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804 HISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.
gaged with the insurance company with
which he is still connected. His work is altogether
in Texas, and he represents one of
the best companies in this line of business.
Mr. Moxley was married in February, 1892,
to Miss Leonard, a daughter of Mr. Leonard
of New York city. Mr. and Mrs. Moxley
are both members of the Presbyterian
Church.
J. A. BROWN, the first Judge of Dallas
city, was born in Marion county,
Kentucky, February 2, 1855, the
eldest of seven children born to Jerry M. and
Lucy J. (Nash) Brown, natives of Kentucky.
The parents were married in their native
State, and in 1859 came to Dallas, where the
father worked at the blacksmith's trade. In
1861 he enlisted in Colonel T. C. Hawpe's
regiment, and was witl his company until
1863, wlen he was detailed to come to Dallas
and take charge of the Government shops, and
was so engaged until the close of the war.
Jerry Brown was elected Sheriff of this
county in 1866, for two years, but after a
short service was removed on account of being
an obstruction to reconstruction. He
was again elected in 1869, for a term of four
years. His death occurred in November,
1879, and the mother now resides in Los
Angeles county, California. Grandfather
T. J. Nash came to this county in 1852, and
settled on a farm in Precinct No. 4, which
he improved. He was a member of the Secession
Convention in 1860, was County
Commissioner eight years; and his death occurred
about 1881; his wife died in 1873.
The father of our subject owned the land
where the Windsor hotel is now located, and
in 1866 he bought the old Darnell homestead
on Columbia, between Jefferson and
Market streets.
T. J. A. Brown, our subject, was reared in
the city of Dallas, and educated at the Kentucky
University, at Lexington, Kentucky,
two years. After finishing his education he
returned to this city and read law under tlie
tutelage of Judge Coombes and John J. Good,
and was licensed to practice law March 4,:
1876. He formed a partnership with Colonel
Nat. M. Burford, which continued until
about 1887. Mr. Brown served two years as
City Judge, two years as City Recorder, one
year as Mayor, pro ter. was Alderman
from April, 1886, to April, 1887, and from
April, 1889 lo 1891 as City Judge.
He was married in this city, in 1883, to
Miss Ada Smith, and they have two children,
-T. J. A. and Mabel. Mr. Brown has
always been prominently identified with this
county, ai.d has witnessed the growth of
Dallas from a population of 250 to its present
magnitude. Socially he is a memberof
the order of Red Men at Dallas, and politically
is identified with the Democratic party.
ELLIS COOMBES, JR., was born in
Johnson county, Texas, November 23,;
1863, and is a son of Judge Ellis:,
Coombes. When an infant he was brought::'
to Dallas county and was reared in Dallas,:
receiving his education in this city and in'
Ad Ran College, Thorp's Spring, Texas.
Mr. Coombes was married, September 1,'
1881, to Miss Susie L. Hudson, a native of
Johnson county, Texas, and a daughter of J.i
B. Hudson, now of Somervell county, this
State, who cane from Kentucky to Dallas
county at an early day. After his marriage
Mr. Coombes engaged in farming in Dallas:I I
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/876/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.