Georgia Family Group Sheet for the Burwell Bassett BROWN Family


Husband: Burwell Bassett BROWN
Birthdate: MARCH 17, 1836
Birthplace: IRWIN, GEORGIA
Death date: NOVEMBER, 1887
Place of death: BOLTON, MISSISSIPPI
Burial: PROBABLY MISSISSIPPI
Father: AMOS BROWN
Mother: MATILDA LOVEJOY

Marriage date: JANUARY 8, 1867
Marriage place: MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA

Wife: Eugenia Ida BROWN
Birthdate: JANUARY 8, 1849
Birthplace: MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Death date: NOVEMBER 7, 1929
Place of death: MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Burial: BROWN CEMETERY ON OLD BROWN HOMEPLACE, DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Father: JOSEPH HOLCOMB BROWN
Mother: MARY ELIZABETH WEST

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: MARY ELIZABETH (MABETH) BROWN
Sex: F
Birthdate: NOVEMBER 8, 1867
Birthplace: HONDURAS
Death date: DECEMBER 8, 1884
Place of death: BOLTON, HINES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouses' names: unknown

Child No. 2: WILLIAM AMOS BROWN
Sex: M
Birthdate: JUNE 7, 1870
Birthplace: DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Death date: DECEMBER, 1937
Place of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: 1896
Marriage place: unknown
Spouses' names: BESSIE MAE DENNIS

Child No. 3: JOSEPH BASSETT BROWN
Sex: M
Birthdate: JULY 27, 1872
Birthplace: DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Death date: APRIL 19, 1921 SUGAR DIABETIES
Place of death: DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Burial: BROWN CEMETERY ON OLD BROWN HOMEPLACE ON HIGHTOWER ROAD, DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Marriage date: OCTOBER 10, 1897
Marriage place: BROWNWOOD METHODIST CHURCH, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Spouses' names: LULA OSBORNE

Child No. 4: FRANCES ADELINE BROWN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1874
Birthplace: DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Death date: 1879 DIIPTHERIA
Place of death: DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Burial: BROWN CEMETERY ON OLD BROWN HOMEPLACE ON HIGHTOWER ROAD, DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Marriage date: N/A
Marriage place: N/A
Spouses' names: N/A

Child No. 5: WALTER LEE BROWN
Sex: M
Birthdate: FEBRUARY 22, 1876
Birthplace: DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Death date: MARCH 26, 1957
Place of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouses' names: EVA HUTCHINSON

Child No. 6: CLARENCE SIDNEY BROWN
Sex: M
Birthdate: MARCH 3, 1879
Birthplace: DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Death date: unknown
Place of death: PROBABLY CALIFORNIA
Burial: PROBABLY CALIFORNIA
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouses' names: LENA SUNDERLAND

Child No. 7: ROSA MONTGOMERY BROWN
Sex: F
Birthdate: JANUARY 18, 1881
Birthplace: BOLTON, HINES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
Death date: JANUARY 23, 1973
Place of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouses' names: CHARLES PARKER

Child No. 8: SAMUEL GLENN BROWN
Sex: M
Birthdate: JANUARY 8, 1884
Birthplace: BOLTON, HINES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
Death date: NOVEMBER 8, 1924
Place of death: LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA
Burial: SHADOWLAWN CEMETERY IN LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouses' names: LULU BOWDEN

Child No. 9: HENRY EUGENE BROWN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1885
Birthplace: BOLTON, HINES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
Death date: 1886
Place of death: BOLTON, HINES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: N/A
Marriage place: N/A
Spouses' names: N/A

Child No. 10: BURWELL BRASWELL BROWN
Sex: M
Birthdate: OCTOBER 8, 1887
Birthplace: BOLTON, HINES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
Death date: FEBRUARY 14, 1906 RAILROAD ACCIDENT
Place of death: DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Burial: BROWN CEMETERY ON OLD BROWN HOMEPLACE ON HIGHTOWER ROAD, DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouses' names: unknown
 
 
Documentation:
* AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY CLARENCE SIDNEY BROWN BORN 1879 WRITTEN AT THE AGE OF 94,
* VISITS TO CEMETERY, PICTURES OF TOMBSTONES AND MARKERS,
* KNOWLEDGE OF PAST FAMILY MEMBERS,
* BROWN FAMILY HISTORY BOOK,
* OLD FAMILY BIBLES,
* MORGAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS.

Notes:
* PRIVATE BURWELL BASSETT BROWN WAS WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG ON JULY 2, 1863, CAPTURED AT DEEP BOTTOM IN VIRGINIA ON AUGUST 16, 1864 AND DISCHARGED AT DEEP BOTTOM. A FAMILY LETTER STATES THAT HE WAS EDUCATED BY A PRIVATE TUTOR AND KNEW LATIN AND GREEK AND TAUGHT SCHOOL AT DORSEY, GEORGIA. 1870 CENSUS STATES THAT HE WAS A TEACHER THAT YEAR. 1887 CENSUS STATES THAT HE AND EUGENIA OWNED 316 ACRES OF LAND IN MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA. 1867-1869 THEY LIVED IN HONDURAS. 1869-1879 THEY LIVED IN DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA. 1880-1888 THEY LIVED IN BOLTON, HINES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. 1887 BURWELL DIED THERE.
* 1888 EUGENIA MOVED THE FAMILY BACK TO DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA, WHERE EUGENIA AND LOTS OF FAMILY MEMBERS ARE BURIED ON THE OLD BROWN HOMEPLACE.
* CLARENCE WAS A VERY WELL ESTABLISHED DOCTOR IN CALIFORNIA. HE SENT SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS TO COLLEGE.
* JOSEPH WAS A PILOT ON A STEAMSHIP LINE IN HIS YOUNG LIFE. HE BOUGHT APPX. 94-98 ACRES OF THE ORIGINAL AMOS BROWN 3000 ACRES IN DORSEY, MORGAN COUNTY, GEORGIA FROM HIS MOTHER, EUGENIA NOVEMBER 15, 1907. THIS IS WHERE HE OWNED AND OPERATED A GROCERY STORE AND FILLING STATION.
* SAMUEL OWNED BROWN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY ALSO KNOWN AS SAM GLENN BANK LOCATED ON THE SQUARE IN LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA FROM 1908 THRU 1912. THE BANK BUILDING IS STILL THERE. HE ALSO OWNED A BANK IN SUWANEE THAT SOLD TO THE BANK OF BUFORD IN 1912.
 

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