Jul-28-2018
Husband: William Brown
Born: Apr-20-1792 in Virginia 1,2 (see note 1) Died: Feb- 8-1874 in Braxton Co, WV 3 Census: 1870 in Braxton Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: John Brown
Wife: Hester Meredith 4,5,6 Also known as: Ester Meredith 6
Born: ca 1800 in Wales 2,6 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
M Child 1: John Brown Born: ca 1821 2 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
M Child 2: William P. Brown Born: ca 1835 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 7 (see note 3) Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: shoe & boot maker 7,8 Wife: Eliza A. Jones b. ca 1839 d. bef Dec 1861 Married: Jul-27-1857 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 9 Wife: Goldy E. Duckworth b. ca 1842 Also known as: Goldie Duckworth 10 Married: Dec- 5-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7
M Child 3: Benjamin S. Brown Born: ca 1836 in Marion Co, (W)VA 2,11 Died: bef Jan 1872 12 Resided: 1865 in Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (wounded in action) 13 Wife: Charlotte Phoebe Collins b. Feb- 5-1845 d. Jan-24-1916 Married: Aug- 3-1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
M Child 4: Zebedee Brown Born: May-23-1838 15 Died: Sep-28-1909 15 Buried: in Knawls Creek Cemetery, Knawl, Braxton Co, WV 15 Census: 1870 in Braxton Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Military: Civil War 15
F Child 5: Emma Esther Brown Also known as: Easter Emma Brown 7 Born: Sep- 8-1842 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 16 Died: Feb-23-1925 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Buried: in Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Census: 1880, 1900, 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1862 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: John Henry Harris b. ca 1838 d. Oct-19-1925 Married: Sep-14-1862 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 17
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (3) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) Marriage record of son. (5) Marriage record of daughter. (6) Death record of daughter. (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (8) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central Twp) (9) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (10) Death record of son. (11) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (12) Record of wife's remarriage. (13) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883), http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers /doddridgecountyhistory.html. (14) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Benj. S. Brown, 27, b. Marion Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of William & Esther; and C. P. Collins, 18, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of William & Ellier. Married Aug 3 1865 in Ritchie County. MR p. 12, line 33 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537492&Type=Marriage. (15) Findagrave.com. (16) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (17) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John H. Harris, 24, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Asa & Nancy Harris; and Easter Emma Brown, 20, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of William & Hester Brown. Married Sep 14 1862 in Doddridge County. (NOTE: Age 24 in marriage record would put birth in about 1838. But death record and headstone indicate a birth date of Dec 18 1832.), MR p. 142 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791608&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given in his daughter's death record as Loudon County, Virginia, but his own death record states Frederick County, Virginia Note (2) In household of son Zebedee. Note (3) Age 25 in 1870 Census would put birth in about 1845.Name Index