Jul-28-2018
Husband: Lewis DeVilla Brown Also known as: Devilla Brown 1
Born: ca 1844 in Pennsylvania 2 Census: 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Union District, Tyler Co, WV Occupation: 1880 shoemaker 3 Occupation: 1870 teamster 2 Father: Lewis Brown Mother: Roxie ___
Wife: Mary E. Sweeney 1 Married: Dec-24-1865 in Tyler Co, WV 4
Born: ca 1849 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 5,6 (see note 1) Census: 1900 in Wellsville, Columbiana Co, OH (see note 2) Census: 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Union District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: William Sweeney (1822 - ) Mother: Jane Eliza Sayre (1829 - )
F Child 1: Roxie Ann Brown Census name: Ann Brown Born: Nov- 5-1866 in Tyler Co, WV 7,8 Died: May-19-1888 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9,7 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Cause of death: fever 9 Resided: 1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 8 Census: 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Union District, Tyler Co, WV Husband: Franklin R. Chapman b. Sep- -1858 d. Jun- 6-1934 Also known as: Frank R. Chapman 8 Married: Nov- 4-1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
F Child 2: Clara Belle Brown Census name: Bell Brown Born: Aug- 1-1868 in Tyler Co, WV 11,7,2 (see note 3) Died: Nov-24-1923 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH 12,7,13 Buried: in Spring Hill Cemetery, Wellsville, Columbiana Co, OH 12 Census: 1900, 1910 in Wellsville, Columbiana Co, OH Resided: 1885 in Ritchie Co, WV 14 Census: 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Union District, Tyler Co, WV Husband: John C. Robinson b. 1863 d. 1946 Married: Aug- 1-1885 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
M Child 3: Albert W. Brown Census name: A. W. Brown Born: Aug- 1-1870 in Tyler Co, WV 11 Census: 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 4: Warren Nelson Brown Born: Jan- 9-1873 in Shiloh, Tyler Co, WV 15,11,16 Died: Jan- 1-1959 in Batesville, Ripley Co, IN 17 Buried: in Spring Hill Cemetery, Wellsville, Columbiana Co, OH 17,12 Resided: in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn Co, IN 17 Resided: 1918 in Springfield, Sangamon Co, IL 16 Census: 1910 in Springfield, Sangamon Co, IL Census: 1900 in Decatur, Macon Co, IL Census: 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: railroad conductor (retired) 17 Occupation: 1910, 1918 railroad conductor for C & A Railroad 18,16 Occupation: 1900 streetcar motorman 6
F Child 5: B. C. M. Brown Census name: C. M. Brown Born: Aug- 3-1878 in Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 6: Harley Brown Born: Aug-18-1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 19 Died: Sep-18-1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 9 Cause of death: cholera infantum 9
Sources: (1) Death record of son. (2) 1870 Census, Tyler County, WV. (3) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (4) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (5) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (6) 1900 Census. (7) Headstone. (8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (9) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (10) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (11) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (12) Findagrave.com. (13) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (14) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 58, Line 48 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539018&Type=Marriage. (15) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (16) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (17) Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011 [database online], Ancestry.com. (18) 1910 Census. (19) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Age in 1900 Census given as Oct 1848. But age 8 months at time of Aug 23 1850 Census enumeration puts it in about Dec 1849. Note (2) Listed as mother-in-law Mary E. Brown, 51, b. Oct 1848 in WVa, married 34 yrs, mother of 9 children (5 still living). Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Aug 1867.Name Index