This message is being forwarded to a moderated list. Kathleen Burnett List Mom Tambaymar@aol.com wrote: > In my rush to complete my previous email, I forgot to mention the actual > connection between our Spears family and McMinn County. Please note that the > only marriage I posted among the complex Spears kids was the 1825 union > between Elizabeth Spears and Benjamin Brown. Within a very few years, > Elizabeth and Benjamin migrated to Harrison County Indiana, and subsequently > to Fulton County, Illinois. Their son, Hiram James Brown (b. 1831) travelled > to McMinn County TN and married Elizabeth Jane Casteel (daughter of Alexander > Casteel) in 1853, when Hiram was 21. Hiram and Elizabeth Casteel Brown > subsequently migrated back to Fulton County IL. I'll paste the known first > generation of Browns below. Below that, I'll post the Alexander Casteel > generation. Thanks -- Jim Patrick > > 1 Benjamin Brown 1807 - 1881 > . +Elizabeth Spears 1805 - 1881 > ........ 2 Sibba Marlita Brown 1827 - > ............ +Erwin Ensign Goodwill 1831 - 1909 > ........ 2 Nancy Melissa Brown 1828 - 1905 > ............ +Job B. Macklin 1817 - 1903 > ........ 2 Hiram James Brown 1831 - 1881 > ............ +Elizabeth Jane Casteel 1832 - 1916 > ........ 2 William Alfred Brown 1833 - > ............ +India B. Lewis 1834 - > ........ 2 Byron Stacey Brown 1835 - Unknown > ............ +Charlotte Lucky 1833 - 1903 > ........ 2 Andrew Jackson Brown 1837 - > ............ +Minerva J. Herron 1845 - > ........ 2 Eli Caroll Brown 1839 - 1874 > ............ +Mary Ann Benson 1849 - 1930 > ........ 2 Sophia N. Brown 1841 - > ........ 2 Benjamin Franklin Brown 1845 - 1917 > ............ +Rebecca Jane Tompkins 1832 - 1893 > ........ *2nd Wife of Benjamin Franklin Brown: > ............ +Mary Hannah Lewis 1853 - 1920 > ........ 2 Rachel Brown 1848 - > ............ +Thomas G. Boone 1848 - > --------------------------------------------- > 1 Alexander Casteel 1800 - 1862 > . +Susanna Sherrill 1801 - 1862 > ........ 2 Madison H. Casteel 1823 - > ............ +Mary Ann Elbert > ........ 2 Sarah A Casteel 1825 - > ............ +Lewis Stanton Erwin 1823 - > ........ 2 Elizabeth Jane Casteel 1832 - 1916 > ............ +Hiram James Brown 1831 - 1881 > ........ 2 Joseph Casteel 1833 - 1918 > ............ +Ruth Ann Gresham 1848 - > ........ 2 Amanda M. Casteel 1835 - > ............ +James G. Ricks > ........ 2 Parlee Rebecca Casteel 1838 - 1929 > ............ +Christopher Columbus Ricks 1850 - 1892