Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Lemuel E. Brown    
       Also known as: L. E. Brown 1,2
                Born: ca 1823              in Lewis Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Sep-10-1877          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
      Cause of death:                      inflammation of bowels  2
              Census: 1870                 in Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      cabinet maker, carpenter  1,4,2,5
              Father: Thomas Brown   (1793 - 1843) 
              Mother: Martha Stalnaker   (1799 - 1861) 
Other spouse 1
Notes 
                Wife: Hannah Parks   6  
             Married: Sep-16-1860          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  7
                Born: Oct-30-1840          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  8,1
                Died: Mar-26-1903           8
              Buried:                      in Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  6,9
              Census: 1900                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1881                 in Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Abel Bond Parks   (1807 - 1892) 
              Mother: Hannah Vannort   (1807 - 1879) 
Other spouse 2
           F Child 1: Eunice May Brown      
       Also known as: May Brown 10,11
                Born: Apr-10-1863           12,4 (see note 1)
                Died: Sep- 1-1926          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  12,13
              Buried:                      in Enoch Cemetery, Wirt Co, WV  12,14
             Resided:                      in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
             Resided: 1882                 in Ritchie Co, WV  10
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV  
             Husband: Millard Fillmore Russell  b. May- 1-1861  d. Jul-16-1947  
       Also known as: Fillmore Russell 10,15
             Married: Nov- 1-1882          in Ritchie Co, WV  10
           F Child 2: Fannie Blanche Brown      
         Census name: Annie B. 
                Born: Dec-18-1867          in Doddridge Co, WV  16,17
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1907                 in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1894                 in Ritchie Co, WV  17
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV  
             Husband: John C. Campbell  b. ca 1870  d. bef Jun 1900  
             Married: May- 6-1894          in Ritchie Co, WV  17
             Husband: Lafayette Elmer Smith  b. Mar- 7-1871  d. May-30-1950  
       Also known as: Elmer Lafayette Smith 12
             Married: Nov-21-1907          in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  17
           M Child 3: (Male) Brown      
                Born: Apr-  -1870           4
                Died: bef Jun 1880           (see note 2)
              Census: 1870                 in Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV  
           M Child 4: George G. Brown      
                Born: Apr-  -1875           16
              Census: 1900                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1900                 timber business  16

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(2) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as L. E. Brown, white male, 55, b. Lewis Co, son of John 
Brown, husband of H. Brown, occupation carpenter; died Sep 10 1877 in Doddridge County, cause of death inflammation of 
bowels.  Informant:  wife.  (Note:  His father was identified in his marriage record as Thomas Brown.), DR p. 28 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5043621&Type=Death. 
(4) 1870 Census, Taylor County, WV. 
(5) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, pp. 353-354. 
(7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as L. E. Brown, widowed, 37, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge 
Co, son of Thomas & Martha; and Hannah Parks, single, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Abel B. & Hannah.  
Married Sep 16 1860.  (Note:  Husband's father was identified in his death record as John Brown.), MR p. 132 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790824&Type=Marriage. 
(8) Headstone. 
(9) Findagrave.com. 
(10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538761&Type=Marriage. 
(11) Death record of husband. 
(12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(13) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(14) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone:  May Brown. 
(15) Death record of wife. 
(16) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) 
(17) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Doddridge County, but in death record
as Grafton, Taylor County.
Note (2) Not with rest of family in 1880 Census.







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