NameMordecai Morgan Brown
BirthMay 1835, Virginia
FatherBraxton Brown (~1791-1870)
MotherRebecca Donnelson (~1803-)
Marriage29 May 1860, Morgan Co., Kentucky
SpouseNancy Jane Hammons
Birthabt 1839, Virginia
FatherEsau Hammons (~1812-)
MotherMary Elizabeth Kelley (~1813-<1870)
Children
Birth28 Feb 1861, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death15 Jul 1938, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Birthabt 1864, Kentucky
BirthFeb 1865, Morgan Co., Kentucky
BirthFeb 1870, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Birth7 Feb 1873, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death27 May 1944, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth14 Jan 1875, Menifee Co., Kentucky
BirthDec 1877, Menifee Co., Kentucky
BirthNov 1880, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Notes for Nancy Jane Hammons
The adult censuses imply a birthdate in 1842, but she was recorded in the 1850 census as age 11, with enough younger siblings that compressing them all to be born in the 1840’s would make the spacing too tight. So she was probably really born no later than 1840.
Census Notes for Mordecai Morgan & Nancy Jane (Family)
1870 census of Menifee Co., Ky, Dry Ridge precinct, Rock House P.O., enumerated 6 July, lists on p. 12 as family #78:
Brown, Moses, 36, farmer, b. Va; Nancy, 29, b. Va; Green, 8, b. Va; Mary, 6, b. Va; John, 5, b. Ky; Louisa, 5/12, b. Feb, Ky.

1880 census of Menifee Co., Ky, Ridge precinct, enumerated 11 June, lists on p. 30 as family #246/263:
Brown, Morge, 47, laborer, b. Va Va Va; Nancy, 38, wife, b. Va Va Va; Greenberrie, 19, son; Elizabeth, 16, dau; John M., 14, son; Beckie, 10, dau; Rosa, 8, dau; Boon, 5, son; William, 3, son. All children born Ky Va Va.

1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pine Grove precinct, enumerated 8 June, lists on p. 6B as family #104:
Brown, Morgan, 65, b. May 1835, Va Ireland Va, farmer; Nancy, wife, 58, b. Jan 1842, Va Ireland Va; Wm, son, 22, b. Dec 1877, Ky Va Va; George, son, 19, b. Nov 1880, Ky Va Va; Branum, Jos L., grandson, 11, b. June 1888, Ky Ky Ky.
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