Brief Life History of John Reed
When John Reed Brown was born on 19 September 1845, in McDonald, Missouri, United States, his father, Murphy Brown, was 29 and his mother, Rebekah Poindexter Jones, was 22. He married Sarah Frances Dabbs on 13 August 1871, in Newton, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Richwood Township, McDonald, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Clark Township, Wright, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 19 December 1889, in McDonald, Missouri, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Chitwood Cemetery, Liberty Township, Barry, Missouri, United States.
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- John Reed Brown, "Missouri State and Territorial Census Records, 1732-1933"
- John Reed Brown, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- John Reed Brown, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1845–1889 Male
1857–1934 Female
Children (5)
1877–1912 Male
1880–1918 Male
1881–1971 Male
1884–1917 Female
1886– Female
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1816–1863 Male
1822–1912 Female
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1837–1839 Male
1839–1839 Female
1840–1860 Male
1842–1912 Female
1843–1863 Male
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Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: generally a nickname referring to the color of the hair or complexion, Middle English br(o)un, from Old English brūn or Old French brun. This word is occasionally found in Old French, Middle English and Old Norse as a personal name or byname (Middle English personal name Brun, Broun, ancient Germanic Bruno, Old English Brūn, or possibly Old Norse Brúnn or Brúni). Brun- was also an ancient Germanic name-forming element. Some instances of Old English Brūn as a personal name may therefore be short forms of compound names such as Brūngar, Brūnwine, etc. As a Scottish and Irish name, it sometimes represents a translation of Gaelic Donn (see below). Brown (including in the senses below) is the fourth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below).
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Ó Duinn (see Dunn ) or for any of the many Irish and Scottish Gaelic names containing the element donn ‘brown-haired’ (also meaning ‘chieftain’), for example Donahue .
Irish: phonetic Anglicization of Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh; see Breheny .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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