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Richard Brown, Texas Hero, Rusk Co, TX
At Pine Grove Presbyterian Cemetery, off FM 2867 on CR 364 near Pine Hill.
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(November 16, 1808 - August 24, 1893) An 1836-37 Republic of Texas soldier
who joined the 1842 Mier Expedition to punish Mexican invasions of Texas.
Captured in Mexico, he escaped firing squad by drawing a white bean, but was
chained in prison for two years. The well-educated son of a Philadelphia, PA.
doctor, Brown worked as a teacher, surveyor, and farmer. Helped found Pine Grove
Church and Sharon Masonic Lodge. In 1849 he married Nancy Jane Cook; they had
twelve children.
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