Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Benjamin S. Brown    
                Born: ca 1836              in Marion Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: bef Jan 1872          3
             Resided: 1865                 in Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
            Military:                      Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (wounded in action)  4
              Father: William Brown   (1792 - 1874) 
              Mother: Hester Meredith   (1800 -     ) 
                Wife: Charlotte Phoebe Collins   5  
             Married: Aug- 3-1865          in Ritchie Co, WV  6
                Born: Feb- 5-1845          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  7,2
                Died: Jan-24-1916          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  8
              Buried:                      in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  7
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: William S. Collins   (1811 - 1882) 
              Mother: Ellenor M. Britton 
Other spouse 2
           M Child 1: Benjamin W. Brown      
                Born: ca 1867               9
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(3) Record of wife's remarriage. 
(4) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883), 
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers
/doddridgecountyhistory.html. 
(5) Birth record of son. 
(6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Benj. S. Brown, 27, b. Marion Co, res. Doddridge Co, son 
of William & Esther; and C. P. Collins, 18, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of William & Ellier.  Married Aug 3 1865 in 
Ritchie County. MR p. 12, line 33 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537492&Type=Marriage. 
(7) Findagrave.com. 
(8) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central Twp) 







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