TX Family Groupsheet for John Riley BROWN Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Bev Roberts Email address: Husband: John Riley BROWN Birthdate: 1 Nov 1848 Birthplace: Nacogdoches Co TX Death date: 9 Nov 1897 Place of death: Hope, Eddy, NM Territory Father: James W BROWN Mother: Julia Ann NORRIS Marriage date: 15 Feb 1877 Marriage place: Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, TX Wife: Nancy Jane SELLERS Birthdate: 2 Feb 1858 Birthplace: Nacogdoches Co TX Death date: 3 Oct 1940 Place of death: Artesia, Eddy, NM Father: Madison SELLERS Mother: Elizabeth/Eliza Jane REID CHILDREN Child No. 1: Julia Ann BROWN Sex: F Birthdate: Feb 1878 Birthplace: Nacogdoches Co TX Death date: 11 July 1882 Place of death: Brown Co TX Marriage date: n/a Marriage place: n/a Spouse's name: n/a Child No. 2: Elizabeth/Lizzie BROWN Sex: F Birthdate: 1 Jan 1882 Birthplace: Nacogdoches Co TX Death date: 21 Feb 1922 Place of death: Artesia, Eddy, NM Marriage date: 20 Feb 1899 Marriage place: Quavo, Lincoln, NM Territory Spouse's name: James B C NEATHERLIN Child No. 3: James Madison BROWN Sex: M Birthdate: 6 May 1884 Birthplace: Brownwood, Brown, TX Death date: 14 Jan 1940 Place of death: Mobridge, Walworth, SD Marriage date: 6 Jan 1914 Marriage place: Eagle Butte, Ziebach, SD Spouse's name: Agnes Marie PARADIS Child No. 4: John Riley BROWN Jr Sex: M Birthdate: 2 Sept 1887 Birthplace: Brownwood, Brown, TX Death date: 7 Sept 1969 Place of death: Bernallilo Co NM Marriage date: 12 July 1924 Marriage place: Roswell, Chaves, NM Spouse's name: Anna Mae GARRETT Child No. 5: Arta Jane/Jenny BROWN Sex: Birthdate: 2 Sept 1887 Birthplace: Brownwood, Brown, TX Death date: 13 Nov 1955 Place of death: Artesia, Eddy, NM Marriage date: 1 Aug 1910 Marriage place: Roswell, Chaves, NM Spouse's name: George W LEWIS Child No. 6: Eunice Esther BROWN Sex: F Birthdate: 27 Mar 1890 Birthplace: Sanco, Coke, TX Death date: 29 May 1984 Place of death: Mesa, Maricopa, AZ Marriage date: 8 Apr 1917 Marriage place: probably NM Spouse's name: Edwin H SCHMIDT Child No. 7: Richard Lee BROWN Sex: M Birthdate: 4 Nov 1891 Birthplace: Robert Lee, Coke, TX Death date: 17 Sept 1959 Place of death: Gettysburg, Potter, SD Marriage date: 17 Aug 1932 Marriage place: Dewey Co SD Spouse's name: Mae CHASE Child No. 8: Leta Mae BROWN Sex: F Birthdate: 6 Jan 1895 Birthplace: Hope, Chaves, NM Territory Death date: 6 JUne 1979 Place of death: Carlsbad, Eddy, NM Marriage date: 23 Nov 1922 Marriage place: Artesia, Eddy, NM Spouse's name: #1:Claude M GARRETT Child No. 9: Willie Walker BROWN Sex: M Birthdate: 25 June 1897 Birthplace: Dunken, Chaves, NM Territory Death date: 12 Jan 1966 Place of death: Truth or Consequences, Sierra, NM Marriage date: 8 May 1926 Marriage place: Roswell, Chaves, NM Spouse's name: Laura Alice YOST Documentation: Birth per handwritten copy of Brown Bible record. 1860 census in his parents household as born in Tx & at the age of 12. 1867 School census in the household of his father at age 19. 1870 Nacogdoches Co Census in household of father, who was at the time missing in Mexico. Marriage certificate copy & Marriage Records of Nacogdoches County, Texas, 1824-1881 by Murrie. Woodmen of the World headstone in Hope Cemetery, Hope NM. Mentioned in wife's 1940 obituary as occuring 42 years ago & killed by a runaway. 1900 Census Index NM Territory 1920 Census Index for NM