Address by Mr. John Young Brown, of Kentucky--- Biography CHARLES HILLYER BRAND, was born in Loganville, Walton County, Ga., April 20, 1861; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1881; was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Ga.; member of the State senate in 1894 and 1895, and served as president pro tempore; president and director of the Brand Banking Co., Lawrenceville, and director of the Georgia National Bank and of the American State Bank, Athens, Ga.; solicitor general for the western judicial circuit of Georgia 1896-1904; judge of the superior court 1906-1917; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect Samuel J. Tribble; reelected to the Sixty-sixth and to the seven succeeding Congresses, and served from March 4, 1917, until his death in Athens, Ga., May 17, 1933; interment in Shadow Lawn Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Ga. |