Individual Details
Susan Brown
(18 Sep 1812 - 27 Apr 1902)
In the book "Phineas F. Bresee: A Prince in Israel" by Rev. E. A. Girvin dated 1916 page 27, states she was an earnest Christian and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church who had removed from Connecticut to New York in her early childhood and lived in the town of Merideth, adjoining Franklin, NY.
In the book "Man of the Morning" by Donald P. Brickley dated 1960, page 50, "Mrs. Susan Bresee was born in Merideth, Delaware county, NY, September 18th, 1812, and died at the residence of her son, Rev. P.F. Bresee, in this city (Los Angeles, CA), April 27th, 1902."
From the book "History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa" by John H. Keatley dated 1883 found at Google Books, Part II pages 8-9: Rev. P. F. Bresee's mother, Susan, was the daughter of Luke Brown who came to Delaware County from Massachusetts at an early day.
She may have been the daughter of Luke and Candice Brown of Meredith who were both of MA and had a daughter named Eliza who married a John S. Munson (see History of Delaware Co, the town of Meredith by W.W. Munsell 1797-1880). This family had a son, Sylvester, born 28 July 1811, possibly too close to Susan's birth for her to be in this family (?). The 1820 and 1830 census shown below could support that Susan was a part of this family.
1902 death certificate shows her birth in NY, she died 2 April 1902 at age 89 and 5 months (born Oct 1812), She was living at 1045 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA, home of Rev. Phineas F. Bresee.
1900 census shows her living with Rev. Phineas F. Bresee in Los Angeles, CA. She was born Sept. 1812 in NY and both her parents were born in Mass.
1870 census for E. Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa, shows a PP Bresee age 56 a farmer living with his wife, Susan age 56 (born 1813) who was born in New York, son-in-law G.H. Cowley age 40, his wife Diantha Bresee age 33 and their son Fred Cowley age 10.
1830 census for Meredith, Delaware Co., NY shows Luke Brown age 40-49, with 1 male age 5-9, 1 male age 10-14, 1 male age 15-20, 1 male age 20-29, 1 female age 5-9 , 1 female age 10-14, 2 females ages 15-19 (this could include Susan, wife of PPB, who would have been age 17), 2 females age 20-29, 1 female age 30-39, 1 female age 50-59 and 1 female age 70-79. Total in home 14.
1820 census for Meredith, Delaware Co., NY, shows Luke Brown age 26-44 with 2 males age 0-9, 1 male age 10-16, 4 females age 0-9 (this could include Susan, wife of PPB, at age 7) , 2 females age 10-16, 1 female age 26-44 and 1 slave male age 14-25.
1812 New York birth place is from her death certificate. Birth date is from Dr. Carl Banks' book on Phineas F. Bresee page 35 which shows her from a Connecticut family that settled in Meredith, Delaware Co. where she was born.
1800 census shows a John Brown age 26-45, one female age 16-26 and two males age 0-10 in Otego Township, Otsego Co., NY. Living near by is a John Bruse age 45+ and his family of ten people.
In the book "Man of the Morning" by Donald P. Brickley dated 1960, page 50, "Mrs. Susan Bresee was born in Merideth, Delaware county, NY, September 18th, 1812, and died at the residence of her son, Rev. P.F. Bresee, in this city (Los Angeles, CA), April 27th, 1902."
From the book "History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa" by John H. Keatley dated 1883 found at Google Books, Part II pages 8-9: Rev. P. F. Bresee's mother, Susan, was the daughter of Luke Brown who came to Delaware County from Massachusetts at an early day.
She may have been the daughter of Luke and Candice Brown of Meredith who were both of MA and had a daughter named Eliza who married a John S. Munson (see History of Delaware Co, the town of Meredith by W.W. Munsell 1797-1880). This family had a son, Sylvester, born 28 July 1811, possibly too close to Susan's birth for her to be in this family (?). The 1820 and 1830 census shown below could support that Susan was a part of this family.
1902 death certificate shows her birth in NY, she died 2 April 1902 at age 89 and 5 months (born Oct 1812), She was living at 1045 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA, home of Rev. Phineas F. Bresee.
1900 census shows her living with Rev. Phineas F. Bresee in Los Angeles, CA. She was born Sept. 1812 in NY and both her parents were born in Mass.
1870 census for E. Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa, shows a PP Bresee age 56 a farmer living with his wife, Susan age 56 (born 1813) who was born in New York, son-in-law G.H. Cowley age 40, his wife Diantha Bresee age 33 and their son Fred Cowley age 10.
1830 census for Meredith, Delaware Co., NY shows Luke Brown age 40-49, with 1 male age 5-9, 1 male age 10-14, 1 male age 15-20, 1 male age 20-29, 1 female age 5-9 , 1 female age 10-14, 2 females ages 15-19 (this could include Susan, wife of PPB, who would have been age 17), 2 females age 20-29, 1 female age 30-39, 1 female age 50-59 and 1 female age 70-79. Total in home 14.
