Eliza Fogg Brown, Ebenezer Brown and Zaccheus J. Brown were the children of
Zaccheus Jefferson Brown and Eliza Fogg. The father died when they all were
quite young. Along with his brother Zaccheus and his sister Eliza, Ebenezer
was raised, from age five to age fifteen (March, 1844), by his mother and
a stepfather, Abner Penton, in Mannington Twp., Salem Co., NJ. Henry Freas
was appointed as guardian of Ebenezer in Sep., 1845.See the NOTES for Abner Penton, first guardian of Ebenezer, for the results
of some messy court battles over the guardianship.Ebenezer inherited a house and lot in 1835 from his grandfather, Ebenezer Fogg.
Was a farmer during his productive years.
Member of the Baptist Church.
Ebenezer and his brother, Zaccheus, married sisters -- Millicent Holladay
and Mary Holladay -- respectively. The minister, Thomas Goodwin, was of the
Second Baptist Church of Salem. Ebenezer was "of Elsinborough".
Mary Brown, nee Holladay, died 6 Jun 1853, three months after giving birth to
a son -- Charles Smith Brown. A little less than six months later, Zacheus
sold a house and lot in Salem to his brother Ebenezer. At that time Zacheus
was "of Millville" in Cumberland County. (See below.)...
Zacheus J Brown This Indenture made this thirtieth Day November in
To the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
Ebenezer Brown fifty three Witnesseth that I Zacheus J Brown of
Millville in the County of Cumberland and State of
New Jersey in consideration of eight hundred and fifteen dollars to me in hand
paid or Secured to be paid by Ebenezer Brown of Salem in the County of Salem
and State aforesaid do hereby grant, bargain Sell and Convey unto the Said
Ebenezer Brown his heirs and assigns all that house & lot Situate in the
villiage (sic) of Salem aforesaid lying and being on the South Side of Union
Street and is bounded as follows, on the East by Land of Jonathan Beltan
[Belten?] on the West by Elijah Ware, on the South by Stephen Ball on the
north by Said Union Street being the Same property which the Said Zacheus J
Brown purchased of Abram Sleeve(?) about three years ago.
Together with all and Singular the hereditaments and appurtenances, To have
and to hold unto the Said Ebenezer Brown his heirs and assigns forever and I
the Said Zacheus J Brown for myself my heirs executors and administrators do
hereby covenant with the Said Ebenezer Brown his heirs and assigns, that I am
lawfully Seized of the premises in fee Simple, and have good right to sell
and convey the Same; that the Said premises are free from all incumbrance that the Said Ebenezer Brown his heirs and assigns, shall Quietly hold and enjoy the Same; and that I will Warrant and forever defend the title to the Same, against alllawful Claims.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the day and year
first above Written.
Sealed and Delivered
In the presence of [Zacheus J Brown] [SEAL]
[Peter G Ludlam]State of New Jersey
Cumberland County SS Be it known that on the thirtieth day of November
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fifty three before me one of the comissioners for taking acknowledgement and
proof of Deeds in a (sic) for Said County personally appeared Zacheus J Brown
who is I am satisfied, the grantor mentioned in the foregoing Deed of Convey-
ance and the contents thereof being by me first made known unto him, he did
thereupon acknowledge that he Signed, Sealed and Delivered the Same as his
voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein expressed[Peter G Ludlam]
Rec'd and recorded December 5th 1853
[Copner] Clk...
Ebenezer died of general debility in the Salem County Almshouse, Mannington
Twp., Salem County, NJ, in 1886. He had been committed to the State Lunatic
Asylum, Princeton, NJ between 1857 and 1860, but was transferred to the Salem
County Almshouse by 1870 where he remained until his death 15 Apr 1886. He
is buried in the same plot as his father and memorialized on the same headstone.The elder Zaccheus J. Brown and his brother Jacob C. Brown inherited the
property of their father, Zaccheus Brown, when they were 16 and 7 years of
age, respectively. Division of the land took so long that Zaccheus J. Brown
did not receive his entire inheritance before he died 13 or 14 years later.
The three minor children of Zaccheus J. Brown -- Eliza Fogg Brown, Ebenezer
Brown and Zaccheus J. Brown -- were eventually awarded the inheritance. The
largest part of the land was purchased by Job S. Dixon -- husband of Eliza,
the eldest child of Zaccheus J. Brown.[See Notes of Zaccheus Jefferson Brown (RIN 139) for descriptions of the land
inherited by his 3 children.]
Millicent and her sister, Mary Holladay, married brothers -- Ebenezer and
Zacheus Brown. The Minister, Thomas Goodman, was of the Second Baptist
Church, Salem, NJ. "Melissant Holladay" was "of Quinton Bridge".Member of the Baptist Church.
Millicent died of "spotted fever" -- one of a variety of names for typhus.
