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Waldo B. BROWN

Waldo B. BROWN

Male 1831 - 1924  (92 years)

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  • Name Waldo B. BROWN 
    Born 22 Dec 1831  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880, 1900  Union District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1 Jan 1924  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • "Waldo B. Brown, a successful farmer of Union District, Harrison County, West Virginia, was born in Lewis County, this State, in 1831.... Farming has been his principal occupation, but in connection he handles considerable stock, sheep, cattle, horses, etc. Mr. Brown is one of the most intelligent men of his locality, is well posted on all current events, and is a social, pleasant man to meet. Formerly a Whig in politics he subsequently became a Greenbacker and is now Independent. He and his wife are good Baptists." [4]
    Person ID I54759  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Jan 2017 

    Father Samuel BROWN,   b. CA 1796, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1865, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth BAILEY,   b. Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1871, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F32836  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Elizabeth NORRIS,   b. Sep 1837, Fauquier Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1915  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Married 26 Oct 1854  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Lewis Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 1 1860:
      Waldo B. Brown, 29, farmer; Elizabeth T (or L), 25; Roberta, 5; Lloyd, 3; Martha E, 2; unnamed female, 3 months.

      1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District, West Milford post office), enumerated in Sep 1870:
      Waldo Brown, 38, farmer; Mary E, 35; Roberta F, 14; Loid, 12; Woodville, 10; Flora G, 7; Roseland, 6; Susan, 4; Cora, 2; Mary E, 1.

      1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun16 1880:
      Waldo B. Brown, 50, farmer; wife Mary E, 43 (45?); son Woodville, 20; dau Flora, 17; dau Roseland M (or N), 15; dau Susan N, 14; dau Cora B, 12; dau Mary E, 10; dau Ida R D, 6; son Roy G, 3; grandson Ira D Sommerville, 3; bro-in-law Thomas J. Norris, 54, single, farm laborer.

      1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 4 1900:
      Waldo B. Brown, 68, b. Dec 1831 in WVa, farmer, married 45 yrs; wife Mary E, 62, b. Sep 1837 in Va, mother of 12 children (9 still living); dau Mary E, 30, b. Sep 1869, single; dau Ida A, 26, b. Mar 1874, single, mother of 1 child (still living); son Roy G, 23, b. Jul 1876, single; grandson Ira D. Somerville, 23, b. Sep 1876, single; grandson William J. Burnside, 2, b. Aug 1897; bro-in-law Thomas J. Norris, 72, b. Mar 1828 in Va, single. [6, 7, 8]
    Children 
    +1. Roberta F. BROWN,   b. 1856, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Oct 1880  (Age 24 years)
    +2. Lloyd P. BROWN,   b. 1858,   d. Bef Aug 1950  (Age 92 years)
    +3. Susan Nancy BROWN,   b. 3 Jan 1866,   d. 5 May 1924, Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     4. Ida R. D. BROWN,   b. 8 Mar 1874, Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1960, Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +5. Roy Grant BROWN,   b. 15 Jul 1876, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1922, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F22634  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S2627] A Reminiscent History of Northern West Virginia (1895), (FamilySearch.org https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE114731), pp. 449-450.

    5. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 3 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=252031&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Waldo B. Brown, 24, b. Lewis Co, res. Harrison Co, son of Samuel & Elizabeth Brown; and Mary E. Norris, age (blank), b. Fauquier Co Va, res. Harrison Co, dau of John & Jemima Norris. Married Oct 26 1854 in Harrison County.

    6. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    7. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    8. [S1567] Marriage record of son.