Individual Details

1830 St. Francois Co MO, Pendleton Twp, p.421. Wilson Brown. 1m -5, 1m 20-30 [Wilson], 1f -5, 1f 20-30 [first wife] These two older children are unidentified. The boy likely William - FamilySearch shows a daughter Rebecca, born 1830, married Elijah Jackson about 1850 in Searcy Co, AR.

1840, Searcy Co AR, p.183. Wilson Brown. 3m -5 [John, Samuel & Solomon], 1m 5-10 [William J.], 1m 10-15, 1m 30-40 [Wilson]. 1f 5-10, 1f 30-40. It would appear Wilson's first wife was living in 1840 - there are at least two older children who have not been identified.

1850 Searcy Co AR Census, Tomahawk Twp, p.170-1, Household 100. Wilson Brown age 41, b. SC. Mary Ann, age 29 [probably 2nd wife]; William J. age 17, b. MO. Remainder of children born in Arkansas: Solomon J. age 14, Samuel S. 12, John O. 11, Sarah Ann 9, Joseph 7, and Olive J. 2. Also Elisabeth Jones age 5 [possibly a child of Mary Ann's from a former marriage.]

Mary Ann was obviously a 2nd wife given the ages of the children. Nothing is known about the first wife. Mary Ann may also have been the widow Jones when she married Wilson Brown. A 5 year old child, Elisabeth Jones, was living with them in 1850 and I would think she was Mary Ann's child. Also the only gap in the ages of Wilson Brown's children is between Joseph age 7 and Olive age 2 - I would suppose his first wife died after the birth of Joseph and Olive is the only child of Wilson and Mary Ann born by 1850.

Solomon Jones lived first in St. Francois Co MO, then in Searcy Co AR. He came to St. Francois from TN. In 1830 Elisha & Solomon Jones were on the same page of the St. Francois census. Given the name of the child Solomon J., it's possible Wilson's first wife was a daughter of Solomon Jones. I suspect the 2nd wife Mary Ann as being the widow Jones when she married Wilson.

I did not find Wilson or a widow Mary Brown in Searcy Co in 1860 - only the sons Solomon and possibly John.

Birth	1809	South Carolina
Marriage	Abt 1829	[Brown]
Marriage	Abt 1847	[Brown]
Marriage		Mary Ann [Brown]

Spouse	Mary Ann [Brown] (1821 - )
Child	Olive J. BROWN (1848 - )

Spouse	[Brown] ( - )
Child	Rebecca W. Brown (1831 - 1905)
Child	William J. BROWN (1833 - )
Child	Solomon J. BROWN (1836 - )
Child	Samuel S. BROWN (1838 - )
Child	John O. BROWN (1839 - )
Child	Sarah Ann BROWN (1841 - )
Child	Joseph BROWN (1843 - )

Father	SAMUEL BROWN (1772 - )
Mother	Rebecca [Brown] ( - )
Sibling	WILLIAM BROWN (1794 - 1874)
Sibling	Joseph Brown (1803 - 1863)
Sibling	Elisha BROWN (1806 - 1880)
Sibling	Jeannett Brown (1808 - )