According to Webster's Universities Dictionary Unabridged, copyright 1940: typhus - A contagious fever, characterized by a high temperature, petechiae -- (scab eruption) purple spots which appear on the skin in malignant fevers -- and great prostration; also called ship fever, jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever and spotted fever.Millicent died after her husband had been committed at Princeton. The three children -- William N., Joannah and Eliza -- were enumerated with their mother, Millicent, in the 1860 census for Salem Co., NJ. However, Joannah was living in the home of Luke Stretch Fogg and his second wife, Phebe B. Mulford, at the time of the 1860 census.
Phebe was a second cousin once removed of Joannah on Joannah's mother's side and Luke was a second cousin twice removed of Joannah on the Brown side. Luke and Phebe had no children of their own and it is suspected that they were helping Joannah's mother out at a very difficult time when they adopted Joannah. The adoption papers reportedly include the specification that Joannah "should have a whipping every day" ! ?
When Joannah died in 1862, they buried her (under the name Joanna, daughter of Ebenezer and Millicent Brown) in the Fogg's own plot in the cemetery at the Canton Baptist Church, Canton, NJ.
Luke Stretch Fogg was a close friend and nearby neighbor of Job S. Dixon and
his wife Eliza F. (Brown) Dixon, the latter being Joannah's aunt.
Elizabeth Evans was born at Barryvey (near Drumquin and Castlederg) County Tyrone, Ulster, North Ireland, Great Britain.
The Evans family removed to America in late 1853, through New Orleans and up the Mississippi River to Pike County, Illinois. It was on the riverboat, 30 miles south of St. Louis, that Elizabeth's mother Rebecca (Irwin) Evans died. After burial of the mother in the river, the family was transported on to Pike County where they settled near Pittsfield. Charles Evans, the father, then remarried in order to have help in raising the eight children -- ranging in age from 3 to 15 years. Elizabeth was nearly 10 years old when her mother died and was just over 14 when her grandmother Margaret (Mitchell) Evans died at Pittsfield. Within less than a year of the latter event, Elizabeth had become pregnant (at age 15) with her first child, Maggie -- probably named for Elizabeth's two late grandmothers. It would appear that Elizabeth might have been better supervised at such tender age, but it seems that her father and his second wife and helper, Mrs. Catherine Russell, had by this time already experienced a parting of the ways -- the date of the judgment for their divorce having been 21 Sep 1858, just about 2 months before Elizabeth became pregnant. (We have later learned that the divorce was not final and that Charles and Catharine remained married until 1876.) I don't want to appear to be too disturbed by all this -- the child, Maggie Evans, grew up and married my grandfather and so, were it not for the teenage pregnancy, I would not be here today.
Maggie's mother, Elizabeth ,was either 14 or 15 years of age when Maggie was born:
1. Maggie was born either 22 Aug 1858 (according to her death certificate) or 22 Aug 1859 (according to a Bible record of J. Walter Brown). The year 1859 is consistent with all known censuses -- 1880, 1900, 1910. Maggie has not been found on census records of 1860 and 1870.
2. Elizabeth Evans was born either 6 Nov 1843 (according to her tombstone) or 6 Nov 1844 (according to the Bible Record of Wm. Greene Mowry and Elizabeth Evans Mowry). The census records show her as apparently having been born, variously, in 1843, 1844, 1845. She could not, however, have been born in Nov 1845 or in Nov 1844 since her brother, John, was born 23 Jun 1845. Clearly, then, her birth must have been 6 Nov 1843 (in agreement with her tombstone).By 1865, when most of the surviving children of Charles and Rebecca Evans were raised, Charles and some of his family moved on to Logan County, Illinois. Most of the family members are either buried (or have memorial stones erected) in the little Harmony Cemetery, in Aetna Township near Lincoln, Logan Co., IL.
Some years after Maggie was born, Elizabeth married William Greene Mowry (the Deacon of the M. E. Church officiating). He was a son of Jackson Mowry and Leah Kauffman. (We have a considerable amount of the genealogy of the Mowrys, obtained from his granddaughter Mildred Baker nee Newtson, going in some cases back to the early 1500's -- including a soldier in the Revolutionary War.)
Elizabeth had twelve more children. Of these twelve, seven lived to maturity. After their marriage in 1866, the first two children were apparently born in Illinois. The third child, John William, was born in Kansas 17 May 1871, but by 1872 they had settled in Beason, Logan Co., IL where the rest of the children were born and where the couple stayed for the rest of their married life. The last of the births was in 1889 (Arthur, who died at the age of 2 months), and about 1892 Elizabeth and William Mowry had "dissolved partnership". Elizabeth and her children stayed at that home in Beason for a few more years. Then "Grandma Mowry moved her family to Middletown [IL] about 1900."
