JAMES BROWN
married (about 1811)
Hester Ann Helms
born: 1787
born: about 1789
died: 1827
died: about 1813
James Brown was from North Carolina. Hester, daughter of
John and Elizabeth (Rice) Helms of Germany and Maryland.
They had 10 known children:
Henderson Brown, 1812 (my great grandfather)
Jack (John?) Brown, 1814
Isaac Brown Married 9-5-1839 Hancock Co. IN to
Matha/Amelia Brooks
Perry Brown
Jobe Brown
Rachel Brown married Beaver
Polly Brown married Samuel
Brooks
Nancy Brown married 8-18-1840 Hamilton Co.
IN to John Lambert
Lewis Brown killed in the Civil
War
Elizabeth Brown married Hudson
HENDERSON BROWN (my great grandfather)
1860 census, Hamilton County, Indiana, Fall Creek Township,
page 0179, family No. 1250.
Henderson BROWN
married 10-5-1831
Sarah Hoagland
born: 12-17-1812, McMinn Co., TN
born 6-20-1810
died: 2-4-1897, Hamilton County, IN
died 5-14-1892
both are buried in Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Hamilton Co. IN
Children:
James Brown
married 11-11-1855
Cyrena Blanton
born 4-1-1834
born 1837
died 11-23-1921, Hancock County IN
(Civil War, Company E, 39th Regiment)
They had eight children: Rebecca 1858, Sarah 1860, Mary 1862,
Emma 1865, Henderson 1868, Ella 1871, Addie 1873, and
Will 1878.
Rebecca Brown born April 1, 1858: married July 27, 1882
Hamilton County, Indiana to Alfred Oscar Valentine, born
August 15, 1854 Madison County, Indiana son of Joshua and
Margaret (Dougherty) Valentine. Rebecca died July 28,
1893. They had six children: Pearl 1883, Rudolph 1886,
Laura 188-1911, Dale 1889-1893, Fredish 1890 died young and
Charles born April1, 1892, Hamilton County.
Margaret Brown
married 7-22-1865
Lewis C. McCoy
born 1836
William Brown (laborer)
married 2-2-1861 Christian
Taylor
born 1839?
married 2-23-1866 Darcus G. Hill
died 3-1-1866 buried
at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Hamilton Co. IN
(Civil War, Company E, 109th Regiment)
Andrew Brown
married 1-11-1868 Martha J. Clark
born: 1842
married 5-14-1876 Lydia J. Levitt
Minna Brown
born 1845
Catharine Brown
born 1849
Hiram Brown (my grandfather)
married 12-27-1872 Mary
Eliza Prickett
born: 8-5-1850
born: 6-6-1850
died: 9-5-1923
died: 4-15-1928
(both are buried in
Gravel Lawn Cemetery, Madison Co. IN)
Nancy Brown
born 1853
Mary Brown?
(supposedly died young)
HIRAM BROWN (my grandfather)
Hiram (Bruff) Brown
married 12-27-1872
Mary Eliza (Molly) Prickett
born 8-5-1850
born 6-6-1850
died 9-5-1923
died 4-15-1928
Children:
Vinna May
born 1-10 1874?
died 3-13-1878
Vernie Lee (son)
born 1877
died 3-11-1878 (age 6 months, 13 days)
Minnie V.
born 4-4-1876?
died 9-27-1878 (age 2 years, 8 months, 1 day)
All three are buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Hamilton
County, IN.
The above children died of diptheria on the dates as indicated
above. Everett also had diptheria but survived.
What a tragedy for this family to lose their first children in
this way!
Everett Brown
married 4-15-1908
Mayme J. Cottrell
born 3-7-1880
born 7-12-1888
died 3-29-1943
died 10-12-1940
Children:
Calvin Brown
married
Geneva
born 3-10-1909
born 6-6-1913
died 10-10-1970 (buried Gravel Lawn Cemetery)
Catherine Brown
married 6-29-1935
Harold "Doc" Everitt
born 3-17-1914
born 11-22-1906
died 3-10-1993
Max Brown
born 3-20-1926
died 6-29-1946 (He was on leave from the Marines
and was killed in an auto
accident on Hwy 67 near Fortville, IN) Buried Gravel
Lawn Cem.
