Orson Pratt Brown

CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN 1801-1863 - WIVES AND CHILDREN

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Born: September 30, 1801 of Rowan County, North Carolina
Died: September 30, 1863 at Brownsville (Ogden), Weber, Utah

Compiled by his great granddaughter, Lucy Brown Archer

CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN'S THIRTEEN WIVES

(No photo available yet) (1) Martha Stephens 1806-1840 Born: 12 Oct. 1806 Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina Date Married: 2 Mar 1823, Rowan, North Carolina Died: 28 Sep 1840 Kingston, Adams County Illinois	(No photo available yet) (2) Susan Foutz 1823-1842 Born: 14 Feb 1823 Franklin County, PA Md: 26 Jan 1841, Adams Co., Ill. Died: 18 Aug 1842	(3) Esther Jones 1814-1898 Widow of Robert Raper Born: 7 Jan1814 Lyman, Sportanburg County, North Carolina Md. Widow of Robert Raper (2) Captain James Brown on 20 Nov 1842, Nauvoo, Ill. Died: 6 October 1898, Ogden, Weber, Utah
(4) Sarah Sally Steadwell 1814-1893 CJB's First Polygamous Wife Born: 31 March 1814 Chester,Cayuga,NY Md. Divorced from Daniel Wood (2) Captain James Brown on 10 Jan 1845, Nauvoo, Ill. Divorced CJB. Died: 18 Mar 1893 Trenton, Cache, Utah	(5) Abigail Melvina Smith 1806-1889 Born: 11 Sep 1806 Williamson, Wayne, NewYork Md. Widow of Stephen Joseph Abbott. (2) Captain James Brown 8 Feb 1846, Nauvoo, Illinois. Divorced CJB.Died: 23 July 1889 Willard, Box Elder, UT	(6) Mary McRee 1819-1906 Born: 17 Oct 1819 Copiah, Mississippi Md. Widow of Charles Black (2) Captain James Brown on 16 Jul 1846Council Bluffs, Iowa Died: 2 Nov 1906/1907 Ogden,Weber,UT
(7) Phoebe Abigail Abbott 1831-1914 Born: 18 May 1831 Hornelsville, Steuben, New York Md: 17 Oct 1850 at Ogden, Weber, Utah. (2) William Nicol Fife in 1866 Died: 9 Jan 1914 Thatcher, Graham, AZ	(8) Cecelia Henrietta Cornu 1825-1882 Born: 17 May 1825 Corcellas Nechatel, Switzerland Md: Widow of Charles Robellez (2) Captain James Brown on 26 Dec 1854 by Brigham Young in his SLC office Died: 14 Sep 1882 Neuchatel, Switzerland	(No photo available yet) (9) Mary Wollerton 1814-1877 Born: 30 Mar 1814 Stockport,Cheshire,England Date Married: 7 Feb 1855 by Heber C. Kimball in SLC Died: 16 Jan 1877, Ogden, Utah
(10) Dorthula Catherine Shupe 1834-1911 Born: 27 Dec 1834 Wythe County, Virginia Date Married: 17 Feb 1856 at Salt Lake City, Utah (2) James Otha Stephens after 1863 Died: 3 Mar 1911	(11) Lavina Sarah Mitchell 1837-1905 Born: 22 July 1837 Sheffield, York, England Date Married: 7 Sep 1856 by Herber C. Kimball in SLC. (2) John Horrocks, Jr. 1865. Died: 16 Mar 1905 at Ogden, Weber, Utah.	(12) Harriet Wood 1834-1873 Born: 21 Dec 1834 Kirtland, Lake, Ohio Md: Hiram John Yancey. Divorced (2) Captain James Brown 17 Sep 1859 by Daniel H. Wells, with Brigham Young as witness Died: 22 Dec 1873 [1875] Bountiful, Davis, Utah
	(13) Maria Mitchell 1843-1923 Born: 14 Apr 1843 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Date Married: 18/22 Sep 1861 by Daniel H. Wells, Brigham Young as witness, SLC. (2) Edward Gregory Horrocks 1864. Died: 19 Feb 1923 at Salt Lake City, Utah.

Eight wives bore his children, no children from five wives. Six wives were widows or divorcees.

CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN'S TWENTY-EIGHT CHILDREN:

James also adopted and/or provided for an additional fifteen children from his wives' prior marriages. = 43 Children

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND MARTHA STEPHENS

1- Stephens

JOHN MARTIN BROWN

b. 29 Jun 1824, Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, No. Carolina;
Md. four wives: (1) Nancy Ann Foutz, (2) Lovina Wilson, (3) Louisa Wilson, (4) Almeda Wilson Daley Brown Standley;
d. 13 Oct. 1888..

2- Stephens
Alexander Brown 1826-1910

ALEXANDER BROWN

b 3 Mar 1826 at Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, No. Carolina; Alex accompanied his father on the Mormon Battalion trek; Md. Amanda McMurty;
d. 22 April 1910.

3- Stephens

JESSE SOWELL BROWN

b 26 Mar 1828 at Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, North Carolina; Jesse accompanied his father on his trek with the Mormon Battalion;
Md.Caroline Stewart;
d. 29 January 1905.

4- Stephens

B. 27 Dec 1830 at Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, North Carolina;
Md. and divorced, Eleazer Davis; md. (2) Price Sanford;
D. 12 February 1895 in Iowa; buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Utah.

5- Stephens
Daniel Brown 1832-1854

DANIEL BROWN

b. 7 Dec 1832 at Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, North Carolina;
d. 1864; unmarried.

6- Stephens
James Morehead Brown 1834-1924

JAMES MOREHEAD BROWN

b 17 Nov 1834 at Versailles, Brown County, Illinois;
Md. Adelaide Exervid 24 July 1855 at Fort Supply, Wyo;
d. 26 December 1924 at Ogden, Weber, Utah.

7- Stephens
William Brown 1836-1904

WILLIAM BROWN

b 21 Aug 1836 at Beverly, Adams County, Illinois;
md. Mary Elizabeth Bybee;
d. 19 October 1904.

8- Stephens

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BROWN

b. 9 May 1838 at Beverly, Adams County, Illinois;
md. Susan A. Wright;
d. 24 December 1863.

9- Stephens
Moroni Brown 1840-1916

MORONI BROWN

b. 25 Sep 1840 at Beverly, Adams County, Illinois;
Md. (1)Evaline Cindrella Connover and (2) Frances Mariah Porter;
d. 14 August 1916 at Ogden, Weber, Utah.

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND SUSAN FOUTZ

10- Foutz

ALMA BROWN

b. July1842 at Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Lived 3 weeks.
d. 18 Aug 1842 at Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND ESTHER JONES

11- Jones

Adopted: ANN ELIZABETH RAPER BROWN

b. 4 April 1847 at Wythe County, Virginia.
Md: John Wesley Browning on 26 October 1854 at Ogden, Weber, UT
d. 24 Sep 1873 at Ogden, Weber, Utah.

12- Jones

AUGUST BROWN (twin)

b. 18 Aug 1843 at Southa Augusta, Lee County, Iowa. Lived one day.

d. 19 Aug 1843 at South Augusta, Lee County, Iowa.

13- Jones

AUGUSTA BROWN (twin)

b. 18 Aug 1843 at Southa Augusta, Lee County, Iowa. Lived one day.

d. 19 Aug 1843 at South Augusta, Lee County, Iowa.

13- Jones

AMASA LYMAN BROWN (twin)

b.15 Jun 1845 at South Augusta, Lee County, Iowa;
d. 26 Aug 1945 at Westville, Prebble County, Iowa.

14- Jones

MARY ALICE D. BROWN (twin)

b.15 June 1845 South Agusta, Lee County, Iowa,
d. 16, 17, or 19 October 1862 or 1865 in Ogden at age of 16 or 19.

15- Jones

ESTHER ELLEN BROWN DEE

b. 18 Mar 1849 at Salt Lake City, Utah;
md. 2 October 1866 to James Leech Dee, Endowment House, SLC, a son of Thomas Hill Dee and Elizabeth Reese;
d. 26 Oct 1893 at Ogden, Weber, Utah.

16- Jones

MARTHA ALICE BROWN

b. 1 August 1852 at Ogden, Weber, Utah
d. 10 Apr 1865 or 17 Oct 1888 at Ogden, Weber, Utah

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND SARAH SALLY STEADWELL

17- Steadwell
Warren Wood 1833-1882

Adopted: WARREN WOOD

b. 1833 at Berlin, Huron,Ohio.

d. 1882.

