Newbern Hobbs Browne was born on December 16, 1824 in Cumberland Co. N.C to John Allen Browne and Patsy (Hobbs) Browne. The family moved to near Cottondale, just east of Tuscaloosa in 1834. Newbern graduated from the University of Alabama in 1846 and set up his own law practice in 1848. Browne was editor of the Tuscaloosa Observer from 1851-1853 which was a strong Democratic newspaper. Newbern Browne fought for the confederacy in Lumsden's Battery for two terms in the Civil War. In 1870 he built one of the first houses in Tuscaloosa that was done after the Civil War. This house stood on the corner of Ninth Street and Greensboro for over a century before being moved to Capital Park to be used as a school. Browne married Mary Eliza Prude in 1874 and had one son and five daughters. The son moved north at a later date to work in the newspaper business. Mr. Browne served four terms in the Alabama state legislature from 1853-59, and 1873. Browne later became the probate judge of Tuscaloosa County, a post he held until his death in 1891. Browne was buried in the northwest part of the Evergreen Cemetery, which is just south of the University of Alabama campus and football stadium. More about the Browne house can be seen in the Jan 5, 1978 issue of the Tuscaloosa News. Two of his brothers Randall, Lewis Devereaux, and his father and mother are buried in the Hopewell Cemetery on East University St. in Tuscaloosa.
Newbern Hobbs Browne was born on December 16, 1824 in Cumberland Co. N.C to John Allen Browne and Patsy (Hobbs) Browne. The family moved to near Cottondale, just east of Tuscaloosa in 1834. Newbern graduated from the University of Alabama in 1846 and set up his own law practice in 1848. Browne was editor of the Tuscaloosa Observer from 1851-1853 which was a strong Democratic newspaper. Newbern Browne fought for the confederacy in Lumsden's Battery for two terms in the Civil War. In 1870 he built one of the first houses in Tuscaloosa that was done after the Civil War. This house stood on the corner of Ninth Street and Greensboro for over a century before being moved to Capital Park to be used as a school. Browne married Mary Eliza Prude in 1874 and had one son and five daughters. The son moved north at a later date to work in the newspaper business. Mr. Browne served four terms in the Alabama state legislature from 1853-59, and 1873. Browne later became the probate judge of Tuscaloosa County, a post he held until his death in 1891. Browne was buried in the northwest part of the Evergreen Cemetery, which is just south of the University of Alabama campus and football stadium. More about the Browne house can be seen in the Jan 5, 1978 issue of the Tuscaloosa News. Two of his brothers Randall, Lewis Devereaux, and his father and mother are buried in the Hopewell Cemetery on East University St. in Tuscaloosa.
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