He was educated at Emory and Henry college and was a prominent attorney in Richmond. He was the founder of the Browning Coal Company and a 50 year leader of the Republican party in Roanoke.
He was secretary and aide-de-camp to Governor Cameron, who served from 1882 to 1886, and a personal friend of both Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, working on the campaigns of both men.
When Colonel Browning and his wife moved to Elizabethton, the built the Bonnie Kate Theater building and made their home there.
He was educated at Emory and Henry college and was a prominent attorney in Richmond. He was the founder of the Browning Coal Company and a 50 year leader of the Republican party in Roanoke.
He was secretary and aide-de-camp to Governor Cameron, who served from 1882 to 1886, and a personal friend of both Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, working on the campaigns of both men.
When Colonel Browning and his wife moved to Elizabethton, the built the Bonnie Kate Theater building and made their home there.
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