Peter Marshall Brown 1901-1905)
Public Service:
Prior to serving as Charlotte's Mayor, Brown was the chairman of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners.
Personal:
Brown was the business partner of J.H. Weddington who was also a Mayor of Charlotte. They owned a hardware store.
During his Administration:

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- American Trust Company (a forerunner of Bank of America) was founded.
- The first Coca-Cola was bottled in the Carolinas on April 15, 1902. It was sold to a customer in Charlotte.
- The North Charlotte neighborhood developed to be near textile employers.
- December 17, 1903 changed the way people travel. Orville and Wilber Wright took their first airplane flight from Kill Devil Hills on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
- Duke Power was organized in 1904 by James B. Duke and W. States Lee.
- Electric signs appeared in the city.
- Andrew Carnegie gave $25,000 to Charlotte for a public library.
- Charlotte got a pro baseball team.
- The Medical Society was organized.
- Charlotte voters made the city the first in the state to become dry. The vote closed 26 saloons.
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American Trust Company (a forerunner of Bank of America) was founded.
The first Coca-Cola was bottled in the Carolinas on April 15, 1902. It was sold to a customer in Charlotte.
The North Charlotte neighborhood developed to be near textile employers.
December 17, 1903 changed the way people travel. Orville and Wilber Wright took their first airplane flight from Kill Devil Hills on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
Duke Power was organized in 1904 by James B. Duke and W. States Lee.
Electric signs appeared in the city.
Andrew Carnegie gave $25,000 to Charlotte for a public library.
Charlotte got a pro baseball team.
The Medical Society was organized.
Charlotte voters made the city the first in the state to become dry. The vote closed 26 saloons.
- American Trust Company (a forerunner of Bank of America) was founded.
- The first Coca-Cola was bottled in the Carolinas on April 15, 1902. It was sold to a customer in Charlotte.
- The North Charlotte neighborhood developed to be near textile employers.
- December 17, 1903 changed the way people travel. Orville and Wilber Wright took their first airplane flight from Kill Devil Hills on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
- Duke Power was organized in 1904 by James B. Duke and W. States Lee.
- Electric signs appeared in the city.
- Andrew Carnegie gave $25,000 to Charlotte for a public library.
- Charlotte got a pro baseball team.
- The Medical Society was organized.
- Charlotte voters made the city the first in the state to become dry. The vote closed 26 saloons.