Elizabeth died the same day as her former husband, William Greene Mowry, even though they were divorced and living separately.
In Elizabeth's administration papers it mentions -- among others -- her daughter, Maggie Brown.
. . . . .
"State of Illinois) IN THE COUNTY COURT OF LOGAN COUNTY,
)ss.
Logan County ) To the September Probate Term, A.D. 1910In The Matter of the Estate)
)
Elizabeth Mowry )
Deceased )To the Hon. Donald McCormick Judge of said Court:
Your petitioners J. W. Mowry and J. H. Mowry of the Village of Middleton in the County of Logan in the State of Ills being the sons of the hereinafter mentioned deceased, respectfully shows unto your honor that Elizabeth Mowry, late of the County of Logan, in the State aforesaid, departed this life intestate, at the Village of Middletown, in the County of Logan and State of Illinois, on or about the 18th day of August A.D. 1910.
That the deceased left surviving her the following named persons as her only heirs at law, with their relationship, and places of residence, so far as known to petitioner.
State nature of Post Office Address.
Names. relationship.Mrs. Maggie Brown Daughter Prarie, Idaho
J. H. Mowry Son Middletown, Ills
J. W. Mowry " " "
George C. Mowry " Prairie, Idaho
R. Jennie Mowry Daughter Middletown, Ills.
Lillian M. Newtson " " "
Nora M. Mowry " " "
S. Olive Masters " " "That the deceased died seized of certain real estate situated in Middletown County of Logan valued at about $3,500.00, and certain personal property and chooses in action, estimated to be of the value of about
$11,000.00.
Being necessary that an Administrator be appointed to administer in the above entitled estate, your petitioner prays that Letters of Administration be granted to J. W. Mowry and J. H. Mowry upon their entering into bond as required by law. (Signed) J. H. Mowry J. W. MowryState of Illinois)
)ss J. H. Mowry and J. W. Mowry
Logan County, )
being sworn in due form of law, upon oath states that the facts set forth and averred in the above and foregoing petition are true in substance and in fact, except as therein averred to be upon information and belief, and as to those matters affiant believes the same to be true.
(Signed) J. H. Mowry J. W. MowrySubscribed and sworn to before me this 20th
day of Sept A.D. 1910.X. F. Beidler
Official charater
Seal Clerk of the County Court. . . . .
F I N A L R E P O R T
OF THE ACCOUNT OF
J. W. Mowry and
J. H. MowryAdmirs of the Estate
of Elizabeth Mowry
DECEASEDFiled Mar 18 1912 (J. W. Corwine, Clerk of the County Court, and recorded in Admrs Report Record 5 Page 188.
Approved by me, this 19th day of March A.D. 1912, J. A. McComas Actg. County Judge.
Recapitulation.
Total Amount Received, $11,105.61
Total Amount Paid out, 2,244.00
Balance Due, 8,961.61Administrators further reports that the debts and claims against said Estate have all been paid leaving the above balance to be distributed between the heirs lawfully entitled thereto, as follows:
To J. W. Mowry Son $1,120.20
" James H. Mowry Son $1,120.20
" Jennie Mowry Daughter $1,120.20
" Nora Mowry Daughter $1,120.20
" George C. Mowry Son $1,120.20
" Lillian Newtson Daughter $1,120.20
" W. N. Brown Admin. of Maggie Brown deceased $1,120.20
" Olive Masters Daughter $1,120.21
$8,961.61Admrs. now moves the Court that they may be allowed to make distribution as above set forth and having made and taken receipts therefor, and presented to this Court, asks to be discharged, all of which is respectfully submitted.
(Signed) J. W. Mowry J. H. Mowry
of the Estate of Elizabeth Mowry DeceasedSTATE OF ILLINOIS,)
)ss
Logan County ) J. W. Mowry and J. H. MowryAdministratiors of the Estate of Elizabeth Mowry deceased being duly sworn,
says that the foregoing is a full and correct account of all their dealing and transactions, and of all moneys and effects received and paid out by them on account of said Estate from 9/30/1910 to the 16th day of March A.D. 1912.Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 16th) J. W. Mowry
day of March A.D. 1912 ) J. H. MowryEvan Worth
Notary Public. . . . .
STATE OF ILLINOIS,) To the Judge of the County Court.
)ss
Logan County, ) Of Logan County, March Term, S.D. 1912The undersigned J. W. Mowry and J. H. Mowry, Admrs sof the Estate of Elizabeth Mowry deceased, would respectfully submit to the Court the following report of their acts and doings as such Admrs from Sept 30th 1910 to Mar 16th A.D. 1912 (the second numeral 1 having been omitted).
