Notes for: Mary Elizabeth Wanstreet
Both John Henry Brown and his wife Mary Elizabeth Wanstreet were known almost exclusively by their middle names. Only in their death records do their first names appear, with him being identified as John Brown Sr., and her as Mary Elizabeth Brown.
1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 30 1850:
Henry Brown, 36, b. Germany, farmer; Elizabeth, 32, b. Germany; Catherine, 8, b. Md; Joseph, 5, b. Md; John, 2, b. Md; Thomas Wanstreet, 14, b. Md.
1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 27 1860:
Henry Brown, 44, b. Germany, farmer; Elizabeth, 84 [sic], b. Germany; M. C. (female), 18, b. Md; Joseph, 15, b. Md; John, 12, b. Md; Mary, 9, b. Va; Henry, 6, b. Va; George, 4 months, b. Va.
1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp), enumerated on Aug 24 1870:
Henry Brown, 56, b. Hanover, farmer; Elizabeth, 54, b. Oldenburg; Joseph, 25, b. Md; Mary A, 19, b. Va; Henry, 16, b. Va; George, 10, b. Va.
1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 18 1880:
Henry Brown, 65, b. Germany, farmer; wife Elisebeth, 62, b. Germany; son Joseph, 35, farmer, single; dau Mary, 29, single; son William H, 26, dry goods, single; son George A, 20, farm laborer, single; boarder Annie (or Annis) Fitzsimons, 13, b. Pa; grandson John Lovett, 5, b. WVa; boarder Michael Crane (?), 35, b. Ireland, physician.
(NOTE: Doddridge County birth records show that John Lovett was born on Sep 2 1874, son of M. J. Lovett & Mary Brown. No marriage record for that couple has been found, and it is likely that they never married. John appeared in the 1900 Census of Cove District, listed as nephew John Brown in the household of his uncle George A. Brown. In subsequent censuses and other records he was known almost exclusively as John T. Brown.)
In the 1900 Census, Henry Brown, widower, was enumerated in the household of his son George.