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Charles Riley BROWN

Charles Riley BROWN

Male 1830 - 1901  (71 years)

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  • Name Charles Riley BROWN 
    Born 3 Jun 1830  New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birthplace given in the 1870 Census as Pennsylvania, but the 1850, 1860, 1880 and 1900 Censuses show it a New York (father born in Connecticut, mother born in New York). His marriage record indicates Tyler County, (W)Va, apparently incorrect.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1859  [3] 
    carpenter 
    Residence 1859  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1870  [4] 
    millwright 
    Occupation 1880  [5] 
    dry goods merchant 
    Census 1880, 1900  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [2] 
    hosteler 
    Died 9 Aug 1901  [1] 
    Buried EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I60554  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 May 2019 

    Father Lewis S. BROWN,   b. 3 Oct 1795, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1879, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Rocksy HILL,   b. 29 Nov 1801, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1875, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Family ID F48979  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca BROADWATER,   b. 30 Dec 1837, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1902  (Age 64 years)  [6] 
    Married 23 Jun 1859  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 6 1900 in the city of Pennsboro:
      Charles R. Brown, 69, b. Jun 1830 in New York (father b. Connecticut, mother b. New York), occupation hotel, married 40 yrs; wife Rebecca, 62, b. Dec 1837 in Maryland (both parents b. Maryland), married 40 yrs, mother of 5 children (3 still living); dau Etta, 27, b. Aug 1872 in WVa, single; servant Mattie V. Wilson, 21, b. Mar 1879 in WVa (father b. Va, mother b. WVa), single, occupation housekeeper; servant Mary B. Wilson, 14, b. Mar 1886, b. WVa (father b. WVa, mother b. Ohio), occupation housekeeper; boarder Boyd Broadwater, 20, b. Oct 1879 in WVa (both parents b. Maryland), single, occupation salesman. [7]
    Children 
    +1. Etta BROWN,   b. 30 Aug 1872, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1957, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F25101  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2140] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 6, Line 14 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537282&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2203] 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay Twp).

    5. [S2204] 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    6. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    7. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com).