Husband: Charles Fred Brown Also known as: Fred Brown 1,2
Born: Sep-12-1878 in Harrison Co, WV 3,4,5,6 Died: Jul-19-1970 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 7,4,5 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 8 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 9 Resided: 1942 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1940, 63 Wabash Ave in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1916 in Canton, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1902 in Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1) Occupation: 1942 Broadwater & Welch, Pennsboro WV 3 Father: Mother:
Wife: Gussie Elizabeth Freeman 2 Married: Apr-20-1902 in Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Born: Feb- -1883 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,6,5 Died: Feb-27-1959 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,5 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 12,8 Resided: 1952 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1940 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1916 in Canton, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1900, 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Father: George Freeman (1857 - 1935) Mother: Margaret Sophia Underwood (1862 - 1946)
M Child 1: Kenneth George Brown Born: May-27-1904 in Kenton (now Canton), Doddridge Co, WV 14,4,15 Died: Aug- 5-1989 in Tehama Co, CA 16,4 Buried: in Chester Cemetery, Plumas Co, CA 8 Resided: in Cottonwood, Shasta Co, CA 17 Census: 1940 in Los Angeles, CA Resided: 1924 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 truck dispatcher 18 Wife: Grethel Emma McCoy b. Jun-18-1903 d. Jan-10-1960 Also known as: Ratia McCoy Married: Apr-11-1924 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 15
F Child 2: Mabel G. Brown Born: Jan- 8-1908 4,19 Died: Jun-13-1987 4 Buried: in Oak Grove Cemetery, Graham, Young Co, TX 8 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Census: 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Buel A. Taggart b. Jul-12-1906 d. Mar-18-1983
M Child 3: James "Don" Brown Census name: Donald Brown 19 Born: Oct- 5-1910 in Doddridge Co, WV 20 Died: Oct- 3-1999 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 21 Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, West Union, WV 20 Resided: in St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV 20 Military: U.S. Navy, World War II 20 Occupation: oil field worker (W.Va., Texas, Mexico), American Cyanamid (retired) 20 Wife: Evelyn "Bill" Brown b. Jun-28-1915 d. Jun- 5-1999 Married: ca 1939 22
F Child 4: Ruth Elizabeth Brown Born: Jul- 1-1912 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 14 (see note 3) Died: Nov-16-2014 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 21 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 20 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 20 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940s garment worker at Myles Manufacturing 20 Education: West Union High School 20 Husband: Lawrence Brooks Bland b. Mar- 2-1908 d. Nov- 2-1970 Also known as: Brooks Bland 1 Husband: Jennings Jackson Husband: Perle M. Hayhurst b. Oct- 5-1902 d. Mar- 5-1988
F Child 5: Beulah Sophia Brown Born: Jul-12-1914 in Canton, Doddridge Co, WV 20 Died: Oct-15-2009 20 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 20 Resided: 1959 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 23 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Donald Leland Stewart b. Jul-16-1913 d. Mar-23-1994
F Child 6: Bernadine Sarah Brown Born: Jul-12-1914 4,19 Died: Jul-18-2002 4 Resided: in Baltimore, MD 9 Census: 1940 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Lacy Tucker
M Child 7: Harry Brown
Born: 1915 20
Died: Apr-10-1916 in Canton, Doddridge Co, WV 20
Buried: in Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 20,8
F Child 8: Helen Glenori Brown Born: Dec-22-1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 24,25 Resided: 2014 in Williamstown, Wood Co, WV 26 Resided: in Princeton, Mercer Co, WV 24 Resided: in Leesburg, Lake Co, FL 24 Resided: 1953 in Welch, McDowell Co, WV 25 Census: 1940 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Emanuel Levitt Katzen b. Dec-17-1915 d. Nov-28-2005 Married: Jun-17-1953 in Welch, McDowell Co, WV 25
Sources: (1) Birth record of daughter. (2) Obituary of son. (3) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online database) (4) Social Security Death Index. (5) Headstone (year only) (6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (7) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) Findagrave.com. (9) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (10) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (11) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (12) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (13) Obituary of brother. (14) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (15) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (16) California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health Statistics. (17) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in California before 1951. (18) 1940 Census. (19) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (20) Obituary. (21) Obituary - Nursing home. (22) Obituary of husband. (23) Death record of mother. (24) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. (25) McDowell County Marriage Records, Welch, WV. (26) Obituary of sister. Event Notes Note (1) In 1900, listed as Fred Brown, 21, b. Mar 1879, single, oil roustabout, a boarder in the household of oil lease foreman Alvin F. Daubenspeck. Also in the household listed as a servant, was his future wife, Gussie Freeman, 17, b. Feb 1883, single. Note (2) In 1900, listed as a servant in the household of the widowed Alvin Daubenspeck, b. Apr 1859 in Pennsylvania, an oil lease foreman. Listed in the household as a boarder was Fred Brown, b. Mar 1879, an oil roustabout. Note (3) Birthplace given in obituary as Nutters Fork, but birth record shows it as Morgansville.