Family Group Sheet
NameHolley Brown, 3C2R
Birth14 May 1912, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death13 Aug 1993, Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio
BurialShelby-Oakland Cemetery, Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio
FatherThomas Jefferson “Jeff” Brown (1891-1970)
MotherLaura Belle Sweeney (1889-1982)
Marriage23 Dec 1929, Bangor, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMattie M. Wallace, 3C2R
Birth13 Sep 1914, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death1995, Ohio
BurialShelby-Oakland Cemetery, Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio
FatherJoshua Sanford Wallace (1881-1950)
MotherRosa F. Gregory (1886-1948)
Children
1 FGwendolyn Brown, 4C1R
Birth7 Mar 1931, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death24 Sep 1994, Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio
SpouseMr. Reed
2 MHolley Brown , 4C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
3 FLillian J. Brown , 4C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
4 MGranville W. Brown , 4C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
5 MWavel Brown , 4C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
6 MDarrell W. Brown , 4C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
7 ?Hallie L. Brown , 4C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
8 FBonnie J. Brown , 4C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
Notes for Holley Brown
The Kentucky birth index lists Holley Brown, born 14 May 1912 in Breathitt Co. (a misindexing of Rowan Co.11), mother’s maiden name Laura Swiney.
The SSDI lists Holley Brown, born 14 May 1912, died 13 Aug 1993, last residence Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio.
The Ohio deaths database lists Holley Brown, born 14 May 1912 in Kentucky, died 13 Aug 1993 at long-term care facilities in Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio, married, father’s surname Brown, mother’s maiden name Sweeney.
The SSDI lists Holley Brown, born 14 May 1912, died 13 Aug 1993, last residence Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio.
The Ohio deaths database lists Holley Brown, born 14 May 1912 in Kentucky, died 13 Aug 1993 at long-term care facilities in Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio, married, father’s surname Brown, mother’s maiden name Sweeney.
Notes for Mattie M. Wallace
The Kentucky birth index lists Mattie M. Wallace, born 13 Sep 1914 in Breathitt Co., mother’s maiden name Rosa Gregory. (This is one of those births that was misindexed due to confusing the code numbers for Breathitt and Rowan counties.11)
Notes for Holley & Mattie M. (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky marriage book 26, p. 15, records the marriage on 23 Dec 1929 of Hollie Brown, age 18, farmer, son of Jeff & Laura Brown, to Mattie Wallace, age 16, daughter of Josh & Rosa Wallace, both spouses single, born in and residents of Rowan Co., by R. A. Alfrey, minister of the Baptist church at his house, witnesses Willis Bailey and Eva Bailey.
Census
1940 census of Rowan Co., Ky, ED 103-6, enumerated 20 April, lists on p. 9B as family #159:
Brown, Holley, 27, laborer on W.P.A. road; Mattie, wife, 26; Guindleen, dau, 9; Holly Jr., son, 7; Lillian, dau, 6; Randal, son, 4; Wavel, son, 2. All born in Kentucky, living in rural Rowan Co. in 1935.
The preceding household is headed by Holley’s parents, and the following one by his father’s brother Jeff Brown.
Brown, Holley, 27, laborer on W.P.A. road; Mattie, wife, 26; Guindleen, dau, 9; Holly Jr., son, 7; Lillian, dau, 6; Randal, son, 4; Wavel, son, 2. All born in Kentucky, living in rural Rowan Co. in 1935.
The preceding household is headed by Holley’s parents, and the following one by his father’s brother Jeff Brown.