Estate charge us with the following, to-wit:1910 Aug 19th Rec'd from the firm of J. W. Mowry 11,086.11
$11,000.00 with 86.s11 as interest theron from
July 1st 1910 to Aug 18th 1910
Dec 5th Rec'd Household effects as per 119.50
appraised valuation.
Total Amount of Money Received or Collected. $11,205.61. . . . .
We ask Estate to be credited with the following payments to creditors of
deceased, as per vouchers herewith submitted.To Nora and Jennie Mowry. Household $ 119.50
Effects at the appraised valuation as part of their award
Feb 1st 1912 Cash as balance of Award to 380.50
Nora and Jennie Mowry 500.00
Feb 1st 1912 Claim as filed with interest therein from July 26th 1910 at 6%
Principal (Lillie M. Coil) $1,200.00
Interest from 7/26/1910 to 2/1/1912 119.00 $1,319.00
Jan 25th 1912 To Ryan & Purinton Funeral Expenses 376.00
Jan 25th 1912 " Evan Worth Atty for Admr. 35.00
Oct 27th 1910 " Grant Heatherwicks Publication Notice 4.00
Mar 16th 1912 " J. W. Corwine Court Cost 10.00. . . . .
Receipts from heirs of Elizabeth Evans Mowry:
Prairie, Idaho 1/25/12 W. N. Brown, Admr. of the Estate of Maggie Brown, Deceased $1,120.20
Middletown, Ills 1/25/12 Mrs. Lillian M. Newtson 1,120.20
" " 1/25/12 Olive S. Masters 1,120.20
Prairie, Idaho 1/25/12 George C. Mowry 1,120.20
Middletown, Ills 1/25/12 J. H. Mowry 1,120.20
" " 1/25/12 Nora M. Mowry 1,120.20
" " 1/25/12 J. W. Mowry 1,120.20
" " 1/25/12 Jennie Mowry 1,120.20. . . . .
Among the Estate settlement papers of Elizabeth Evans Mowry was the following legal document (copy) showing that W. N. Brown was issued letters of Administration for Maggie Brown:
"I N T H E P R O B A T E C O U R T
of the County of Elmore, State of Idaho.
In the Matter of the Estate of)
)Letters of Administration and Oath.
Maggie Brown Deceased. )STATE OF IDAHO,)
)ss.
County of Elmore. )W. N. Brown
is hereby appointed Administrator of the estate of Maggie Brown deceased.WITNESS: Perry H. Gray
Clerk of the Probate Court, of the County of Elmore, with the seal thereof affixed the
23rd day of November A.D. 1911
By order of the Court.
P. H. Gray
Probate Judge.STATE OF IDAHO, )
)ss
County of Elmore )I, W. N. Brown do solemnly swear that I will perform, according to the law, the duties of Administrator of the estate of Maggie Brown Deceased.
(Signed) W. N. Brown
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
7th day of December A.D. 1911.Silas Norton,
Justice of the Peace
On the Death Certificate for Alva Conway, it says the birth place of his
father, Thomas Conway, was Pennsylvania -- not New York, as was reported on
several census returns.according to a notice in The Harrison News of Feb 25, 1886 he was b. ca 1806/7:
"Thomas Conoway, living near Mt. Hope, who is nearly eighty years old,
received a pension of $2,400 last week, being due him for his son Eli,
who contacted (sic) disease in the army and died at the Soldiers' Home,
at Dayton, O., about a year ago."30 Jun 1887 was the date of a Harrison, OH newspaper article concerning him; by
the date of Jun 1900 his wife was reported to be a widow. His death, then, was
some time within this thirteen year span.Resided Miamitown, Whitewater Township, Hamilton Co., OH as of 1864, but in the
Mt. Hope area, Crosby Township, Hamilton Co., OH as of 1886 when he purchased
land there.In the 1907 land settlement for the property of Thomas Conway, William Thomas
Conway purchased same from the other living heirs to his father's estate. Those
heirs are named in the following excerpts from a "Deed" granted 30 Mar 1908 and
from actions taken prior to that date.
Whereas on the 27th day of July A.D. 1907, William Thomas Conway,
Plaintiff, filed his certain petition in the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton
County, Ohio, against Margaret Conway, Alva Conway, Charles Conway, Annie
Weber, Lotie Danford, John Conway, Scot Danford and Margaret Morrison,
Defendants, ... praying therein for Partition of Real Estate and other Relief
... the said Plaintiff and the said Defendants hereinafter named are tenants in
common in the estate described in the petition, that Margaret Conway, the widow
of the said Thomas Conway is entitled to Dower in the whole of said premises
that the plaintiff, William Thomas Conway, is entitled to the individual one
eighth part of the said premises, subject to the said Dower of Margaret Conway,
that Alva B. Conway, Charles Conway, John Conway, Margaret Morrison (formerly
Margaret Conway) Annie Weber, (formely Annie Conway) and Sarah Summers
(formerly Sarah Conway) are each entitled to the individual one-eighth part of
the said premises subject to the said Dower of the said Margaret Conway, that
Mary Danford (formerly Mary Conway) and her husband _______ Danford, first name
unknown, are deceased and that Scott Danford and Lottie Danford are their heirs
and are each entitled to the one sixteenth part of the said premises ... [the
grantors were] Margaret Conway, Alva Conway, Nellie Conway, Charles Conway,
Margaret Conway, Annie Weber, George Weber, John Conway, _____ Conway his wife,
Margaret Morrison, ______ Morrison her husband, Sarah Summers, _____ Summers,
her husband, Mary Danford, Scott Danford, Lottie Danford, Frank Bowles, Jessie
Conway and of all the other parties to said suit of in and to the same.
