Thanks Pat for all this info. I can always count on you to have answers for Brown family questions. Bob Sent from my Cricket smartphone Pat Corona <corona245@comcast.net> wrote: >Bob, > > Most of the sources that I have for Gilbert Mortier Lafayette BROWN are >all transcriptions of records so sometimes mistakes are made. > "First 1000 Recorded Deaths" are transcription records. > > Franklin Co. IL. Marriage Records 1878-1893 (Beulah Jean Buntin & Mary >Rea Eubanks) *TRANSCRIPTION of records in FCI Clerk's office. > Pg. 111 #064.05 CO808/282-17 Aug. 1882 > BROWN, Lafayette age 44/2nd. marriage Jeff.Co. Father;BROWN, >Clinton D. - Mother: ROBERSON, Mary > SAMPLE, Mary E., age 24/1st. marriage, TN. Father: SAMPLE, Joseph >M. Mother: HILL, Mary Francis > > Affidavit-Miscellaneous Book C, Franklin Co., IL. pg. 368 > Divorce bef. 1881 - Gilbert M.L BROWN & Rebecca Jones BROWN > > Early Court Records-Franklin Co. IL. 1877-1900 Vol. II (Carla >Pulliam-Benton, IL. 1995) *TRANSCRIPTION > "Dower and Partition: Lafayette BROWN died intestate in Franklin >County, IL. on 20 Mar. 1883, leaving his wife, Mary E. BROWN, and the >following children: Francis Marion BROWN, adult, and Clementine , Polly C., >Henry and Harriet BROWN, minors, who are his heirs and only heirs at law. >That he died seized of land in T.5s, R.2e in Franklin County, IL. Mary asks >that she be allowed her dower interest in the land". > > Franklin County, IL., Probate Abstracts, Vol.I, Boxes 1-16, Compiled by >Franklin County Genealogy Society, W. Frankfort, IL. *TRANSCRIPTION > Pg. 18 -Lafayett BROWN, Box 3, died by March 1883, Franklin Co. IL. No >spouse or children listed. Estate sale held 13 October 1883 at the home of >Leonida BROWN. Adm: Isaac G. Gee, administrator's bond dated 28 March 1883. >Sur; J.J. FITZGERRELL of Jefferson Co. IL. and David MARTIN. > > Franklin County, IL. Miscellaneous Book C-Record in Co. courthouse in >Benton > Pg. 368: "Affidavit _ State of Illinois, Franklin County. Leonidas >BROWN of lawful age being duly sworn on his oath deposes and says he is a >Brother of Lafayette BROWN whose full name was Gilbert Mortier Lafayette >BROWN. That the Lafayette BROWN and Gilbert Mortier Lafayette BROWN named >as Grantee in Conveyances of the S.W.S.E. of Section 16 and the NNNE and >NENE of Section 21 all in T5SR2E is one and the same person. Leonidas BROWN >(his mark)." > > Obits & Tidbits 1850-1884, Franklin Co. IL. (Carla Pulliam) >*TRANSCRIPTION > Franklin County News 05 Dec. 1884 Pg. 119 > " Thomas BLAIR and Mrs. Fayette BROWN were married Thursday evening, >4th inst., by Squire EVANS, at the home of W.S. ODUM." > > Pat Corona > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: rwlmn@aol.com >Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 11:28 AM >To: ilfrankl@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ILFRANKL] Lafayette Brown > > >HELP!! For several years I have had Gilbert M. Lafayette Brown son of Dewitt >Clinton Brown and Mary Robinson as being born April 11, 1838 and died March >22, 1882. He married Rebecca Jones July 28, 1856, FCI. I have had a second >marriage for him to Mary Emily Sample but this Lafayette could not have been >married to Emily. Per the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index. The marriage >between Lafayette Brown and Emily Brown was August 17, 1882, about five >months after Gilbert M. Lafayette Brown died. I don't have any other >Lafayette Browns in the 1882 time frame, so does anyone know who the >Lafayette Brown that married Emily Samples is? >Emily also married and divorced Thomas Blair. > >Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: BROWN, LAFAYETTE JONES, REBECCA A >07/28/1856 003/0028 FRANKLIN. >Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: BROWN, LAFAYETTE SAMPLE, MARY E >08/17/1882 001/0064 FRANKLIN. >Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: BROWN, LAFAYETTE SAMPLE, MARY E >08/17/1882 00C/0282 FRANKLIN. >1860 Franklin County, Illinois: Lafayette Brown 21 Rececca A Brown 21 Lusana >Brown 2 Francis M Brown 7/12. >1870 Franklin County, Illinois: