Samuel Holt BROWN
Minnie Cotton SMITH
Husband:  Samuel Holt BROWN
Birth:  11 Feb 1869, Chillicothe, Livingston Co., MO
Death:  30 Jul 1954, DeRidder, Beauregard Pr., LA
Occupation:  cook, merchant, farmer
Father:  Ira Baker BROWN
Mother:  Martha Abigail HOPKINS
Marriage:
Wife:  Minnie Cotton SMITH
Birth:  5 Aug 1875/6, OH
Occupation:  homemaker
Children — adopted from orphanage in Woodrow Co., OK:
1.  Orpha Mae BROWN, b. 1902 
2.  Harry Clayton BROWN, b. 5 Nov 1910
Keywords for search engines:  USA, United States, Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma

Sources:

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

3.  1900 Census Index/Microfilm (online at Genealogy.com):  516 11th Street, Kansas City, 8th Ward, Jackson Co., MO, p. 179, E.D. ??, enumerated 7 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 22 23 24 25 27
94 193 Brown Martha A. Head W F July 1833 66 Wid 10 5 NY Can(Eng) NY     Y Y Y R H
    _____ Wallace M. Son W M Dec 1864 35 D     AR NY NY Cook-Invalid 10 Y Y Y    
    _____ Samuel H. Son W M Feb 1869 31 S     MO NY NY Cook 0 Y Y Y    
Martha's father was born in NY, not Canada.

4.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com; Image #12 of 14):  Center Twp., Carter Pct., Woodward Co., OK, p. 85B, SH 9B, SD 234, ED 280, enumerated 9+10 May 1910; official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1910:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
148 148 Brown Samule H Head M W 41 M1 8     MO NY NY Eng Merchant Country Store Emp Y Y   O M F 147
    _____ Minnie Wife F W 34 M1 8     OH OH OH Eng None     Y Y          
    _____ Martha A Mother F W 77 Wd   10 5 NY US VT Eng None     Y Y          
    Kirk Leland Nephew M W 15 S       MO MO MI Eng None     Y Y Y        

5.  1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1 of 8):  Carter Precinct, Carter Twp., Woodward Co., OK, p. 168A, SN 1A, SD 8, ED 231, enumerated 5/6/7 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 17 18 19 21 23 25 26 27 28 29
Fm 3 3 Brown Samuel H Head O M M W 51 M   Y Y MO NY NY Y farmer gen farming Em 6
      _____ Minnie Wife     F W 43 M   Y Y OH OH OH Y none      
      _____ Orpha May Daughter     F W 15 S Y Y Y OK MO OH Y none      
      _____ Clayton H Son     M W 9 S Y     OK MO OH Y none      
      _____ Wallace M Brother     M W 55 S   Y Y AR NY NY Y farmer gen farming OA  
      _____ Martha A Mother     F W 86 Wd   Y Y NY NY ME Y none      
      Smith Melvin L Nephew     M W 9 S Y     MO OH NE Y none      
Orpha and Clayton were adopted.  Martha's mother was born in NY, not ME.

6.  Timothy Hopkins.  1932.  John Hopkins of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1634, and Some of His Descendants.  Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, CA, pp. 348-349.

7.  Ira B. Brown.  14 Apr 1898.  Affidavit.  Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, DC.  Lists surviving children and their dates of birth.  Gives Samuel's date of birth as 11 Feb 1869.

8.  Emails from Kathleen Hontz, Rhenda (Greene) Cedars, and Donna Greene.

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