NameColeman Brown, Half 5G Uncle
Birth22 Apr 1818, Kentucky
Deathaft 1900
FatherJames Brown (1783-1850)
MotherEmily Cloe (1798-1855)
Marriage8 Dec 1848, Bath Co., Kentucky
SpouseJoanna Gregory
Birth1 Mar 1832, Kentucky
Deathaft 1900
FatherJesse Gregory (1791-1864)
MotherMary Argabright (~1798-1872)
Children
1 MJames W. Brown, Half 1C5R
Birth24 Oct 1849, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death9 Sep 1930, Morgan Co., Kentucky
2 FSesa Eliza Brown, Half 1C5R
BirthOct 1851, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Birthabt 1855, Morgan Co., Kentucky
4 FRebecca A. Brown, Half 1C5R
Birth26 Jan 1856, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death1902
5 FDiadame Brown, Half 1C5R
Birth1858, Morgan Co., Kentucky
6 FLouisa Brown, Half 1C5R
Birthabt Mar 1860, Morgan Co., Kentucky
7 FNancy Josephine Brown, Half 1C5R
Birth5 Jun 1862, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death20 Nov 1923, Morgan Co., Kentucky
8 MJesse C. Brown, Half 1C5R
BirthAug 1863, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Deathabt 1918
9 FMartha Brown, Half 1C5R
Birthabt 1865, Morgan Co., Kentucky
10 MJohn W. Brown, Half 1C5R
Birthabt Dec 1868, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Deathbef 1900, Morgan Co., Kentucky
11 MCharles P. Brown, Half 1C5R
BirthSep 1872, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death1905, Florida
SpouseCarry M. Law , Half 2C4R
Census Notes for Coleman & Joanna (Family)
1850 census of Morgan Co., Ky, lists as family #271:
Coleman Brown, 28; Joanna, 20; James, 6/12. All born in Kentucky.

1860 census of Morgan Co., Ky, district 1, enumerated 8 June, lists on pp. 10-11 as family #61/59:
Coleman Brown, 42, farmer; Joanah, 29; James W., 10; Sesa E., 8; Mary G., 6; Rebecca A., 4; Diadama, 2; Louisa, 3/12; James Lewis, 24, laborer. All born in Kentucky.

The preceding household is headed by Thomas J. Ferrand, who is married to Coleman’s sister Martha.

1870 census of Morgan Co., Ky, Blair’s Mill precinct, enumerated 21 July, lists on p. 2 as family #10:
Brown, Colemon, 52, farmer; Joanna, 39; James W., 20; Rebecca, 14; Dinah, 13; Lizzie, 11; Josephine, 9; Jesse C., 7; Martha, 5; John W., 7/12. All born in Kentucky.

Lizzie is apparently the daughter recorded as Louisa age 3 months in 1860.

1880 census of Morgan Co., Ky, district 87, p. 17 (handwritten), p. 538A (stamped), lists as household #147:
Brown, Coleman, 63, farmer; Louiza, 49, wife; Damie, 22, dau; Josie, 18, dau; Jesse, 16, son; John, 10, son; Charles, 7, son. All born Ky Ky Ky.

This is the only record I’ve seen that shows the name of Coleman’s wife as anything other than Joanna or some variant spelling. I’m not entering Louisa as a middle name for her, because it is possible that the census taker made a data entry error, and combined the name of Coleman’s daughter Louisa with the age for his wife Joanna. (Very often census takers took down notes in cheap lightweight notebooks when making their rounds, and transferred those notes into the official ledgers at home, rather than carrying the heavy ledgers around with them. Errors then sometimes crept in during the copying process.)

1900 census of Morgan Co., Ky, Panthers Branch precinct, enumerated 2 June, lists on p. 2A as family #23/24:
Brown, Coleman, 82, farmer, b. Ky Va Va; Joana, wife, 69, b. Ky Va Va, married 52 years, mother of 10 children, 7 living; Maggie, dau-in-law, 29, b. Sep 1870, Ky Ky Ky, widowed, mother of 2 children, 2 living; Lizzie E., granddau, 8, b. June 1891, Ky Ky Ky.

Two households above is the family of Coleman and Joanna’s son James W. Brown and his wife Nancy. Maggie’s other child is very likely to be the Ezra W. Brown, nephew, age 6, listed with James and Nancy.
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