Family Group Sheet
NameJames Brown
BirthJun 1854 (?), Morgan Co., Kentucky
Deathaft 1919
FatherDaniel W. K. Brown (1814-1899)
MotherRebecca Easterling (~1822-)
Marriage13 Mar 1879, Magoffin Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary Ellen Jenkins
Birth12 May 1861, Magoffin Co., Kentucky
Death31 May 1919, Magoffin Co., Kentucky
Children
BirthApr 1880, Morgan Co., Kentucky
2 FMartha Brown
BirthJan 1882, Morgan Co., Kentucky
3 MGeorge Brown
BirthMar 1889, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Birth22 Mar 1894, Morgan Co., Kentucky
6 MJasper Brown
Birth10 Sep 1895, Morgan Co., Kentucky
7 FSally Brown
BirthMar 1898, Morgan Co., Kentucky
8 FBertha Brown
BirthMar 1900, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Birthabt 1903, Magoffin Co., Kentucky
Notes for Mary Ellen Jenkins
Magoffin Co., Ky birth records list Mary Ellen Jinkins, born 12 May 1861, father William Jenkins, mother’s maiden name Sarah Montgomery.
Her death certificate records Ellen Brown, age 57 years 6 months, born 1 Dec 1919 in Magoffin, died 31 May 1919 in Magoffin Co., Ky, married, father Billie Jenkins, mother’s maiden name Sallie Jenkins, both born in Magoffin Co., cause of death organic heart disease, informant Jack Brown, Pleutarch, Ky, burial in Plutark, Ky.
Her death certificate records Ellen Brown, age 57 years 6 months, born 1 Dec 1919 in Magoffin, died 31 May 1919 in Magoffin Co., Ky, married, father Billie Jenkins, mother’s maiden name Sallie Jenkins, both born in Magoffin Co., cause of death organic heart disease, informant Jack Brown, Pleutarch, Ky, burial in Plutark, Ky.
Notes for James & Mary Ellen (Family)
Magoffin Co., Ky marriage records list the marriage on 13 Mar 1879 of James Brown and Mary E. Jenkins.
This family is in my database only because they are easily confused with the family of John Lacy Brown and Mary Ellen Brown who married 27 Mar 1880 in Morgan County.
This family is in my database only because they are easily confused with the family of John Lacy Brown and Mary Ellen Brown who married 27 Mar 1880 in Morgan County.
Census
1880 census of Morgan Co., Ky, Paint precinct, enumerated 19 June, lists on p. 28 as family #195/198:
Brown, James, 22, farmer; Ellender, 18; Susanah, 2/12, b. April. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1900 census of Morgan Co., Ky, precinct 5, enumerated 6 June, lists on p. 7A as family #100:
Brown, James, 43, b. June 185- (see comment below), farmer; Ellen, wife, 37, b. Apr 1863, married 21 years, mother of 12 children, 11 living; Martha, dau, 18, b. Jan 1882; George, son, 11, b. Mar 1889; Betta, dau, 9, b. Apr 1891; Jack, son, 6, b. Sep 1893; Jasper, son, 4, b. Nov 1896; Salla, dau, 2, b. Mar 1898; Bertha, dau, 3/12, b. Mar 1900. All born Ky Ky Ky.
The year of birth for James is smudged, and the original age is blotted out and replaced with 43 above in pencil. It looks to me the year originally had 1857 and 1856 on top of each other, and the age orginally said 46, which is consistent with neither birth year. It looks like the person reconciling ages and dates “corrected” the age to 43 to be consistent with a birth year of 1856. But other census years suggest that it may be the age of 46 which was correct (e.g., he was recorded as age 6 in 1860), and the year either misread or wrong (perhaps instead of a superimposed 7 and 6, it was 3 and 4).
The birth dates for Jackson and Jasper do not match their WW I draft registrations, and the birth date for Ellen does not match either her birth or death records, so I suspect that the other birth dates are not trustworthy either.
1910 census of Magoffin Co., Ky, Bloomington precinct, enumerated 16 April, lists on p. 1B as family #18/20:
Brown, James, 57, farmer; Ellen, wife, 48, first marriage for both, married 30 years, mother of 13 children, 11 living; Jack, son, 16; Jasper, son, 14; Sally, dau, 12; Joe, son, 7. All born Ky Ky Ky.
Brown, James, 22, farmer; Ellender, 18; Susanah, 2/12, b. April. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1900 census of Morgan Co., Ky, precinct 5, enumerated 6 June, lists on p. 7A as family #100:
Brown, James, 43, b. June 185- (see comment below), farmer; Ellen, wife, 37, b. Apr 1863, married 21 years, mother of 12 children, 11 living; Martha, dau, 18, b. Jan 1882; George, son, 11, b. Mar 1889; Betta, dau, 9, b. Apr 1891; Jack, son, 6, b. Sep 1893; Jasper, son, 4, b. Nov 1896; Salla, dau, 2, b. Mar 1898; Bertha, dau, 3/12, b. Mar 1900. All born Ky Ky Ky.
The year of birth for James is smudged, and the original age is blotted out and replaced with 43 above in pencil. It looks to me the year originally had 1857 and 1856 on top of each other, and the age orginally said 46, which is consistent with neither birth year. It looks like the person reconciling ages and dates “corrected” the age to 43 to be consistent with a birth year of 1856. But other census years suggest that it may be the age of 46 which was correct (e.g., he was recorded as age 6 in 1860), and the year either misread or wrong (perhaps instead of a superimposed 7 and 6, it was 3 and 4).
The birth dates for Jackson and Jasper do not match their WW I draft registrations, and the birth date for Ellen does not match either her birth or death records, so I suspect that the other birth dates are not trustworthy either.
1910 census of Magoffin Co., Ky, Bloomington precinct, enumerated 16 April, lists on p. 1B as family #18/20:
Brown, James, 57, farmer; Ellen, wife, 48, first marriage for both, married 30 years, mother of 13 children, 11 living; Jack, son, 16; Jasper, son, 14; Sally, dau, 12; Joe, son, 7. All born Ky Ky Ky.
