NameChristopher Columbus “Columbia” Brown
Birth11 Aug 1879, Lewis Co., Kentucky
Death3 Aug 1965, London, Madison Co., Ohio
FatherWiley Jefferson Brown (~1842-)
MotherDolly Crum (~1846-)
Marriageabt 1931, Greenup Co., Kentucky
SpouseDaisy May Yates
Birth5 Aug 1894, Greenup Co., Kentucky
Death9 Jul 1990, Washington Court House, Fayette Co., Ohio
BurialRoberts Cemetery, Big White Oak Road, York, Greenup Co., Ky
Children
1 MClarence Brown (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
2 FHelen D. Brown (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
3 FSybil Brown (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
Notes for Christopher Columbus “Columbia” Brown
His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records Columby Brown, age 39, residence York, Greenup Co., Ky, born 11 Aug 1879, farmer, self-employed, nearest relative Nannie Brown, same address.

His WW II draft registration card, filed 27 Apr 1942, records Christopher Columbus Brown, age 62, residence RFD 1, Mt. Sterling, Monroe township, Pickaway Co., Ohio, born 11 Aug 1879 in Lewis Co., Ky, employer W. M. Arbogast, RFD 1, Williamsport, O, nearest relative Mrs. Daisy Brown, RFD 1, Mt. Sterling, O. The signature is Columbia Brown.

The SSDI lists Columbia Brown, born 11 Aug 1879, died Aug 1965, last residence Ohio, SSN issued in Ohio before 1951.

The Ohio deaths index lists Columbia Brown, age 85, died 3 Aug 1965 in London, Madison Co., Ohio, married.
Census
The 1880 census listed him with his parents as Columbus Brown, son, 9/12, b. Sept.
Notes for Daisy May Yates
The SSDI lists Daisy M. Brown, born 5 Aug 1894, died 9 July 1990, SSN issued in Ohio in 1973.

The Ohio death index lists Daisy May Brown, age 95, born 5 Aug 1894 in Kentucky, died 9 July 1990 in Washington Court House, Fayette Co., Ohio, residence Scioto Co., Ohio, widowed, father’s surname Yates.
Census Notes for Christopher Columbus “Columbia” & Daisy May (Family)
1940 census of Pickaway Co., Ohio, Deer Creek township, ED 65-13, enumerated 29 April, lists on p. 2B as family #49:
Brown, Columbia, 60, laborer on road project; Daisy, wife, 45; Lee Jr., son, 13; Clarence, son, 7; Helen, dau, 6; Syblia, dau, 4. All born in Kentucky, living in Lewis Co., Ky in 1935.

Lee Jr. should be listed as a stepson Lee Williams Jr.
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