Individual Details

Lemuel Green Brown

(3 Mar 1855 - 19 Feb 1923)



The children are not in exact order. Claude has been mentioned as "youngest boy". Someone has also mentioned a child named Ida that died in infancy and there is a baby of that name buried Chitwood Cemetery.

1880 Census., Hh 263. Counted between his brother John & brother-in-law, Bevley Barnet - his mother on the other side of Barnet.
L. Green Brown, 25, Farmer, b. MO, father b. KY, mother b. IL
Isabelle, 20, wife, b. MO, father b. TN, mother b. MO
R. Jane, 2, dau
Harvey E., age 7 months, b. Oct

1900 Census. Living near his mother, Richwood Twp, McDonald Co MO, Hh 148
Lemuel G. Brown, b. Mar 1853, age 45, married 24 years
Isabelle, b. Dec 1859, age 40, 9 children 8 living.
James A., b. Jun 1885, age 14
Calvin, b. Dec 1887, age 12
Mary, b. Jan 1891, age 9
Claud, b. Jul 1893, age 7
Moranda, b. May 1899, age 1

1910 McDonald Co Census, Richwood Twp, p.150b, Dwelling 175. Lemuel G. Brown, age 55, married 34 years. Born MO, father b. KY, mother b. IL. Wife Isbel age 50. 9 children, 8 living. She was born MO, her father b. TN, her mother b. MO. Children at home: Mary 18, Claude 15, Miranda 10. Rebekah Brown, Mother, age 87 and widowed; 15 children, 4 living; born in Illinois.

1920 Census. Franklin Twp, Newton Co, MO, Hh 56
Lemuel G. Brown, age 64, b. MO, father b. Kentucky, mother b. IL
Isabel, wife, age 60, b. MO, father b. TN, mother b. Missouri
Marinda, Daughter, age 20, b. MO

Death date of Lemuel Green was from his Bible also in possession of Claude Brown in 1953. Buried Chitwood Cemetery, Barry Co, MO. There is a picture of his grave marker on BillionGraves.com - as L. G. Brown - Isabelle shares his marker.

Missouri Death Certificate 5928
Lemuel Green Brown died Fairview, Newton Co, MO on 19 Feb 1923 of carcinoma of the stomach. He was born 3 Mar 1855 in Missouri.
Father listed as John Murphy Brown, b. Kentucky [the ONLY place I've seen the "John" attached to Murphy Brown's name]. Mother was Rebecca Poindexter, also b. Kentucky. [Poindexter was her middle name - her maiden name was Jones.]
Mrs. L. G. Brown was the informant.
He was buried on 20 Feb at Chitwood Cemetery.

Events

Birth3 Mar 1855Missouri
Marriage3 Jun 1876Isabel B. Love
Death19 Feb 1923McDonald County, Missouri

Families

SpouseIsabel B. Love (1859 - 1940)
ChildRebecca Jane Brown (1877 - 1963)
ChildHarvey Amos Brown (1879 - 1946)
ChildJohn Murphy Brown (1882 - 1940)
ChildJames Albert "Jim" Brown (1885 - 1946)
ChildWilliam Calvin Brown (1887 - 1963)
ChildMary Brown (1891 - )
ChildRobert Brown (1891 - )
ChildClaud Hatton Brown (1893 - 1981)
ChildIda Brown (1895 - 1896)
ChildMiranda Brown (1899 - )
FatherMURPHY BROWN (1816 - 1863)
MotherREBEKAH POINDEXTER JONES (1822 - 1912)
SiblingRichard Jones Brown (1837 - 1839)
SiblingElizabeth Bridget Brown (1839 - 1839)
SiblingWilliam Clayborn Brown (1840 - 1860)
SiblingMIRANDA JANE BROWN (1842 - 1912)
SiblingEzekiel Wilson Brown (1843 - 1863)
SiblingJohn Reed Brown (1845 - 1889)
SiblingNancy Emeline Brown (1847 - 1864)
SiblingMary Catherine Brown (1848 - 1864)
SiblingSarah Frances Brown (1850 - 1922)
SiblingJoel Brown (1852 - 1852)
SiblingMonervia Magdalene Brown (1856 - 1857)
SiblingRobert Thomas Brown (1858 - 1858)
SiblingRebekah Ann Brown (1860 - 1860)
SiblingEliza Isabel "Belle" Brown (1862 - 1934)

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