Draft:James Brownlow Yellowley

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James Brownlow Yellowley (October 17, 1848 – 1914) was a lawyer, farmer, and state legislator in Mississippi. He was from Greenville, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina from 1866-1868. He lived in Madison, Mississippi.

He was the son of James Burroughs Yellowley and the grandson of Captain Edward Yellowley. His father James Burroughs Yellowley founded Ridgeland, Mississippi.

In 1875, he wrote about a meeting of Republicans that reached an agreement with Democrats in Madison County for a compromise ticket for the coming election. He was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1881 and for a congressional seat in 1884. He was a spokesman for a grange.

He chaired a committee investigating the conduct of T. W. Cardozo. He was a trustee at Tougaloo College.

He attended the 1908 Republican National Convention.

His extended family has veen written about.

He grew grapes, strawberries, and asparagus. He had a son Edward C. Yellowley (1873-1962) who became an enforcement agent for the Internal Revenue Service]]. He was named after Edward Clements Yellowley who was J. B. Yellowley's uncle.