Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Charles William Brown    
                Born: Jun-15-1869          in Harrison Co, WV  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Jan-15-1961           1,2
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  1
             Resided: 1940                 in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  3
             Resided: 1931                 in Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Census: 1910, 1920, 1930     in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  5
              Father: William Harrison Brown   (1828 - 1898) 
              Mother: Mariah Ellen "Molly" Nair   (1847 - 1926) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Bertha Mae Highland     
             Married: May-20-1931          in Harrison Co, WV  6
                Born: Mar-14-1877          in Lewis Co, WV  7,2,4 (see note 2)
                Died: Aug- 6-1955          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  7
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  7,1
             Resided:                      in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  7
             Resided: 1931                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  4
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
              Father: Calvin Highland   (1833 - 1904) 
              Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Dix   (1839 - 1904) 

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Obituary of sister. 
(4) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(5) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(6) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Charles William Brown, widowed, 59, b. Jun 15 1871 in 
Harrison Co, res. Big Isaac, son of William H. Brown & Mary E. (Nair) Brown; and Bertha Mae Highland, 42, b. Mar 14 1889 
in Lewis Co, res. Clarksburg, dau of Calvin Highland & Sarah Elizabeth (Dix) Highland.  Married May 20 1931 "at the 
first M. E. Church," officiated by J. H. Funk, a Minister of the M. E. Church. BR p. 112 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=34500&Type=Marriage. 
(7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in May 1931 marriage record as Jun 15 1871, age 59.  He was
age 10 in the 1880 Census.
Note (2) Birth date misstated in May 1931 marriage record as Mar 14 1889.  Birth date
on headstone is 1877, and death record states Mar 14 1877.  The 1900 Census
shows her as age 22, born in March 1878, and she was in the 1880 Census as age
3.







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