NELLIE BROWN
married 12-25-1900
James Bell
buried Oaklandon
Children:
Hazel Bell
married
Paul Lacy
Children: Laura Belle (deceased), Robert Bell, Fred
Bell, Gladys Bell, Elizabeth Bell, Bernice Bell, Dorothy Bell,
Howard Bell, Harold Bell.
ELSIE BROWN
married 12-14-1911
Cecil Mauck
born 1-24-1889
Children: Clarence Mauck, Kenneth Mauck, Naomi Mauck
married Xenethon Sanders.
FRED BROWN (bachelor)
born 1885, Hamilton County, Indiana
died 3-27-1944 Hancock County, Indiana
FRANK BROWN (bachelor)
born 7-25-1887 Hamilton County, Indiana
died 2-12-1956 Miami County, Indiana
BENJAMIN H. BROWN
married 12-24-1913
Jessie J. Wiggins
born
born 1905
died 12-31-1972
died 2-26-1985
Foster Children:
Howard Ballard
Charles Bolander
Charles Wiggins
MAUDE BROWN
married 10-16-1912
Herman Kemerly
born 11-17-1891
born 1-1-1888
died 7-31-1982 (buried Avilla, IN)
died 5-1960
Children:
Ruth Kemerly
married
Willard Miller
Frances Kemerly
married
Robert Winkler
born 1-14-1916
born 5-1-1916
alive in 1998
died 4-5-1989
Paul F. Kemerly
born 1-22-1917
Ralph Kemerly
born 11-17-1919 (living 1998 on St. Rd 8
Avilla, IN
Richard Kemerly
born 1921
died 5 1970
Martha Kemerly
married
Donald Taggart
born 6-11-1923 (living 1998 in Dundee,
IL
Donald Kemerly
born 1925
died 1936
Vernon Kemerly
Married
Mary
born 5-31-1926
(71 years as of 7-1998)
Children
Terry Lee Kemerly
Married 10-1974
April Bell
born 7-27-1950
children:
Braderly Ryan
born 4-17-1975
Mandy Lyn
born 7-31-1980
Karyl Anne Kemerly
married 1974
Douglas Swain
born 6-29-1953
died 8-7-1983
(car accident in Florida)
Children:
Zachary Swain
born 3-6-1977
John Leslie Kemerly
married
Sherry Osbun
born 11-7-1957
Children:
Matthew Aron Kemerly
born 4-11-1984
Jessica Lyn Kemerly
born 7-4-1987
James Lynn Kemerly
married
Joella Delong
born 2-7-1960
divorced
Children:
Natalie Lauran Kemerly
born 1-2-1988
FLOYD BROWN (my father) 13th child of Hiram Brown and Mary
Eliza Prickett
married 9-27-1915
Irene Cushman
born 3-24-1894
born 10-30-1897
Hamilton County, IN
Hancock County, IN
died 8-6-1966
died 12-16-1964
Miami County, IN
Clinton County, IN
(both are buried Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico, IN)
CHILDREN
Francis Eugene Brown
Born 10-5-1916 10:05 p.m., Dr. Earl R. Gibbs (Wilkinson)
Hancock County, Green Township, IN
died 11-7-1922 8 a.m. Tuesday of Scarlet Fever/Spinal
Meningitis
(buried Gravel Lawn Cemetery, Hwy 13 North,
Madison County IN)
Russell Melvin Brown
married 12-3-1943
Marijean Rockey
born 9-19-1918
born 3-28-1925
Hancock County, Green Township, IN 2 p.m. Dr. H.C. Martindale
Children:
James Allen Brown
born 9-26-1944
died 11-20-1965
Mary Irene Brown
born 8-6-1952
died at birth
LuAnn Brown
married 6-10-1978
George Randall McCoy
born 9-14-1955
born 9-26-1954
Children
Jennifer Lynne McCoy
born 9-4-1980
Laura Beth McCoy
born 2-21-1982
Robert Randall McCoy (adopted) born
8-18-1987
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