eight years. Throughout his later years he was active in his community as a > Mason, a Shriner, and a member of the local Methodist church. He died at > Amarillo on November 9, 1921, and was buried there in Llano Cemetery > > > > > > > ==== BROWNING Mailing List ==== > BROWNING Most Wanted Page: > http//:freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~beanfamilies/browning_most_wanted.h tml > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >