Jul-28-2018
Husband: Harry Brown
Born: in England Died: bef May 1910 1 Father: Mother:
Wife: Fannie Kidd 2
Born: ca 1834 in England 1 Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Henry John "Harry" Brown Also known as: Harry J. Brown 3,4 Born: Jan-29-1857 in England 3,5 (see note 1) Died: Nov-16-1915 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 3,5,6 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5,7 (see note 2) Resided: in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: formerly in Gilmer Co, WV Occupation: blacksmith at glass factory 5,4,8 Immigrated: ca 1885 5 Wife: Frances Ellen "Nellie" Etheridge b. Feb- 1-1862 d. Aug-12-1936 Married: ca 1881 8
F Child 2: Mary A. Brown Born: ca 1862 9 (see note 3) Resided: 1883, 1915 in Gilmer Co, WV 9,10 Husband: Jerymah Dale Heckert b. ca 1855 Also known as: J. Dale Heckert 11 Married: Nov-18-1883 Gilmer Co, WV 9
F Child 3: Jessie Booker Brown Also known as: Mary Brown 2 Born: Dec-25-1865 in England 12 (see note 4) Died: ca 1933 Census: 1930 in Tallmadge, Summit Co, OH Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Andrew Jackson Squires b. Dec-20-1858 d. Aug-29-1919 Also known as: Jack Squires 2 Married: Jul-27-1887 in Ritchie Co, WV Husband: John J. Renn b. ca 1872 Married: Sep-20-1926 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
M Child 4: Charles Arthur Brown Born: ca 1868 in England 8,14,15,9 (see note 5) Died: Nov-13-1942 in Hardin Co, KY 14 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1890 in Ritchie Co, WV 9 Immigrated: 1881 - 1886 16,17 (see note 6) Occupation: 1940 refrigerator salesman 18 Occupation: 1930 salesman of musical instruments 17 Occupation: 1920 salesman in piano store 16 (see note 7) Occupation: 1900, 1910 blacksmith 8,1 (see note 8) Wife: Lucy L. Brannon b. Sep- 9-1872 Married: Mar-16-1890 in Gilmer Co, WV 9
F Child 5: Laura Brown Born: ca 1871 in England 9 Resided: 1887, 1915 in Gilmer Co, WV 9,10 Husband: William A. King b. ca 1867 Married: Apr- 7-1887 in Gilmer Co, WV 9
M Child 6: James D. Brown Born: Feb- -1874 in England 19,20,1 Died: 1944 20 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 7 Census: 1920, 211 Neely Ave in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV Resided: 1898 in Gilmer Co, WV Occupation: 1920 laborer in gas field 21 Occupation: 1910 laborer at glass factory 1 Wife: Ida Griggs b. Sep- -1870 d. 1958 Married: Apr-30-1898 in Gilmer Co, WV 9
F Child 7: Virginia "Jennie" Brown Also known as: Jennie Brown 10 Born: ca 1880 9 Resided: 1895 in Gilmer Co, WV Husband: Alva C. Goff b. ca 1874 Married: Sep-26-1895 in Gilmer Co, WV 9
Sources: (1) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (2) Death record of son. (3) Headstone. (4) West Union Herald, 11/18/1915. (5) Obituary. (6) West Union Herald, News article, Thursday, Nov 18 1915, in its entirety: HARRY BROWN "Harry Brown suffered a paralytic stroke while at his work in the blacksmith shop of the Ideal Window Glass factory Tuesday at 1:15 P.M. He was taken to his home Wabash Addition where he died at about 8 o'clock. Obituary will be given next issue." (7) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (9) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. (10) Obituary of brother. (11) Death record of daughter. (12) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as John renn, 54, of Ashland Co, OH; and Mrs. A. J. Squires, 54, b. in England, res. Doddridge Co. Married Sep 20 1926. (14) Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Kentucky Health Data Branch. (15) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (16) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. (17) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (18) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. (19) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (DeKalb District) (20) Headstone (year only) (21) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given as Feb 1859, age 41, in 1900 Census. Note (2) Name on headstone: Harry Brown Note (3) Birthplace given as Hampshire County in marriage record, but as England in son's death record. Note (4) Her age was given as 26, born in England, in daughter Ellen's 1894 birth record. But age 54 reported at time of Sep 1926 marriage would put birth in about 1872. Note (5) Birth date given in death record as Oct 13 1869, and in Social Security records as Oct 13 1870. But the 1900 Census shows it as Aug 1867. Note (6) Immigration year given as 1881 in 1920 Census, but as 1886 in 1930 Census. Note (7) Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Oct 19 1916, in its entirety: "Miss Ida J. Warner purchased a fine Victrola of Chas. A. Brown last week." Note (8) Classified advertisement, West Union Herald, Thursday, January 3, 1907: For HORSESHOING, WAGON MAKING and GENERAL BLACKSMITHING, go to Chas. A. Brown at Haldeman's old standName Index