Rachel A. ___
1850 - 1904 (53 years)
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Name Rachel A. ___ Born 6 Mar 1850 New York 
[1, 2, 3] - Age at death on headstone and in death record is 53y 10m 25d, which calculated to a birth date of March 7 1850. But death record specifies birth date as March 6 1850.
Gender Female Census 1900 Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA [3] Residence Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA Died 1 Feb 1904 Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA [4, 5, 6] Buried Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA [7, 8] Notes - 1900 Census, Pierce County, Washington (City of Tacoma), enumerated on Jun 9 1900 at 405 1/2 25th Street East:
(First name illegible) Brown, female, 50, b. Mar 1850 in New York, both parents b. in NY, occupation housewife, widowed, mother of three children (two still living); dau Cara V. Brown, 17, b. Jul 1882 in NY, both parents b. in NY, single, occupation student. (Note: Cara's last name actually was probably something other than Brown, since Rachel and Ammi Brown were married just five years before.)
The remainder of the household consisted of seven boarders: David Mannanson, 30, b. 1870 in Minnesota, occupation carpenter, married 10 yrs; Steven Mannanson, 8, b. 1892 in Michigan; Pearl Mannanson, 1, b. Dec 1898 in Minnesota; George C. Reed, 27, b. Sep 1872 in Iowa, single, occupation professional athlete; Fred H. Wilson, 27, b. Feb 1873 in Wisconsin, married one year, occupation gambler; Clara A. Wilson, 20, b. in NY, mother of one child (still living); Howard Wilson, 1, b. in Washington.
Person ID I60269 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 18 Nov 2015
Children 1. Cara V. ___, b. Jul 1882, New York Family ID F24977 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Ammi Almanzia BROWN, b. 13 Sep 1829, Boston, MA , d. 20 Jun 1899, Orting, Pierce Co, WA (Age 69 years) Married 27 Jun 1895 Tacoma, Pierce Co, WA [9] Separated SPRING 1898 Notes - Ammi A. Brown was divorced from his third wife, Deborah S., in November 1894. Just over three years later, his marital status was listed as married on his Feb 1898 application to the Washington Soldiers Home. But on his March 1899 application to the Soldiers Home, his entry for marital status was "She has left me, I do not know where she is." Correspondence from his fourth wife Rachel A. Brown and others, found in his Soldiers Home file, shows that Ammi and Rachel were married on Jun 27 1895 in Tacoma, and that she left him in Spring 1898. A letter from her dated Sep 29 1899 indicates that she had not been informed of Ammi's death three months before, supporting his contention that she had deserted him.
Family ID F24976 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S3] Washington Death Records, 1883-1960 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).
- [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, Age 53y 10m 25d. Plot: Either 1,E,5 or 2,E,5.
- [S1662] 1900 Census.
- [S1639] Death Record - Online, Pierce County (Washington) Death Register, p. 149, Record No. 6228.
Identified in Pierce County death records as Rachell A. Brown, white female, 53, b. in New York, both parents b. in New York, widowed; died Feb 1 1904 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, cause of death exhaustion. Reported by T. J. Stewart. A second, less legible, death record at the city of Tacoma provides much the same information, but specifies age at death as 53y 10m 25d. (Washington Deaths, 1891-1907, an online database at Ancestry.com, with original images.) - [S1721] Funeral card.
- [S5] Headstone.
- [S934] Findagrave.com.
- [S87] Death record.
- [S114] Marriage record.
A letter from S. A. Crandall, attorney for Rachel A. Brown, written to S. M. Allen at the Orting Soldiers Home, is quoted here in its entirety: "Tacoma, Wn, April 27 1900. S. M. Allen Commandant, Orting Wash. Dear Sir: I have the honor to say to you that Mrs. Rachel Brown has called to consult me with reference to her claim to the funds and effects of the late Ammi Brown, and I note what you say to her in your communication on Nov 14, 1899. I have known both Mr. and Mrs. Brown for some years, and as Justice for Tacoma Precinct performed the ceremony that made them husband and wife June 27th 1895. I have the certificate issued to them before me and identify Mrs. Brown and the party mentioned in the certificate, which I enclose herewith, and which I would thank you to return to me. If necessary I will furnish an affidavit of the foregoing facts. Very respectfully, S. A. Crandall."
- [S3] Washington Death Records, 1883-1960 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).