Lafayette Brown 31 Rececca Brown 31 Luzana >Brown 13 Francis Brown 11 William S Brown 4 Clementine Brown 7/12. >1880 Franklin County, Illinois: Lafayette Brown 43 2/12 Rebecca A Brown 43 >5/12 Francis M Brown 23 Clementine Brown 11 8/12 Polly C Brown 7 11/12 Henry >C Brown 4 1/12 Harriet E Brown 1 9/12. >"First 1000 Recorded Deaths in Franklin County": No 589, book 1, pg, 46; >Lafayette Brown, Male, married, born Franklin Co., Died of Double Pneumonia, >8 days duration, Buried 23 Mar 1882, Physician J. B. Gee, Fitzgerrell, Ill. >Illinois Statewide Death Index: BLAIR MARY E F/W UNK 0280387 1925-04-05 >BROWNING TWP 25-04-05. > >Bob > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ILFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bob, Thank you. That's a lovely compliment. After 34 years of research I continue to find new connections to our common ancestors, Stephen BROWN & Elizabeth SPOON. My great hope is that some day we can "climb our brick wall" & discover the parents of Stephen & Elizabeth (Spoon) BROWN. Oh, and let's not forget ol' Charlie Mills COCKRUM. Although a family story say's that he went out to the territory & was never heard from again, I still have reservations about that tale. Charlie was in his mid-80's on the 1900 U.S. Census in Barren Twp. FCI. At that age did he really leave a comfortable farm home & head out to the territory? Or, on a dark quiet night, after a "few" sips of moonshine, did he go out coon hunting & fall in the Big Muddy River? Never to be heard from again & we may never know. Pat -----Original Message----- From: Bob Loman Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:38 PM To: ilfrankl@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILFRANKL] Lafayette Brown Thanks Pat for all this info. I can always count on you to have answers for Brown family questions. Bob

Pat I'm sorry if this has already been discussed but I am confused. I see this marriage for Charles M. Cockrum (2nd marriage I assume since he was previously married to Naomi Brown d/o of Stephen A. Brown and Elizabeth "Betsy" Spoon) I see the following marriage: COCKRAM, CHARLES M PLASTERS, AMANDA 1861-08-16 003 0304 FRANKLIN which seems to be supported by census records in 1870 and 1880 FCI. There appears to be another Amanda Plasters about the same age that married Singleton M. Varner in FCI: VARNER, SINGLETON M PLASTERS, AMANDA C 1863-04-08 003 0401 FRANKLIN Do you know who the parents are of the Amanda Plasters that married Charles Mills Cockrum? I see an Amanda Plasters in 1860 census living in the home of GIlbert Sweetin and wife Minerva and two kids. No other Amanda Plasters can be found in 1860. No Amanda Plasters can be found in 1850 census but I can find Caroline Plasters living with her mother Catharine Plasters and siblings. Sandy (Whalen) Bauer On 3/12/2013 6:44 PM, Pat Corona wrote: > Bob, > > Thank you. That's a lovely compliment. > > After 34 years of research I continue to find new connections to our > common ancestors, Stephen BROWN & Elizabeth SPOON. My great hope is that > some day we can "climb our brick wall" & discover the parents of Stephen & > Elizabeth (Spoon) BROWN. Oh, and let's not forget ol' Charlie Mills > COCKRUM. Although a family story say's that he went out to the territory & > was never heard from again, I still have reservations about that tale. > Charlie was in his mid-80's on the 1900 U.S. Census in Barren Twp. FCI. At > that age did he really leave a comfortable farm home & head out to the > territory? Or, on a dark quiet night, after a "few" sips of moonshine, did > he go out coon hunting & fall in the Big Muddy River? Never to be heard > from again & we may never know. > > Pat > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Loman > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:38 PM > To: ilfrankl@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILFRANKL] Lafayette Brown > > Thanks Pat for all this info. I can always count on you to have answers for > Brown family questions. > > Bob > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >