James Brown

Brief Life History of James

When James Brown was born on 25 September 1796, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, his father, Samuel Brown III, was 35 and his mother, Lucy Fuller, was 29. He married Nancy St. Clair on 2 December 1819. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 5 February 1852, in Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Brown
1796–1852
Nancy St. Clair
1796–1873
Marriage: 2 December 1819
Joshua Brown
1811–1882
George W Brown
1815–1879
Mary Ann Polly Brown
1821–1899
James Vernon S Brown
1822–1904
Clark Sinclair Brown
1826–1903
Electa Marie Brown
1826–1877
Levi Brown
1827–
Theodore Mortimer Brown
1828–1909
Harriet E. Brown
1831–1853
Harriet Hellena Brown
1831–1919
Julius Augustus Brown
1836–1909
Julia Brown
1837–

Sources (4)

  • Jas Brown, "United States Census, 1850"
  • James Brown, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Janes Brown in entry for Harriet Hellena Brown Stoker, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"

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World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

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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