To have and to hold ... In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 30th day of March A.D. 1908.
Signed, Sealed and Acknowledged in presence of us
Wm D. Alexander Henry W. Hamann
Geo W. Finn Sheriff of Hamilton County, OhioRecorded 27th May 1908 Book 994, page 24.
from 1880 US census:
Name: Thomas Conway
Residence: Crosby, Hamilton, Ohio
Birth date: 1810
Birth place: New York, United States
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Spouse name: Martha Conway
Spouse birth place: Ohio, United States
Father name:
Father birth place: Ireland
Mother name:
Mother birth place: Scotland
Race or color (expanded): White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Age: 70 years
Occupation: Farmer
-Collection: 1880 United States Census
Resided with her daughter and son-in-law, Anna B. and George Weber (Crosby
Twp), at the time of the 1900 census; resided with her son Alva and his second
wife Nellie S. at the time of the 1910 census.In 1989, her grandniece Ethel (Hughes) Hopping (in her 97th year) related to us
her recollection of "Aunt Margot" striding down Mt. Hope Road between the
Hughes' home and the Boyles' home, hands behind her back and her hair flying in
the wind. Margaret "had real long hair, white as snow, and she never took care
of it". Ethel was twenty years old when her grandaunt Margaret died and her
parents at one time lived across the road from the Conway's home.Cause of her death was "valvular disease of heart".
Resided near Alert, Morgan Twp., Butler Co., OH, just north of the Shakers'
settlement in Crosby Twp., Hamilton Co., OH.According to The Harrison News, the James Charlton family moved onto the Brown
farm near Harrison in spring, 1883. This was where Mrs. Jane (Brown) Charlton
was raised.May have been raised in the Baptist Church on New Haven Road out of Harrison
(where he is buried). He and Jane Brown were married by the Minister of the
Presbyterian Church in Harrison, where Jane was later listed as a communicant.
Resided near Alert, Morgan Twp., Butler Co., OH, just north of the Shakers'
settlement in Crosby Twp., Hamilton Co., OH.According to The Harrison News, the James Charlton family moved onto the Brown
farm near Harrison in spring, 1883. This was where Jane (Brown) Charlton
was raised.May have been raised in the Baptist Church on New Haven Road out of Harrison
(where she is buried). She and James Charlton,Jr. were married by the Minister
of the Presbyterian Church in Harrison, where she was later listed as a
communicant until her death in 1894.from the 1880 US Census:
Name: Jane Charlton
Residence: Morgan, Butler, Ohio
Birth date: 1827
Birth place: Ohio, United States
Relationship to head-of-household: Wife
Spouse name: James Charlton
Spouse birth place: Ohio, United States
Father name:
Father birth place: South Carolina, United States
Mother name:
Mother birth place: New Jersey, United States
Race or color (expanded): White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Age: 53 years
Occupation: Keeps House
NARA film number: T9-0996
Page: 185
Page letter: D
Entry number: 1113
Film number: 1254996
Collection: 1880 United States Census
Lifelong Baptist.
Was a farmer.
Moved to Linn County, MO in 1856 from Howard County, MO. As a child, he
lived in Boone County, MO near the Walnut Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery
where his father and mother are buried. This part of Boone County is very
close to Howard County where the parents of his future wife, Mary Jane
Ridgway, resided and where they (John and Mary Jane) later were married and
started their family.Thomas Ridgway, father-in-law of John P. Burroughs, adopted the policy ofproviding land for his children when they married. From 1844 to 1851 he
located three of his married daughters (among them Mary Jane) and three of his
married sons in the same neighborhood on Linn County lands belonging to the
government, which he bought for $1.25 per acre. Each of the children received
160 acres of land along the west border of what is known as the West Yellow
Creek bottom. It should be pointed out that Linn County was originally part of
Howard County, MO. It is my understanding Mary Jane's siblings who were Linn
County transplants were as follows: Eliza Ann, Enoch C, Jessie Wilson, George
Washington, and Amanda Hester Ann.Died of chronic cystitis.
