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Submitted by: Harvey W.HENRY
Email address: <hwhenry@inav.net>
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Husband: William R. BROWN
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Birthdate: 10 MAR 1782
in London, England
Death date: 03 MAR 1856
in Rockville, Parke Co IN
Buried: in Mt Olivet Cem Florida Twp Parke Co IN
Occupation miller then a farmer
Father:
Mother:
Last Will and Testament of Willaim R. Brown obtained from Record of Wills at
the Parke Co Court House, Rockville, IN. The names of 10 children are listed.
Listed as 69 years old in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN Dates are from
gravestone.
Died at 73 yr 11mo 23 d. William and Isabella moved to Parke Co In when son
William was 15. Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Parke Co IN page
690. Middle name came from land purchase record. Rockville, IN library.
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Wife: Isabella ROBINSON
Married: 23 FEB 1808 in Philadelphia, PA
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Birthdate: 15 MAR 1793
in PA
Death date: 24 AUG 1864
in Rockville, Parke Co IN
Buried: in Mt Olivet Cem Florida Twp Parke Co IN
Father:
Mother:
Listed as 58 years old in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN. Died at 74 yr 5mo
3d. Birth date calculated using Internet site:
http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html Death date and age
from Parke Co cem records at Rockville, IN library. Also found on the
gravestone.
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M Child 1: EDWARD BROWN
Birthdate:
Death date:
Spouse: MARGARET PORTER
Married: 01 JAN 1858 in
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M Child 2: JOHN BROWN
Birthdate: 1815 in OH
Death date:
Occupation Blacksmith
Spouse: PHEBE J. (BROWN)
Married:
Listed as 34 in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN Dist 85 House 167. He lived on
the farm adjacent to that of his sister Elizabeth Sparks.
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F Child 3: ELIZABETH BROWN
Birthdate: 1815 in OH
Death date: 1894 in
Buried: in Mt Olivet Cem Florida Twp Parke Co IN
Spouse: WILLIAM SPARKS b. 1820 d. 1898
Married: 10 FEB 1843 in Parke Co IN
Listed as 34 in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN Dist 85 House 166 Dates from
Parke Co cemetery record at Rockville, IN library.
Marriage record from Marriage Records 1833-1844, Parke Co, Sanders.
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F Child 4: MARY BROWN
Birthdate: 26 FEB 1818 in OH
Death date: 19 NOV 1893 in Rockville, Parke Co IN
Buried: in Mt Olivet Cem Florida Twp Parke Co IN
Spouse: JACOB FISHER b. 20 APR 1808 d. 18 MAY 1878
Married: 04 JAN 1849 in Rockville, Parke Co IN
Listed as 32 in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN, p 175, Dist 85, House 247.
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M Child 5: ROBINSON BROWN
Birthdate: 30 JAN 1821 in Butler Co. Ohio
Death date: 22 DEC 1909 in Indianola, E. Lincoln Twp Warren Co. IA
Buried: in Lot 42 IOOF Cem Indianola, IA
Occupation Farmer
Spouse: ALMYRA SILCOTT b. 27 MAY 1831 d. 10 MAY 1898
Married: 12 SEP 1850 in Parke Co. IN by Rev Georg W. Warner
Robinson's marriage record: C/213 Parke Co Court House, Rockville, IN Probate
record in Court House, Indianola, IA, Wilbur N. Brown, Administrator Heirs: E.
B. Brown, E. W. Brown, Emma L. Hardin, Wilbur N. Brown He was listed as 28 in
the 1850 Census
for Parke Co IN. Census date 2 Sep 1850. Lot 42 is 9 rows East of the
2nd grass road in the IOOF Section. Death date came from the Brown Family
Bible at the home of Merrill W. Henry. Birth and death dates are on the
gravestone.
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M Child 6: FRANCIS J. BROWN
Birthdate: 23 FEB 1823 in OH
Death date: 14 MAY 1856 in Parke Co IN
Buried: in Mt Olivet Cem Florida Twp Parke Co IN
Spouse: JANE ANN CATLIN b. 22 NOV 1824 d. 02 AUG 1893
Married: 29 FEB 1844 in Parke Co IN
27 in 1850 Parke Co IN Census, Dist 85, House 402. Marriage record from
Marriage Records 1833-1844, Parke Co, Sanders.
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M Child 7: WILLIAM BROWN
Birthdate: 10 JAN 1826 in Butler Co OH
Death date: 27 NOV 1892 in Parke Co IN
Buried: in Mt Olivet Cem Florida Twp Parke Co IN
Occupation farmer
Spouse: MALONA ADAMS b. 14 FEB 1831 d. 02 SEP 1867
Married: 06 APR 1854 in Parke Co IN
Spouse: SARAH A. HOPPER b. 13 SEP 1840 d. 26 JAN 1920
Married: in Parke Co IN
Listed as 24 in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN, Dist 85, house 401, page 291
Dates are from tombstone. William owned 250 acres of farm land along the
Raccoon River in Florida Twp Parke Co IN. His father settled on a part of
this land, then a
wilderness and improved it. Dates are from gravestone.
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M Child 8: SAMUEL BROWN
Birthdate: 1828 in Ohio
Death date: 1862 in Shot by sniper during Civil War
Buried: in Mt Olivet Cem Florida Twp Parke Co IN
Occupation farmer
Listed as 22 in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN, page 291 His mother sent a
white shirt to him. He tried it on and was spotted by a sniper who shot and
killed Samuel.
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F Child 9: MARTHA BROWN
Birthdate: 1831 in Ohio
Death date:
Spouse: GEORGE F. OVERPECK
Married: 02 MAR 1854 in
Listed as 19 in the 1850 Census for Parke Co IN, page 291
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F Child 10: ISABELLA BROWN
Birthdate: 1833 in Ohio
Death date:
Spouse: JAMES GIBBONS
Married:
The Gibbons family lived on a farm near Barney, Iowa. Listed as 17 in the
1850 Census for Parke Co IN, page 29, Dist 85, House 401.
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