- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Joseph Emerson Brown Park historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Cobb County
- People:
- Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Marietta, 33.9526, -84.54993
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located just outside the old Marietta Cemetery on Powder Springs Rd. in Marietta
Text of marker: "JOSEPH EMERSON BROWN PARK. A four-time Gov. of Ga. Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894) was born in S.C., educated at Yale, and admitted to the Ga. Bar in 1845. "The war governor," he served from 1857-1865. He served in Ga. Supreme Court and three terms in U.S. Senate. He was popular with the public, especially the working class. Son and Mariettan Joseph M. Brown was Governor 1909-1911. [The unnumbered and undated marker has the seal of the city of Marietta at the top]" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_joseph-emerson-brown-park
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_joseph-emerson-brown-park
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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