John J. BROWN & Lucy H. MORRIS

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John J. BROWN
Lucy H. MORRIS

Husband: John J. BROWN
Birth: 1799/1800, NJ
Death: 1850-60?
Father: Mr. BROWN

Marriage: 28 Nov 1849, Adams Co., IL
1850/60 Censuses: Mt. Sterling, Brown Co., IL

Wife: Lucy H. MORRIS
Birth: 1819/20, KY
Father: Mr. MORRIS
Mother: Lucy E. __?__, b. 1783/4, VA

Children:

1. Mary E. BROWN, b. 1850/1, Mt. Sterling, Brown Co., IL

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Comment:

We have a family photo labeled "Aunt Lucy Brown, Mt. Sterling, IL, 1865." The question is, is it a picture of "Lucy A. BROWN" (b. 1839/40), unmarried daughter of Willard BROWN? Or is it a picture of Lucy H. (MORRIS) BROWN (b. 1819/20), widow/divorcee of John J. BROWN, who is in the 1860 Census of Mt. Sterling? And if the latter, is she related to us? You would think one could tell easily whether the woman in the photo was age 25 or 45, but I'll be danged if I can. We've yet to find any other indication of a link between Willard (b. NH) and John (b. NJ), and the birth of John in New Jersey argues against there being one. If there is no relationship between the Lucy BROWN in the photo and the widow Lucy BROWN in the census, then it's the durndest coincidence that there are two Lucy BROWNs in Mt. Sterling, IL, ca. 1860-65, because this is a very small town!

Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Illinois Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-228):

Brown, John J. Morris, Lucy H. 28 Nov 1849 Adams Co. IL

2. 1850 Census: Mt. Sterling, T1S.R3W, Brown Co., IL, p. 96, 12/13, enumerated 7 Aug 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

John J. Brown 50 M Carpenter 700 NJ

Lucy H. 30 F Ky

Lucy E. Morris 66 F Va

This record is mis-indexed on the Broderbund Census Index (CD-317) as "John L. Brown" and as "West Sterling." Lucy MORRIS is almost certainly Lucy BROWN's mother.

3. 1860 Census: Mt. Sterling Twp., Brown Co., IL, p. 684, 132/126, enumerated 8 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Lucy H. Brown 40 F 500 100 Ky

Mary E. " 9 F Ill

Lucy E. Morris 76 F Va

There is another family in the same dwelling: Mr. & Mrs. Pat O'BRIEN with their three children.

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