Jul-28-2018
Husband: David E. Brown
Born: Sep- 9-1801 1
Died: Apr- 5-1889 1
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Deborah Stalnaker 3,4
Also known as: Debra 5
Born: Nov-12-1806 1
Died: May- 9-1861 1
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Father:
Mother:
F Child 1: Mary Jane Brown
Born: Nov-26-1830 6,7
Died: Apr- 8-1916 6
Buried: in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 6
Census: 1880, 1900, 1910 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV
Husband: Pascal P. Brown b. Sep- -1820
Married: Apr- 8-1852 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 8,9
M Child 2: William Ranfin Brown
Born: 1831 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 10,11,12
Died: 1862 10
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Wife: Rebecca N. Willard b. 1835 d. 1877
Married: Oct- 2-1855 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 11
M Child 3: Edward Marshall Brown
Born: Sep-26-1832 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 1,11
Died: Aug- 6-1911 1
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Military: Co E, 6th WV Inf, Civil War 2
Wife: Elcy Caroline Tharp b. Apr-21-1844 d. Jul- 7-1876
Also known as: Else, Elsy, Elcie
Married: Feb-29-1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 13
Wife: Rachel J. Zinn b. May- 9-1827 d. Oct-19-1924
Married: Jul-19-1877 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
M Child 4: Samuel VanBuren Brown
Born: 1835 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 10
Died: Dec-27-1920 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 15,10
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16,17
Census: 1910, 1920 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV (see note 1)
Resided: 1890 in Holbrook, Doddridge Co, WV 18
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 19,20,21
Military: Aug-15-1862 - Jun-15-1865 Cpl, Co M & L, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 22,18,23
Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Carroll b. May-18-1841 d. Jul-16-1931
Married: Sep- 2-1858 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 24
M Child 5: George W. Brown
Also known as: G. Whit Brown 25
Born: ca 1838 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 11
Resided: 1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 26
Wife: Frances E. Nutter b. ca 1848 d. Apr-26-1870
Married: Sep-12-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 11
F Child 6: Caroline Virginia Brown
Also known as: Carolina 12
Born: Oct-16-1842 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 6,27,11,16
Died: Oct-28-1916 at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 28,29,30
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6,16
Resided: in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 6,31
Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1866 in Ritchie Co, WV 11
Occupation: teacher 30
Husband: Elijah W. Summers b. Feb- 5-1839 d. Oct-30-1919
Married: Dec-25-1866 in Ritchie Co, WV 30,32
Sources:
(1) Headstone.
(2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(3) Marriage record of daughter.
(4) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 83.
(5) Marriage record of son.
(6) Obituary.
(7) 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV.
(8) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.
(9) Obituary of wife.
(10) Headstone (year only)
(11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)
(12) Death record of son.
(13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as
Edward M. Brown, 25, of Lewis Co, son of David & Debra; and Else C. Tharp, 16, of Ritchie Co, dau of Timothy & Sarah.
Married Feb 29 1860.
(14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as
Edward M. Brown, widowed, 42, b. Lewis Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of David E. & Debora; and Rachel J. Zinn, 37, b. Preston
Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Samuel. Married Jul 19 1877. The bride's stated age would put her birth in about 1840, but
her death record of Oct 19 1924 shows her age as 97y5m10d and birth date as May 9
1827.
(15) Taylor County Death Records, Grafton, WV.
(16) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)
(17) Findagrave.com.
(18) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(19) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).
(20) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).
(21) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(22) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National
Archives & Records Administration.
(23) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(24) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(25) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 244.
(26) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.
(27) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District)
(28) Obituary - At home.
(29) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(30) Obituary of husband.
(31) Obituary of sister.
(32) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), His middle
initial given as "N" rather than "W" as indicated in obituary.
Event Notes
Note (1) In household of son James.
Name Index