Individual Details

Rebecca Jane Brown

(8 Aug 1877 - 20 Mar 1963)



Jane & Harvey were the only two children born by the 1880 Census. I believe she was later called "Gentie" and is the daughter who married Andrew W. Davidson.

Pineville News, Pineville, MO. 2 Sep 1892, Friday, p. 3
Marriage license were issued during the past week to the following persons: Andrew Davidson and Rebecca J. Brown of Rocky Comfort....

1900 Census. Richwood Twp, McDonald Co MO, Hh 135. Living next door to Andrew's father, Thomas Davidson.
Andrew W. Davidson, age 30, b. Jan 1870, married 8 years
Rebecca J., b. Aug 1877, age 22.

1910. Richwood, McDonald, MO, Hh 153
Andrew W. Davidson, age 42, married 17 years, b. MO, father b. TN, mother b. MO
Rebeka J., wife, 31, b. MO parents b. MO

1920. Wheaton, Barry Co, MO, Hh 87
Andrew W. Davidson, age 51. No employment.
Rebecca J., wife, 42.

1930. Goodman, Erie Twp, McDonald, MO, Hh 59
Andrew Davidson, Renting at $5 per mo, age 62, married at age 25. Miller, Feed Mill
Rebecca, wife, age 52, married at age 15

1940. Wheaton, Barry Co MO, Hh 105
Andrew W. Davidson, age 72, 5 years ago they were living at Pineville in McDonald Co. No employment listed.
Rebecca J., wife, age 63

1950 Census. Wheaton, Barry Co, MO, Hh 79
Rebecca J. Davidson, 72, widow, b. MO

Missouri Death Certificate #10281
Rebecca Jane Farley died 20 Mar 1963 at the Feeney Guest Home, Pioneer Twp, Barry Co, where she had been for 5 weeks. Her resdience was in Weaton, Barry Co. She died of colon cancer. She was born 8 Aug 1877 in Missouri to Green Brown and Isabel Love. Her husband was Berton Lee Farley. Claude Brown of Fairview, MO was the informant. Buried Rocky Comfort Cemetery on March 22nd.

Buried Rocky Comfort Cemetery, Newton Co, MO.

The Neosho Daily News, Neosho, MO, 21 Mar 1953, p.3
District Deaths
Mrs. Rebecca Farley
Mrs. Rebecca Jane Farley, 85, wheaton, died at 1:45 pm Wednesday in a Pioneer guest home after an illness of several weeks.
Mrs. Farley was born near Rocky Comfort, Aug 8, 1877, the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Green Brown. she was a lifelong resident of McDonald and Barry Counties and was a member of the Wheaton Baptist Church.
Her only immediate survivor is a brother, Claude, Brown, Fairview.
...Burial will be in the Rocky Comfort Cemetery.

Events

Birth8 Aug 1877McDonald County, Missouri
Marriage28 Aug 1892McDonald County, Missouri - Andrew Washington Davidson
Marriage3 Jun 1950Cassville, Barry County, Missouri - Samuel H. McClure
MarriageAft 1953Living
Death20 Mar 1963
BurialRocky Comfort Cemetery, Newton County, Missouri

Families

SpouseAndrew Washington Davidson (1868 - 1946)
SpouseSamuel H. McClure (1877 - 1953)
SpouseLiving
FatherLemuel Green Brown (1855 - 1923)
MotherIsabel B. Love (1859 - 1940)
SiblingHarvey Amos Brown (1879 - 1946)
SiblingJohn Murphy Brown (1882 - 1940)
SiblingJames Albert "Jim" Brown (1885 - 1946)
SiblingWilliam Calvin Brown (1887 - 1963)
SiblingMary Brown (1891 - )
SiblingRobert Brown (1891 - )
SiblingClaud Hatton Brown (1893 - 1981)
SiblingIda Brown (1895 - 1896)
SiblingMiranda Brown (1899 - )

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