Obituary: From the "Daily Argus", Brookfield, MO, 26 August, 1915.
"THE OLD MAN DIED. Passing of John P. Burroughs Today.
"Word reached Brookfield by phone about noon today that John P. Burroughs,
the highly esteemed octogenarian, good citizen, and grand old man, had passed
over the River.
"For many, many years the deceased had resided some three miles northeast of
Brookfield. The wife died some ten years ago and since that time a
granddaughter and husband have lived with 'grandpa.' The well known Marion
Burroughs, residing on a farm not far away, is a son.
"And so the Elder Burroughs is dead. His many friends here in Brookfield, as
well as in the rural neighborhood, will miss him.
"In fair weather there was seldom a Saturday the old gentleman did not come
to Brookfield. He was fond of coming, as a diversion. And "The Daily Argus"
always gave him the glad hand. He frequently called. His last call, about a
month ago, was to renew his subscription to his home daily. He had been a
subscriber to this paper two decades. And he was a stickler to keep his paper
paid up in advance. When he called the last time, and renewed for a year, he
said, in a pleasing manner: 'I suspect this will be my last time; I am
gradually growing weaker. Yes, I am an old man. I have lived out the alloted
time and more, and have endeavored to live right.'
"And he did. John Burroughs was the personification of common honesty.
"And his thorough optimism was pleasing. It did one good on a Saturday to
meet the old gentleman for a few moments. And we will miss our old time
friend, but not begrudge him the eternal rest he has earned.
"At this writing it is thought the funeral will be Saturday, from the home,
and that interment will be at Rose Hill cemetery."Obituary: Newspaper in Brookfield, MO, August, 1915.
"PASSING OF AN OCTOGENARIAN. John P. Burroughs, a Native of
Kentucky, but for the Last Sixty Years a Highly Respected Citizen
of Linn County, Died Thursday.
"On Thursday, August 26, 1915, occurred the death of John P. Burroughs on
his farm near Brookfield.
"Mr. Burroughs was born in Kentucky, May 3, 1832. He came to Boone
county, MO, when but a small boy. In the year of 1851 he was married to Miss
Mary Jane Ridgway in Howard county, MO. In the year of 1856 he came to Linn
county, where he has lived ever since. In 1902 his wife died and he has lived
alone since then. He leaves five children to mourn his loss, namely: Mrs.
Isabel Hague of near Brookfield; Mrs. Sally Lee Meadville; M. M. Burroughs, of
near Brookfield; Mrs Alice Rogerson [sic] Roberson, of near Brookfield; Mrs.
Elizabeth Wooley [sic] Woolley, Oklahoma City. All the children will be here
for the funeral. He has a host of other relatives that are left to mourn his
loss.
"The funeral services will be held from the residence this Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. Sam Bristow, pastor of the Park Baptist church,
officiating. Interment was made in Rose Hill cemetery under the direction of
M. Y. Rusk."NOTE: References in the census records from 1850 through 1910 indicate that
John P. Burroughs was born in Missouri; both the death record and obituary say
that John P. Burroughs was born in Kentucky.Last Will and Testament of John P. Burroughs.
(Not entered for probate.)
----------------I, John P. Burroughs, of Linn County, Missouri, being of sound and
disposing mind and memory, do hereby make this my last will and testament,
hereby revoking any and all wills by me heretofore made:
1. I first desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses be
paid.
2. I next will and bequesth to my two grand children, Myra J. and
Milton B. Bunch, the children of my deceased daughter, Lura [sic] Lourah Bunch,
the sum of one dollar each. My reason for not giving them more is that they
have already received more than my other children will receive out of my
deceased wife's estate.
3. I next will, devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my
estate, real, personal and mixed, of every kind and description and where ever
situate, to my children, Belle Hague, Lizzie Wooley [sic] Woolley, Sallie Lee,
Alice Robinson [Roberson] and Marion Burroughs, in equal parts.
4. I hereby appoint my son, Marion Burroughs, to be the executor of
this will.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 24th day
of May, 1909.(Signed) John P.(his mark)Burroughs
We, the undersigned, do hereby subscribe our names as attesting
witnesses to the forgoing [sic] foregoing last will and testament of John P.
Burroughs, who, in our presence, declared the same to be his last will and
testament. We further certify that at the time of the execution of said will
he, the said John P. Burroughs, was of sound and disposing mind and memory.(Signed) T. M. Bresnehen.
(Signed) J. L. BarbeeNOTE: I am not certain of the details, but know that Marion Burroughs and his
siblings agreed following the 1915 death of John P. Burroughs, that his land and
home could be acquired by G. Roy Burroughs, a grandson. During the Depression
of 1929 and the succeeding years of crop failures, G. Roy Burroughs lost this
property because of the mortgage against it.