18- Steadwell
Charles Wood 1837-1905

Adopted: CHARLES WOOD

b. 9 Jun 1837 at Berlin, Huron, Ohio.
Md. Alice Horrocks on 31 Mar 1858 at Ogden,Utah (14 children).
d. 13 Aug 1905 at Provo, Utah, Utah.

19- Steadwell

Adopted: JOSEPH WOOD

b. 19 Apr 1841 at La Harpe, Hannock, Illinois.
Md. Elizabeth Ellen Slater on Feb 14, 1864 (10 children)
d. 28 Jan 1925 at Lewiston, Cache, Utah;
buried at Cornish, Cache, Utah

20- Steadwell
James Harvey Brown 1846-1912

JAMES HARVEY BROWN I

b. 8 Oct 1846 at Winter Quarters, Pottawattamie County, Iowa;
Md. 14 Feb. 1870, Elizabeth Leah Williams (12 children).
d. 7 Oct 1912.at Ogden, Weber, Utah.

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND ABIGAIL SMITH ABBOTT

21- Smith

Adopted- EMILY ABBOTT

b. 19 Sep 1827 Dansville, Livingston, New York ;
md. Edward Bunker Sr. on 9 Apr 1846 in Nauvoo, Ill.; (11 children)
d. 8 Feb 1913 in Panguitch, Utah.

22- Smith

Adopted- CHARILLA ABBOTT

b. 4 Jul 1829 Hornell, Steuben, New Jersey;
Md. David Elias Browning on 27 Jan 1853 in Ogden, Utah; (8 children)
d. 10 Apr 1914 at Ogden, Weber, Utah.

23- Smith

Phoebe Abigail Abbott Brown Fife 1831-1915

Adopted- PHOEBE ABBOTT

b. 18 May 1831 Hornelsville, Steuben County, New York;
Md, (1) Captain James Brown 17 Oct 1850, (2) Colonel William Nicol Fife, 9 Oct 1866;
d. 9 Jan 1915 at Thatcher, Graham, Arizona.

24- Smith

Adopted- LYDIA LUCINA ABBOTT

b. 25 Feb 1833 at Hornell, Steuben, New York;
Md. Edwin Saxton Squire on 9 Sep 1861;
d. 26 Sep 1919.

25- Smith

Adopted- ABIEL ABBOTT

b. 11 Jul 1835 at Hornell, Steuben, NY; md. Ellen Williams on 8 Oct 1863 (2) Diane Burne (3) Jane Brown Williams ;
d. 3 Dec 1913.

26- Smith

Adopted- MYRON ABBOTT

b. 1 Dec 1837 at Perry, Pike, Ill.;
Md. (1) Laura Josephine Allen on 25 Apr 1860, (2) Louisa Leavitt on 11 Jan 1878, (3) Emily Pauline Malam, (4) Emma Knight;
d. 3 Sep 1907.

27- Smith

Adopted- CYNTHIA ABBOTT

b. 28 Dec 1839 at Perry, Pike, Ill.;
Md. Colonel William Nicol Fife on 2 Nov 1867 (Div.); d. 14 Nov 1910 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.

28- Smith

Adopted - ABIGAIL ABBOTT

b. 23 Feb 1842 in Perry, Pike, Ill.;
Md. Abraham Zundel on 13 Feb 1857 at Ogden, Weber, Utah;
d. 25 Oct 1934 at Willard, Box Elder, Ut.

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND MARY MCREE BLACK

29- McRee

Adopted: GEORGE DAVID BLACK

b. 18 Feb 1841 at Copiah County, Mississippi;
Md. Mary Hunt on Feb 16, 1861 at Ogden, Utah.
d.7 Apr 1913 at Wilford, Fremont, Idaho

30- McRee

MARY ELIZA BROWN

b. 8 Nov 1847 at Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the third white child born in the Salt Lake Valley.
Md. 9 December 1862 to William Fuller Critchlow; d. 20 March 1903; at Ogden, Weber, Utah.

31- McRee

MARGARET BROWN

b. 17 Dec 1849 at Ogden, Weber County, Utah;

d. 6 Feb 1855, 6 years old.

