Charles Brown

Brief Life History of Charles

When Charles Brown was born on 5 April 1805, in Augusta, Augusta, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, Sylvanus Brown Jr., was 28 and his mother, Sarah Spaulding, was 22. He married Lucy Conner on 27 January 1829, in Madison, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Walnut Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 4 September 1872, in Marshall, Indiana, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Walnut Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Brown
1805–1872
Lucy Conner
1808–1900
Marriage: 27 January 1829
Lucetta Brown
1831–1861
Melissa Brown
1832–1918
James L Brown
1834–1884
Jane Brown
1836–
Matilda Brown
1838–1899
Sallie W Brown
1841–1927
Keziah Brown
1843–1926
Charles C Brown
1845–
Sylvanus Brown
1848–1925
Lucy Brown
1850–1917

Sources (11)

  • Charles Brown, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Charles Lowell Brown, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Charles Brown in entry for Thomas Leak and Sallie Deemen, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"

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World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1816

Indiana is the 19th state.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

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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