John Bell Brownlow | |
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| Born | October 19, 1839 Elizabethton, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | October 26, 1922 (aged 83) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Army officer, bureaucrat, newspaper editor, real-estate investor |
John Bell Brownlow (October 19, 1839 – October 26, 1922) was an American military officer, newspaper editor, government administrator, and real estate developer. The older of Parson Brownlow's two sons, Brownlow was a Southern Unionist who served as colonel in the United States (Union) cavalry in the Civil War. After the war, he joined his father in editing East Tennessee newspapers, and in later life, he became a real estate developer in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee.[1]
- ^ Moore, John Trotwood; Foster, Austin Powers (June 30, 1923). "Tennessee: The Volunteer State, 1769-1923". S. J. Clarke Publishing Company – via Google Books.