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William G. Brown was born in Kingwood in 1800 and served in the Virginia House of Delegates and in Congress before the war. He was a delegate to the 1850-51 constitutional convention, the 1860 Democtratic convention, and the 1861 Richmond convention. In 1860, he was again elected to Congress, and in 1863 he became one of West Virginia's first congressmen. His son also served in Congress. Brown died in Kingwood on April 19, 1884.
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Kingwood, West Virginia · United States
