When James S. Brown was born on 15 September 1838, in New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, United States, his father, Daniel Brown, was 20 and his mother, Julia Ann Blessing, was 16. He married Martha Ann Riley on 27 November 1860, in New Liberty, Owen, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Missouri Township, Chariton, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Magisterial District 1, Owen, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 6 April 1922, in Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States.
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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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