Brown, Laurence E., 1876-1952.

Brown was born in 1876 to Jesse E. and Virginia Wood Brown, probably in Scottsboro, Jackson Co., Ala. He volunteered for the Spanish-American War in 1898. He then became an attorney. When his father died, Brown inherited The Progressive Age (Ala.) and became its editor.

He soon disposed of the newspaper and worked as an attorney for Ala. Power Co. for many years. He died 1952 May 13 in Chattanooga, Tenn., and is buried in Scottsboro.

From the description of Papers, 1898-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122368303