1820 census for Meredith, Delaware Co., NY, shows Luke Brown age 26-44 with 2 males age 0-9, 1 male age 10-16, 4 females age 0-9 (this could include Susan, wife of PPB, at age 7) , 2 females age 10-16, 1 female age 26-44 and 1 slave male age 14-25.
1812 New York birth place is from her death certificate. Birth date is from Dr. Carl Banks' book on Phineas F. Bresee page 35 which shows her from a Connecticut family that settled in Meredith, Delaware Co. where she was born.
1800 census shows a John Brown age 26-45, one female age 16-26 and two males age 0-10 in Otego Township, Otsego Co., NY. Living near by is a John Bruse age 45+ and his family of ten people.
Events
| Birth | 18 Sep 1812 | Meredith, Delaware, New York, United States |  |  | |
| Census | 1820 | Meredith, Delaware Co., NY | | ||
| Census | 1830 | Meredith, Delaware Co., NY | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1835 | Meredith, Delaware, New York, United States - Phineas Philips Bresee | | | |
| Fact 1 | 20 Oct 1838 | | |||
| Census (family) | 1840 | Franklin, Delaware, New York, United States - Phineas Philips Bresee | | ||
| Census (family) | 1850 | Franklin, Delaware, New York, United States - Phineas Philips Bresee | | ||
| Census (family) | 1855 | Davenport, Delaware, New York, United States - Phineas Philips Bresee | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1857 | prairie farm in Iowa, 7 miles west of Millersburg begining - Phineas Philips Bresee | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1864 | Phineas Philips Bresee | | ||
| Census (family) | 1870 | E. Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States - Phineas Philips Bresee | |||
| Census (family) | 1880 | Creston, Union, Iowa, United States - Phineas Philips Bresee | | ||
| Residence (family) | 26 Aug 1883 | arrived in Los Angeles with the family - Phineas Philips Bresee | | | |
| Death | 27 Apr 1902 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States | | | |
| Burial | the Bresee plot in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States | ||||
| LDS Family Tree ID | 9ML9-9CL | ||||
| WikiTree | Brown-44403 |
Families
| Spouse | Phineas Philips Bresee (1812 - 1895) |
| Child | Diantha Bresee (1836 - 1873) |
| Child | Phineas Franklin Bresee D.D. (1838 - 1915) |
| Child | Reed Bresee (1841 - 1842) |
| Father | Luke Brown (1780 - 1838) |
| Mother | Candace "Candes, Claudiae" Towne (1777 - ) |
| Sibling | Franklin Brown (1805 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Eliza Brown (1807 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Sylvester Brown (1811 - 1896) |
| Sibling | Luke "Lucius" Brown Jr. (1818 - ) |
| Sibling | Alfred Brown (1821 - ) |
| Sibling | Candice Brown (1821 - ) |
Notes
Birth
See "Phineas Bresee, his life in Methodism, the Holiness Movement, and the Church of the Nazarene" by Carl Bangs page 35 shows "Susan Brown, was from a Connecticut family that settled in Meredith, Delaware Co, where she was born September 18, 1812." No source is noted.In the book "Phineas F. Bresee: A Prince in Israel" page 27, states she was an earnest Christian and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church who had removed from Connecticut to New York in her early childhood and lived in the town of Merideth, adjoining Franklin.
From the book "History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa" by John H. Keatley dated 1883 found at Google Books, Part II pages 8-9: Rev. P. F. Bresee's mother, Susan, was the daughter of Luke Brown who came to Delaware County from Masswachusetts at an early day.
She may have been the daughter of Luke and Candice Brown of Meredith who were both of MA and had a daughter named Eliza who married a John S. Munson (see History of Delaware Co, the town of Meredith by W.W. Munsell 1797-1880). This family had a son, Sylvester, born 28 July 1811, possibly too close to Susan's birth for her to be in this family (?). The 1820 and 1830 census shown below could support that Susan was a part of this family.
1902 death certificate shows her birth in NY, she died 2 April 1902 at age 89 and 5 months (born Oct 1812).
