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Samuel Brown

Samuel Brown (1826-1877) was born in Ohio.  He was in the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses of Daviess County, Missouri.  We do not know who his parents were.  They may have been living in Daviess County in 1840 also.  In 1844 he married Elizabeth Keller (1828-c1852).  In 1853 he married Mary Morris (d ca 1854).  In 1855 he married Missouri A. Carrol.  He was in the Civil War.  He died in 1877.

Samuel and Elizabeth (Keller) Brown had the following children:  James and John (1846, twins), Obediah (1848), Frances Marion (1850).

Samuel and Mary (Morris) Brown had the following child:  William (1854).

Samuel and Missouri A. (Carrol) Brown had the following children:  Nathaniel B. (1856), Henry (1858), Charles W. (1860), Rosannah (1862), Sarah E. (1864), Mahala J. (1866), Thomas R.(1868), Franklin E. (1870), Dalany May (1872), Wiley E.

First Generation

James Brown born 1846 in Daviess County, Missouri.  He was said to have been "carried off" by a group of people when he was young.



John William Brown (1846-1917) was born in Daviess County, Missouri.  He was in the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses of Daviess County, Missouri.  He later went to Scotts Bluff, Nebraska.  He was in the Civil War.  In 1865 he married Catherine J. Landes (1844-1885).  In 1888 he married Eliza Melinda (Palmer) Herndon (1859-1927).  He is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.

John William and Catherine J. (Landes) Brown had the following children:  Ida Ann (1868), James Henry (1869), Nora Jane (1872), William Frank (1874), Mary Magdalene (1878), Minnie Ethel (1880), and Lura Edna (1884).

John William and Eliza Melinda (Palmer) Herndon Brown had the following children:  Woody Palmer, Noel Marion (1893), Lola Hortense (1896), Cassie Rea (1898), and Ruth Doris (1903).



Obediah Brown (1848) was born in Daviess County, Missouri.  He married Sarah.

Some of the children of Obediah and Sarah Brown are:  Anna (1870), Samuel (1872), Elery H. (1878), and a daughter (1880).  They probably had more children born after 1880.



Frances Marion Brown (1850) was born in Daviess County, Missouri.


William Brown (1854) was born in Daviess County, Missouri.

Nathaniel B. Brown (1856) was born in Daviess County, Missouri.  He married Myra E. Canfield.

Nathaniel B. and Myra E. (Canfield) Brown had the following children:  Franklin E., Clara, Lola, Ruth, Ruby, Effie, and Emma.



Henry Brown (1858) was born in Daviess County, Missouri.


Charles W. Brown (1860) was born in Daviess County, Missouri.


Rosannah Brown (1862) was born in Daviess County, Missouri.


Sarah E. Brown (1864-1902) was born in Daviess County, Missouri. She married Franklin D. Landes.

Franklin D. and Sarah E. (Brown) Landes had the following children:  Fred, Emma, Clara, Minnie, Iva, Eva, Erma, and Frankie.



Mahala J. Brown (1867) was born in Daviess County, Missouri.


Thomas R. Brown (1868) was born in Daviess County, Missouri.


Franklin E. Brown (1870) was born in Daviess County, Missouri.


Dalany May Brown (1872) was born in Daviess County, Missouri.


Wiley E. Brown.  I cannot find him listed in any census for this family.  He must have lived less than 10 years.

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