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{{Infobox Officeholder
| name = J. Y. Brown (D)
| photo =1922 - Brown, J. Y..JPG
| caption = Brown, ca. 1922
| office4= Commissioner<br/>[[Charlottesville City Commission (1922–1924)]]
| district4 = City at-large
| election4 = June 13, 1922
| party4 = Nonpartisan
| term_start4 =September 1, 1922 
| term_end4 =August 31, 1924
| preceded4 = (new council, [[1922 election]])
| succeeded4 = J. Y. Brown (D)

| office3= Commissioner<br/>[[Charlottesville City Commission (1924–1926)]]
| district3 = City at-large
| election3 = June 1924
| party3 = Nonpartisan
| term_start3 =September 1, 1924 
| term_end3 =August 31, 1926
| preceded3 = J. Y. Brown (D)
| succeeded3 = J. Y. Brown (D)

| office2= Commissioner<br/>[[Charlottesville City Commission (1926–1928)]]
| district2 = City at-large
| election2 = June 1926
| party2 = Nonpartisan
| term_start2 =September 1, 1926 
| term_end2 =August 31, 1928
| preceded2 = J. Y. Brown (D)
| succeeded2 = (new council, [[1928 election]])
| office1= Mayor/Councilor<br/>[[Charlottesville City Council]]

| district1 = Election by and from the council
| election1 = September 1, 1926
| party1 = Nonpartisan
| term_start1 =September 1, 1926 
| term_end1 =August 31, 1928
| preceded1 = J. Y. Brown (D)
| succeeded1 = J. Y. Brown (new council, [[1928 election]])

| birth_date = February 7, 1866<br/>Castleton<br/>Rappahannock County, Virginia
| date_of_death = March 20, 1942<br/>409 Ridge Street<br/>Charlottesville, Virginia
| birth_place = 
| place_of_death =
| spouse = Julia McPherson Adams
| children = Elizabeth ''Brown'' Morgan (1898–1988)<br/>Robert Adams Brown (1899–1962)<br/>Lucy Webb ''Brown'' Rothwell (1902–1993)<br/>Lawrence Nelson Brown (1904–1983)<br/>Jury Yates Brown, Jr. (1915–1996) 
| residence = 
| alma_mater = 
| profession = Businessman (Brown Milling Company)
| religion = Baptist
}}

'''Jury Yates Brown''' (1866 – 1942), a 40-years Charlottesville businessman and early 19th-century politician, he served under two form of city government. In 1928, he was elected by the voters to a four-year term on the new city council, while members of the council at their first meeting elected Brown to serve as the first Councilor/Mayor under the current form of government.

== Biography ==

=== Early life ===
He was born February 7, 1866, in Rappahannock County, son of Enoch Lawrence Brown and Elizabeth Jury ''Yates'' Brown. In his early career he became engaged in the milling business. 

=== Career ===
[[File:1916 Brown Milling Company.JPG|thumb|Brown Flour Milling Company Building: Brown Flour Milling Co. (Charlottesville Lumber Co.), 215 Avon Street (Rufus W. Holsinger, 1916)|left]]
He conducted a milling establishment at Luray, Page County for several years. He later came to Charlottesville to enter a partnership with his brother, Gilbert M. Brown and C. W. Browning in the establishment of the Browning Milling Company, formerly owned by Brown, Graves & Company.

=== Civic ===
A member of the democratic party, he was nominated by a committee of forty-five, representative of the city as a whole, as one of three commissioners to serve under the new form of government. He was formally elected at the June election in [[1922 election|1922]] as one of three commissioners under the new Modified Commission Form of government. 

First elected in 1922, he served on the city council through two forms of municipal government – the Modified Commission Form composed of a three-members and the current five-member Council/Manager. He served as Commissioner/Mayor for two consecutive terms (1924-1928).  In 1928, he was elected by the city council to serve as the first Councilor/Mayor under the current form of government.<ref>https://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2771692/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2771693/1239/2544.5/3/1/0</ref>

=== Memberships ===
He was a Mason, member of Widow’s Sons’ Lodge, No. 60, A. F. and A. M., and Knight Templar and a charter member of the local Rotary Club.

=== Personal life ===
He married Julia McPherson Adams of Luray in 1897. Their children were

=== Death ===
On March 20, 1942, Brown died at his home, 409 Ridge Street, after an extended illness. Burial at [[Monticello Memorial Park]], with Masonic rites.{{bio-stub}}

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