Census
1820 census for Meredith, Delaware Co., NY, shows a Luke Brown age 26-44 with 2 males age 0-9, 1 male age 10-16, 4 females age 0-9 (Susan is 8), 2 females age 10-16, 1 female age 26-44 and 1 slave male age 14-25.Census
1830 census for Meredith, Delaware Co., NY shows Luke Brown age 40-49, with 1 male age 5-9, 1 male age 10-14, 1 male age 15-20, 1 male age 20-29, 1 female age 5-9, 1 female age 10-14, 2 females ages 15-19 (Susan is 18), 2 females age 20-29, 1 female age 30-39, 1 female age 50-59 and 1 female age 70-79. Total in home 14.Marriage
See "Phineas Bresee, his life in Methodism, the Holiness Movement, and the Church of the Nazarene" by Dr. Carl Bangs, page 35: "marriage was about 1835". No source mentioned.Fact 1
The Surrogate's Court of the county of Delaware, NY, determined that Candice Brown, Luke Brown Jr., and Alfred Brown were minor children and that John Munson was appointed their guardianOn 20 Oct. 1838, the Surrogate's Court of the county of Delaware, NY, declared that Luke Brown (her father), deceased, estate was insolvent, and ordered Isaac Burr, the administrator, to liquidate the estate's assets. The court determined that Candice Brown, Luke Brown Jr., and Alfred Brown were minor children and that John Munson was appointed their guardian (these were her siblings). See LDS film 833519 pages 133-134. (John Munson married Luke Brown's daughter, Eliza.) See probate of Luke Brown on this date.
Census (family)
1840 census for Franklin, Delaware Co., NY, shows a Phineas Bressee age 20-30 living with a female age 20-30 and a son age under 5 (this would be son Phineas F. Bresee) and a female age under 5 (this would be daughter Diantha Bresee). Living only three persons away is Phineas Philips and his family, the man who raised him as a young child.Census (family)
1850 census for Franklin, Delaware Co., NY, shows a Thomas (miss read for Phineas) Brasel, age 37, Susan Brasel age 37, Dianthe Brasel, age 12, and Phineas Brasel, age 11.Census (family)
Davenport, Delaware Co., New York 1855 census - SURNAME, FIRST NAME, DISTRICT NO., then FAMILY NO, found at: www.dcnyhistory.org/1855dav.htmlBRESEE,
Agnes, 1:0220
Albert, 1:0226
Alden, 1:0226
Andrew J., 1:0232
C. I., 1:0220, 1:0226
Catharine, 1:0226
Christopher, 1:0220
Clarinda, 1:0226
Diantha, 1:0024*
Elbert, 1:0226
Electy Ann, 1:0232
Hannah, 1:0220
John, 1:0226
John M., 1:0226
Josiah A., 1:0226
Julia Ann, 1:0226
Malinda, 1:0232
Phebe A., 1:0220
Philamanordine, 1:0220
Phineas, 1:0024(2)* two named Phineas
Susan, 1:0024*
Timothy, 1:0232
Timothy M., 1:0220
Residence (family)
1857 per Dr. Banks book page 57: P.P. Bresee purchased a farm out on the Iowa prairie in the spring of 1857, thereafter sold his property in Davenport. Later that summer the family moved to the Iowa farm.Census (family)
Listed in 1880 census as P.P. Brisee age 66 born in New York as were his parents. Shows all family members.Residence (family)
See "Phineas Bresee, his life in Methodism, the Holiness Movement, and the Church of the Nazarene" by Carl Bangs page 125.Death
1902 death certificate shows her birth in NY, she died 2 April 1902 at age 89 and 5 months (born Oct 1812).Endnotes
1. John H. Keatley, History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, my e-books (Lakeside Building, Chicago, IL: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1883), pages 8-9.
2. Carl Bangs, Phineas F. Bresee, His Life in Methodism, the Holiness Movement and the Church of the Nazarene (Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City 1995), page 35.
3. Rev. E. A. Girvin, Phineas F. Bresee: A Prince in Israel, second printing, november 1981 (Kansas City, Missouri: Nazarene Publishing House, 1916 copyright), page 27.
4. Donld P. Brickley, Man of the Morning (Kansas City, Missouri: Nazarene Publishing House, 1960), page 50.
5. Rev. E. A. Girvin, Phineas F. Bresee: A Prince in Israel, second printing, november 1981 (Kansas City, Missouri: Nazarene Publishing House, 1916 copyright), page 27.
6. Carl Bangs, Phineas F. Bresee, His Life in Methodism, the Holiness Movement and the Church of the Nazarene (Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City 1995), page 37.
7. Carl Bangs, Phineas F. Bresee, His Life in Methodism, the Holiness Movement and the Church of the Nazarene (Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City 1995), page 57.
8. Donld P. Brickley, Man of the Morning (Kansas City, Missouri: Nazarene Publishing House, 1960), page 50.
9. John H. Keatley, History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, my e-books (Lakeside Building, Chicago, IL: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1883), page 8.
10. Carl Bangs, Phineas F. Bresee, His Life in Methodism, the Holiness Movement and the Church of the Nazarene (Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City 1995), page 125.
11. Donld P. Brickley, Man of the Morning (Kansas City, Missouri: Nazarene Publishing House, 1960), page 50.
12. Donld P. Brickley, Man of the Morning (Kansas City, Missouri: Nazarene Publishing House, 1960), page 50.