BROWN, Charles McCord

1892 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	BROWN, Charles McCord
  Nickname	Charlie
  Birth	Nov 1892	Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	11 Jun 1900	Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States   [1]
  Residence	13 Apr 1910	Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States   [2]
  	Attended School
  Residence	12 Jan 1920	Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States   [3]
  	Lawyer
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I3627	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2007

  
  

  Father	BROWN, Joseph Mackey,   b. 28 Dec 1851, Canton, Cherokee, Georgia, United States d. 3 Mar 1932, Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States (Age 80 years)
  Mother	MCCORD, Cora Annie,   b. 16 Oct 1859, Georgia d. 21 Oct 1922, Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1889	Georgia   [4]
  Residence	13 Apr 1910	Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States   [2]
  	Governor of Georgia
  Residence	12 Jan 1920	Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States   [5]
  Family ID	F1109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	UNKNOWN, Helen B,   b. Abt 1895, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1920	Georgia   [5]
  Residence	16 Apr 1930	Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States   [3]
  	Lawyer in private practice
  Children	1. BROWN, Charles M. Jr.   2. BROWN, Jean E
  Family ID	F1110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Charles M. Brown (1903-1995) was a long-time U.S. politician in Atlanta, sometimes called "Charlie Brown" after the Peanuts character, Charlie Brown. Biography A graduate of Georgia Tech,he was a commissioner of Fulton County, Georgia (where Atlanta is the county seat from 1941 to 1948, and from 1966 to 1979. He served as chairman of the commission from 1945 to 1947 and 1976 to 1978, and at other times during 1966, 1968, 1971, and 1974. He also served as a state senator from Fulton County in the Georgia General Assembly from 1957 to 1964, and retired from politics in 1979. He had also run for mayor of Atlanta three times. He also served on the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority which oversees Grady Memorial Hospital. He was also involved in many other programs, including starting both Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. He was also involved in the creation of the Fulton County Airport at west Atlanta, which was named Charlie Brown Field in his honor.

  
  

• Sources

  [S110] 1900 Federal Census, Marietta, Cobb Co., GA ED 39 Page 18B Dwelling 343. [S74] Ancestry.com, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA, ED 87 Page 1A Dwelling 7. [S72] 1930 Federal Census, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia ED 34-13 Page 10A Dwelling 200. [S114] Miscellaneous, http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2138. [S73] 1920 Federal Census, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia ED 48 Page 9B Dwelling 174.