NameDavis E. Brown, 2C3R
Birth7 Jul 1887 or 1888, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death12 Mar 1937, Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio
BurialJones Cemetery, Lower Lick Fork, Rowan Co., Ky
FatherThomas Coleman Brown (1867-1949)
MotherPolina Nancy Ferrand (1868-1924)
Marriage20 Jun 1907, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Divorceabt 1914
SpouseMary Elizabeth Morris
BirthMay 1892, Rowan Co., Kentucky
FatherWilliam Jefferson Morris (?1864-1941)
MotherSeattie Wright (~1866-)
Children
Birthabt Jul 1908, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth28 Feb 1910 or 1911, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death19 Apr 1983, Siren, Burnett Co., Wisconsin
SpouseAudie P. Wallace , 3C2R
Notes for Davis E. Brown
His death certificate records Davis E. Brown, age 49, birthdate blank, born in Clearfield, Ky, died 12 Mar 1937 in Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio, address Elm St., married, husband of Cathern Brown, father Thos Coleman, born in Morehead, Ky, mother’s maiden name Fran Pliner, cause of death organic heart disease, informant Cathern Brown, burial in Lake Fork, Moorhead, Ky.
Notes for Mary Elizabeth Morris
I cannot find any Mary Morris of approximately the right age in the 1900 census of Rowan or surrounding counties. I strongly suspect she is the daughter of William Morris and Seattie Wright who was recorded in the 1900 census as Lizzie, age 8. That is three years older than the age implied for this Mary in the 1910 and 1920 censuses, but the age reported in those censuses would mean that she married at age 12, so they are most likely too young anyway. Also William and Seattie were the only Morris family actually living in Rowan County (there were others in adjacent counties), they lived in Farmers like the Thomas C. Brown family did, and there is no death or marriage record for their daughter Lizzie. And they had a son named Cleveland, next in the age order to their daughter Lizzie.
Notes for Davis E. & Mary Elizabeth (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky marriage book A, p. 116, records the marriage on 20 June 1907 of Davis Brown and Mary Morris.
Census
1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Farmers precinct, enumerated 29 April, lists on p. 9B as family #158/165:
Brown, Davis, 23, farm laborer; Mary, wife, 15, first marriage for both, married 3 years, mother of 1 child, 1 living; Grover C., son, 1 9/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
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