Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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HON. A. G. BROWN. Archibald Green Brown was bom April 16, 1798, and died at his residence in Athens, January 2, 1892, at the ad- vanced age of almost ninety-four years. He matriculated at the Ohio University when twenty years of age, and was one of the charter members of the Athenian Literary Society, founded in 1 8 19. He graduated with the class of ' 22, and taught for the three years following in the preparatory department of his Alma Mater. In the summer of 1825 he established the Athens Mirror, the first paper published in Athens County. The following thirteen years he held the office of County Re- corder and Justice of the Peace. He was admitted to the bar in 1834, and was made trustee of the university in 1841, a posi- tion he held with honor till his death. In 1850 he was elected member of the Constitutional Convention that framed the pres- ent Constitution of Ohio In the same year he was appointed Presiding Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, and held the office for several years. His connection with the college as student, alumnus, teacher and trustee extended over a period of seventy five years, his office of trustee alone covering a period of more than half a century. Ki

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