Woody Gap School in Suches
was built on the site of
Joseph. E. Brown's
boyhood home.
1821 - 1894
Joseph E. Brown of
Union County, Georgia
Brown was the first Georgia official to support public education for all children which at the time did not have popular support. He was a:
Union County School Teacher
Lawyer / Farmer
School Headmaster
State Senator
Circuit Judge
Trustee, University of Georgia
Governor, U.S.A.
Governor, C.S.A.
Political Prisoner
President, Atlanta Board of Education
Chief Justice, GA.
U.S. Senator
Always,
"A man of the people"
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and how his story is connected to oxen,
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