By the time of her marriage, her father, Thomas Ridgway, had adopted the policy
of providing land for his children when they married. From 1844 to 1851 he
located three of his married daughters (among them Mary Jane) and three of his
married sons in the same neighborhood on Linn County lands belonging to the
government, which he bought for $1.25 per acre. Each of the children received
160 acres of land along the west border of what is known as the West Yellow
Creek bottom. It should be pointed out that Linn County was originally part of
Howard County, MO. It is my understanding Mary Jane's siblings who were Linn
County transplants were as follows: Eliza Ann, Enoch C, Jessie Wilson, George
Washington, and Amanda Hester Ann.
A calculation from the following shows Joseph's birth to have occurred 1832-33
in the city (prob) of Bradford:Joseph Brown and Mary Pexton were married, per certificate, 1851 in the Parish
Church in the Parish of Bradford in the County of York, England. Our copy of
that record appears to be as follows:
______________________________________________________________________________
| Joseph Brown 18 Bachelor Weaver Bradford Joseph Brown Grocer |
| |
| No.123 23 |
| June |
| Mary Pexton 18 Spinster Weaver Beverley John Pexton Farmer |
|_____________________________________________________________________________|Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the
Established Church, by Certificate by me, W.F.Black, Curate.Signed by Joseph Brown and Mary Pexton; witnessed by William Holmes
& Ephraim Smith.Also the census of 1851 shows Joseph to be 18 at that time.
A Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth (for Bradford, Sub-district of Horton, in
the County of York) in our possession appears as follows:
No.343
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| Second Mary Mary Brown |
| January Joseph Brown Stuff ----- Thirtieth James |
| 1856 Edwin Boy John[?] formerly Weaver Mother January Reaney |
| ---- ----- 1856 Registrar |
| Galley Row Brown Pexton Galley Row |
| Manningham Manningham |
|_____________________________________________________________________________ |Joseph and Mary Brown were passengers on board an ocean liner enroute from
England to America in 1858 at which time their daughter Caroline was born.
In the 1860 census, the family was listed as residing in Aurora, Illinois;
in the 1870 census, the family -- without Joseph -- was listed as residing
in Brookfield, Missouri.In the 1860 census (for Aurora, Kane Co., IL), Joseph was listed as being a
"carriage maker".Joseph J. Brown and Mary Brown, his wife, signed a mortgage dated 28 Mar 1868
for property in Brookfield which mortgage was satisfied on 13 Sep 1869. The
property was described as being "all of Lot number Four (no 4) in Block number
Eleven (no 11) in John B. Helms Addition to the Town of Brookfield County of
Linn and State of Missouri". On 27 Dec 1870, Mary sold this property to Mary
E. Jones, wife of Thomas C. Jones and probable daughter of Edward Evans. This
is the same date as that on which Mary purchased from Thomas C. Jones and wife
the 40 acres next to Edward Evans. Five days later Mary and Edward Evans were
married, so Joseph had probably been dead for at least a year at this time.We do not know when Joseph died or the cause of death. We do know his daughter
Carrie died of tuberculosis as did later her brother Willie. Much later
Carrie's son G. Roy Burroughs died in the state TB hospital at Salem, Oregon
with this disease as a contributory cause of death.Block 19, lot 25, Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Missouri was the probable
location of Joseph's burial in about 1868 or 1869 and buried there later was
"Mary P. Brown". Cemetery records state that Joseph Brown was the deed
holder for this lot. Mary Brown Evans nee Pexton died 28 Dec 1871. Mary had
remarried 1 Jan 1871 -- after Joseph's death -- to Edward Evans of Brookfield,
Missouri.
A Mary Pexton was christened, along with a sister Elizabeth (possibly
a twin), on 30 Sep 1833 at St. Mary's Parish, Beverley, Yorkshire, England.
The death record for Mary at the City Hall, Brookfield, MO 28 Dec 1871 states
"Mary P. Brown, wife of Joseph, died - age 41 yr. ..." which places her birth
in about the year 1830. However, the following marriage certificate claims
she was age 18 (maybe "at least 18"?) in 1851 which places her birth 1833 ca.Joseph Brown and Mary Pexton were married, per certificate, 1851 in the Parish
Church in the Parish of Bradford in the County of York, England. Our copy of
that record appears to be as follows:
______________________________________________________________________________
| Joseph Brown 18 Bachelor Weaver Bradford Joseph Brown Grocer |
| |
| No.123 23 |
| June |
| Mary Pexton 18 Spinster Weaver Beverley John Pexton Farmer |
|_____________________________________________________________________________|Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the
Established Church, by Certificate by me, W.F.Black, Curate.Signed by Joseph Brown and Mary Pexton; witnessed by William Holmes
& Ephraim Smith.Joseph and Mary Brown were passengers on board an ocean liner enroute from
England to America in 1858 at which time their daughter Caroline was born.
