Amy Elizabeth Brown

Female14 January 1830–25 June 1861

Brief Life History of Amy Elizabeth

When Amy Elizabeth Brown was born on 14 January 1830, in Pulaski, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, her father, Tobias Brown, was 38 and her mother, Sarah Ribelin Smith, was 35. She married Warden Sloan on 20 March 1848, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 25 June 1861, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Oldenburg, Germany.

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Family Time Line

Warden Sloan
1815–1873
Amy Elizabeth Brown
1830–1861
Marriage: 20 March 1848
Harriet Sloan
1851–1899
Leslie C. Sloan
1853–1927
Russell Sloan
1855–
Napoleon Bonaparte “Bona” Sloan Sr
1858–1902

Sources (11)

  • Elisabeth Sloan in household of Worden Sloan, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Anny Elizabeth Brown, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Elizabeth Brown Sloan, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 March 1848Pulaski, Kentucky, United States
  • Children (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (7)

    1832 · The Black Hawk War

    Age 2

    Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 6

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    1846

    Age 16

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    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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