Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Whitman Dorsey BROWN / Lora COLLINS (F9633)

m. 7 Apr 1897


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  • Whitman Dorsey BROWNFather | Male
    Whitman Dorsey BROWN

    Born  6 Oct 1872  Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Nov 1930  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  7 Apr 1897  [1]  Ritchie Co, WV  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Samuel VanBuren BROWN | F23219 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah Elizabeth CARROLL | F23219 Group Sheet 

    Lora COLLINSMother | Female
    Lora COLLINS

    Born  1 Sep 1874  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Mar 1969   
    Buried    Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  William S. COLLINS | F20485 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Talitha LYNCH | F20485 Group Sheet 

    Carroll Clarence BROWNChild 1 | Male
    Carroll Clarence BROWN

    Born  26 Aug 1898  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Dec 1978  Suffolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  May E. ___ | F47700 
    Married  CA 1929   
    Spouse  Gertrude Hortense GAST | F47699 
    Married  22 Oct 1949  Suffolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Hallie BROWNChild 2 | Male
    Hallie BROWN

    Born  19 Jun 1900  Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Sep 1900   
    Buried     

    Whitman Martin BROWNChild 3 | Male
    Whitman Martin BROWN

    Born  1 Jan 1918   
    Died  28 May 1985   
    Buried     

  • Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 25 1900:
      Whitman D. Brown, 26, b. Oct 1873, hotel keeper, married 3 yrs; wife Lora, 25, b. Sep 1874, married 3 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Clarence, 1, b. Aug 1898; son, "not named," b. June 1900.
      (NOTE: The original pen-and-ink entry for the unnamed son was as given here, with the age column left blank. An alteration was later made by pencil, wherein the age 4/12 (i.e., four months) was entered and the birth month was changed to January. However, a birth record is on file for that child showing his birth date as Jun 19 1900. He died before the 1910 Census. No death record or headstone has been found for him.)

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 15 1910 in the Town of West Union:
      Dorsey W. Brown, 38, U.S. Marshall officer, married 14 yrs; wife Lora, 36, married 14 yrs, mother of 5 children (1 still living); son Carrol, 11.

      1920 Census, Marshall Co, WV (City of Moundsville), enumerated on Jan 3 1920:
      Dorsey Brown, 41, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), guard at penitentiary; wife Lora, 45, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa); son Whitman M, 2, b. NY (both parents b. WVa).

      1930 Census, Wood Co, WV (City of Parkersburg), enumerated on Apr 17 1930:
      Dorcey W. Brown, 56, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), Prohibition Officer (State); wife Lora, 53, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa); son Whitman M, 12, b. NY (both parents b. WVa).

  • Sources 
    1. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.