Thomas Brown (1807-1881) m. Margaret Brinegar (1809-1876)
Daniel Brown (1815-1863) m. 1) Sarah or Elizabeth Dwiggins, 2) Cornelia McGuire (1823-1910)
Cannon and Catherine Brown definitely had a son named Jesse, but we do not know for certain if this is that son.
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Children of Thomas Brown and Margaret Brinegar
William Lafayette Brown (1831-1899) m. Mary Eliza Chinn (1842-1917)
Emma Brown (1833-1901) m. Allen A. Harbin (1830-1905)
Amanda M. Brown (1835-1917) m. 1) James L. Adams (1834-1879) 2) Marshall Bell (1833-1890)
Rufus Brown (1836-1893) m. Sarah Gibbs (ca. 1850-1892)
Sarah C. Brown (1840-1917) m. John Kimbrough (1839-1871)
Mary D. Brown (1844-1909) m. Calvin Cowles Sanford (1843-1929)
Does anyone know the parents of Sarah Gibbs, wife of Rufus Brown?
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Children of Daniel Brown and Sarah/Elizabeth Dwiggins
Archie Brown (d. bef 1850)
Laura Brown (d. bef 1850)
Thomas Brown (ca. 1844-bef. 1860)
Daniel Brown (ca. 1848-bef. 1860)
James Hanson Brown (1850-1941) m. Emma Glasscock (1858-1951)
Children of Daniel Brown and Cornelia McGuire
Dovie Alice Brown (1852-1925) m. Basil Gaither Ijames (1845-1924)
Chalmers Stroud Brown (1854-1935) m. 1) Henrietta Hicks, 2) Lucy P. Shoaf (1858-1925)
Virginia Belle Brown (1855-1932) m. Thomas Cartner (1852-1944)
Mary Victoria Brown (1857-1950) m. James Marion Granger (1860-1936)
Richard Jesse Brown (1859-1935) m. Mary Jane Bowles (1863-1933)
Mack D. Brown (1863-1941) m. Meekie Ann Leach (1865-1971) [yes, she really lived to 106]
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Children of Rufus Brown and Sarah Gibbs
George T. Brown (probably 1869-1913)
Rufus D. Brown (ca. 1872-?)
Sophie Brown (ca. 1874-1951) m. Robert C. Norfleet (1872-1941)
Lillian Brown (1879-1963) m. Clarence Hodson (1868-1927)
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Children of Chalmers Brown and Lucy P. Shoaf
Daniel Hugh Brown (1882-1965) m. Pantha Allen
Carley Lee Brown (1883-1884)
Frank Hall Brown (1885-1974) m. Julia Rowena Weant (1883-1957)
Jacob Shoaf Brown (1886-1907)
Milton Gaither Brown (1888-1976) m. Estella May Aldridge (1889-1944)
Effie H. Brown (1889-?) m. Ernest E. Sprinkle
Dora Lillian Brown (1891-1892)
James McGuire Brown (b. & d. 1893)
Anna Lenore Brown (b. &. d. 1894)
Lizzie Victoria Brown (b. &. d. 1894)
Ollie C. Brown (1895-1985) m. Robert L. Scott
Beulah Mae Brown (1898-1899)
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Children of Richard Jesse Brown and Mary Jane Bowles
Sallie Brown (1883-?) m. John Everhart
Bessie Brown (1882-1961) m. John Emerson (1879-1927)
Walter Dwight Brown (1886-1931)
Will D. Brown (1889-1964) m. Frozzie Grimes (1891-1964)
Maude Brown (1891-1976) m. John L. Harper
Mary Blanche Brown (1894-1976)
Pearl Brown (1897-1928)
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Children of Mack Brown and Meekie Leach
Percy G. Brown (1884-1955) m. Mary Bailey Meroney (1898-1968)
Leona or Luna Brown (1886-?)
Viola Brown (1888-?)
Clayton M. Brown (1892-1972) female, did not marry
Maxie David Brown (1895-1930)
Bonnie Margaret Brown (ca. 1897-?) m. P.H. Ashe
Warren Brown (b. & d. 1898)
Rufus Brown (1899-?)
Kathryn Brown ca. 1904-?)
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Children of James Hanson Brown and Emma Glasscock
Tommie Brown (b. & d. 1885)
Sophia V. Brown (1886-1969) did not marry
John H. Brown (1888-1973)
Ora E. Brown (1890-1940) did not marry
Charlie S. Brown (1893-1979) m. Hazel Summers (1902-1978)
Obituaries and other newspaper clippings saved by Margaret Maud Brown Pollard and her daughters
North Carolina marriage bonds, Rowan and Davie Counties
Hinton Alexander Helper, The Genealogy of the Thomas Canon Brown Family in North Carolina - ms, 1909
This is traditionally the standard work on our Brown family. However, I have found that it contains inconsistencies and information that can't possibly be correct.
Abstracts of Wills and Estates Records of Rowan County, North Carolina 1753-1805 and Tax Lists of 1759 and 1778, copyright Jo White Linn 1980;
Wall, James W., History of Davie County in the Forks of the Yadkin, Davie County Historical Publishing Association, Mocksville NC
Linn, Jo White (1973). Davie County North Carolina Will and Deed Abstracts (Wills 1836-1900, Deeds 1836-1850).
Davie County NC 1850-1870 census records
Rowan County NC 1800-1850 census records
My cousin Paula Windsor Bennett has an excellent web page on the BROWN, JONES, WINDSOR and WOLFF families.
I am looking for a male-line descendant of this Brown family to provide a sample for DNA testing. I'll pay for your test if you can verify your descent. Please contact me: Elizabeth Harris
This page was revised on September 22, 2007.
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