Jacksonville, Texas : William A. Brown

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Name:

William A. BROWN

Birth:

12 Jul 1841 near Anna, Union Co., Illinois ¹ ²

Death:

1933 in Jacksonville, Cherokee Co., Texas ¹

Occupation:

Dry Goods Merchant ²
Accepted employment with Clapp & Brown in 1872. Later names were McKinney & Brown, Brown & Dixon and Brown, Dixon & Co.¹

Military:

Civil War [see note below] ¹

Religion:

Presbyterian ¹

Residence:

Moved to Larissa in 1871. After only a few months, moved to Jacksonville in 1872 where they acquired a home place and lived the remainder of their lives. ¹

Note:

He served in the Confederate Army four years and was discharged at Greensboro, N. C. ¹

Note:

I believe the "A." initial stands for "Allen", based on the pension application of a William Allen Brown. ³

Father:

Edward Francis BROWN ¹

Mother:

Married:

7 Feb 1866 in Arkansas ¹

Spouse:

Mary Elizabeth NELSON ¹ ²

Birth:

14 Feb 1840 near Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina ¹ ²

Death:

4 Mar 1927 in Jacksonville, Cherokee Co., Texas ¹

Father:

Mother:

Previous Marriage:

William A. DIXON ¹

Children from first marriage

Alonzo C. Dixon, b. 1 Sep 1860 near Benton, Arkansas. ¹

Children:

1	John L. ('Lem') BROWN ¹ ²	b. 5 Nov 1866 ¹ ²	Arkadelphia, Clark Co., Arkansas ¹ ²
2	Edward F. BROWN ²	b. circa 1872 ²	Arkansas ²

Note: The Centennial book states that "the only child of this couple to survive was J. L. (Lem) Brown".

Sources

1	Title: Jacksonville, Texas: the Story of a Dynamic Community, 1872-1972 Published for the Jacksonville Centennial
2	Title: 1880 U. S. Census, Jacksonville, Cherokee Co., Texas.
3	Title: Confederate Pension Applications, On file at the Texas State Library and Archives at Austin. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/cherokee/military/civilwar/cherokcsa.txt, Viewed 23 Oct 2005.

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