In the 1860 census, the family was listed as residing in Aurora, Illinois;
in the 1870 census, the family -- without Joseph -- was listed as residing
in Brookfield, Missouri, twelve houses from the Hainsworth residence. Ellen
Hainsworth -- christened Ellen Pexton on 17 Feb 1828, at the same location as
Mary -- was probably this Mary's sister, being referred to as "Aunt Ellen
Hainsworth" on a photograph in an album which was in the possession of G. Roy
Burroughs (grandson of Mary and Joseph Brown). The later (second) marriage
of Mary Brown to Edward Evans occured in the "Ainsworth" home.Joseph J. Brown and Mary Brown, his wife, signed a mortgage dated 28 Mar 1868
for property in Brookfield which mortgage was satisfied on 13 Sep 1869. The
property was described as being "all of Lot number Four (no 4) in Block number
Eleven (no 11) in John B. Helms Addition to the Town of Brookfield County of
Linn and State of Missouri". On 27 Dec 1870, Mary sold this property to Mary
E. Jones wife of Thomas C. Jones and probable daughter of Edward Evans. This
is the same date as that on which Mary purchased from Thomas C. Jones and wife
the 40 acres next to Edward Evans.Mary Brown nee Pexton married second Edward Evans on 1 Jan 1871. This was also
Edward's second marriage. A legal covenant (prenuptial agreement), dated 27 Dec
1870 and signed by Edward Evans and Mary Brown, was recorded at the County
Courthouse at Linneus stating that Mary Brown could, without Edward's consent,
use or control, sell her real estate after their marriage as she could have
done should she remain unmarried. And concerning real estate belonging to
Edward Evans, Mary relinquished all right or interest which would have vested
in her by virtue of said marriage. Witnesses to this document were Thomas C.
Jones and Mary E. Jones from whom Mary that same day had purchased her 40 acres,
she being the eldest daughter of Edward Evans (we think). This 40 acres was
adjacent to the property of Edward Evans.Mary Brown Evans nee Pexton died 28 Dec 1871. The city records for Brookfield
for 28 Dec 1871 show "Mary P. Brown, wife of Joseph, died - age 41 yr. Buried
Block 19 S 1/2 of Lot 25." Mary was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield,
Missouri, in the lot purchased by Joseph Brown and where, presumably, Joseph
was earlier buried. We do not know the cause of Mary's death, but we know that
her daughter Carrie died of tuberculosis as did later Carrie's brother Willie.
Much later Carrie's son G. Roy Burroughs died in the state TB hospital at
Salem, Oregon with this disease as a contributory cause of death.Just 16 months after the death of Mary, William J. Tuite was appointed guardian
of Mary's three children. One of Tuite's first acts was to come into agreement
with Edward Evans regarding Evans' property and the note due to Thomas E. Jones.
We feel that this provides undeniable proof that the "Mrs. Mary Brown", who in
1871 married Edward Evans, was the mother of those three children. Also, the
1880 census shows Edward [Edwin] Brown in the home of Edward Evans. That the
same Mary probably was the "Mary P. Brown, wife of Joseph" buried in Rose Hill
Cemetery on 28 Dec 1871 can be deduced from the observation that it is unlikely
two persons of the name Mary Brown died in this region in such a short period
of time.With regard to the maiden name PEXTON for Mary, she was closely associated with
an Ellen (Pexton) Hainsworth as noted above as well as with William Pexton as
indicated by what follows:
William H. Brown was listed on the 1900 census for Hebron, Licking County,
Ohio, with Annie B. Nelson. Before her second marriage to Peter Nelson, Annie
was the widow of William Pexton who was a brother of Mary Brown, Willie Brown's
mother. When Willie contracted tuberculosis, Marion Burroughs, his brother-
in-law, promised him he could live at the Burroughs' home as long as he wished.
Willie died 1 April 1904. He requested "to be buried in Hebron, Ohio" when he
died, and is buried next to his uncle, William Pexton, in Newark, Licking Co.,
Ohio where William and Anna Pexton were enumerated in 1870. Annie died in 1905
and is also buried in the cemetery in Newark -- William Pexton's grave being
between the graves of Willie Brown, his nephew and Annie, his widow.
Janice Hickman writes regarding David Hibner: "David was only 2 years old when great grandma [Nancy] and great grandpa [John Hibner] sold the farm they owned [in Ohio] and went to Missouri first, St. Francis Co., then back to Illinois. Our great great grandparents sold their farm also and went along."
In the 1878 History of Will Co., Illinois it says that following the Missouri stay of about a year, they spent about 6 months in [Appleton*] Wisconsin and then went to Illinois.*John was (supposedly) cheated out of his land on which Appleton, Wisconsin now sits.