John Bell Brownlow

[3] He went to school at Emory and Henry College in Virginia, where in 1860, he apparently accidentally killed a fellow student named James W. Reese."[8] In June 1861 the Parson heard tell Andrew Johnson, returning from a trip to Kingston, would inadvertently be boarding a train that carried 2,000 Confederate troops.He sent John Bell Brownlow to get a good horse and buggy and get Johnson out of Kingston before he encountered the rebels.[10] He also represented the U.S. government on the boards of directors at five American world's fairs including the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St.[15][2] At the Buffalo Exposition, he saw "Leon Czolgosz attempting to surge through the great crowd to get near President McKinley to fire the assassin's bullet."[10] Brownlow was discharged from federal service by President Theodore Roosevelt after criticizing Postmaster General Sereno Payne.
Brownlow in later life
Elizabethton, TennesseeKnoxville, TennesseeParson BrownlowSouthern UnionistEast TennesseeJohn BellEmory and Henry CollegeT.A.R. NelsonConnally Trigg9th TennesseeAmerican Civil WarJames P. Brownlow1st Tennessee (Union)13th MississippiConfederate States ArmyAlven GillemJohn Hunt MorganGreenevillegovernor of Tennesseeworld's fairs1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. LouisBuffalo ExpositionLeon CzolgoszPresident McKinleyTheodore RooseveltSereno PayneDouglasMary Todd LincolnOld Gray CemeteryBrabson, Fay WarringtonHathiTrust