32- McRee

MARY POLLY ANN BROWN EDWARDS LEONARD

b. 5 May 1852 at Ogden, Weber, Utah;
Md. (1) Edward Edwards; (2) Thomas Leonard; d. 1930 at Anaconda, Montana

33- McRee

JOSEPH SMITH BROWN

b. 4 Jan 1855 at Ogden, Weber, Utah;
Md. 8 March 1876, Sarah Wealthy Patten;
d. 22 March 1903 in Idaho Falls, Idaho when he was robbed and shot while waiting for a train to attend his sister Mary Eliza Brown Critchlow's funeral.

34- McRee

JOSEPHINE VILATE BROWN NEWMAN

b. 8 Jan 1858 at Ogden, Weber, Utah;
Md. 25 Oct 1875, Henry James Newman in Endowment House, SLC;
d. 4 Apr 1917 at Tremonton, .Box Elder, Utah.

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND PHOEBE ABIGAIL ABBOTT

35- Abbott

STEPHEN ABBOTT BROWN

b. 22 Aug 1851 or 25 Jan 1852 at Brownsville (later Ogden), Weber, Utah;

d. 22 Dec 1853 or 24 Nov 1853 at Brownsville, Weber, Utah, a child.

36- Abbott
Phoebe Adelaide Brown 1855-1930

PHOEBE ADELAIDE BROWN

b. 24 Oct 1855 at Brownsville, Weber, Utah
Md. Henry Theodore Snyder in 1876 or 1877 in Ogden, Weber, Utah; (10 children)
d. 11 Jun 1930 in Venice, California.
buried: at Mountain View Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah.

37- Abbott
Orson Pratt Brown 1886 photo

b. 22 May 1863 at Brownsville (Ogden), Utah
Md. (1) 10 Oct. 1887, Martha Diana Romney; (2) 28 Mar 1896, Jane Bodily Galbraith; (3) 15 January 1901, Elizabeth Graham MacDonald; (4) 2 September 1902, Eliza Skousen; (5) 18 March 1919, Angela Gabaldón. Orson
d 10 March 1946, in Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND CECELIA HENRIETTA CORNU

38- Cornue
George Constant Robellaz 1851-1865

Adopted: GEORGE CONSTANT ROBELLAZ

b. 3 May 1851 at Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland;
d. 1865 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.

39- Cornue
Charles David Brown 1856-1926

CHARLES DAVID BROWN

b. 23 Jan 1856 at Brownsville, later Ogden, Weber, Utah; raised by Mary Wollerton.
Md. 26 Jun 1879 to Sarah Ellen Dixon; Traveled to Arizona c.1886 with his half-brother Orson Pratt Brown and Orson's stepfather William Nicol Fife;
d. 23 Aug 1926 at Ogden, Weber, Utah

40- Cornue

JAMES FREDRICK "Wollerton" BROWN

b. 2 Jul 1859 at Brownsville, Weber, Utah; raised by Mary Wollerton.
Md. 27 Mar 1884, Esther Amelia Marriott; (7 children)
d. 9 Apr 1923 at Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming.

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND LAVINA MITCHELL

41- Mitchell

SARAH BROWN DRYSDALE

b.31 Oct 1858 at Brownsville, Ogden, Weber, Utah;

Md. Sam Drysdale.

42- Mitchell

AUGUSTUS HEZIKIAH BROWN

b. 1 Mar 1861 Ogden, Utah; Md. Eliza Harriet Plant; (two daughters) in 1907 Nellie Brown married Lorin Farr's grandson, Walter T. Farr.
d. 29 Mar 1916 at Ogden, Weber, Utah

CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND HARRIET WOOD

43- Wood

Adopted: ADAM YANCEY

b. April 6, 1859 at Bountiful, Davis, Utah;
Md. to Alice Judson Tolman on October 2, 1879 in SLC; (15 children)
d. September 15, 1920 in Groveland, Blackfoot, Bingham, Id.

ORSON'S 28 SIBLINGS from CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN by Date of Birth

- (Martha Stephens) John Martin Brown 1824-1888

- (Martha Stephens) Alexander Brown 1826-1910

- (Martha Stephens) Jesse Sowell Brown 1828-1905

- (Martha Stephens) Nancy Brown Davis Sanford1830-1895

- (Martha Stephens) Daniel Brown 1832-1864

- (Martha Stephens) James Morehead Brown 1834-1924

- (Martha Stephens) William Brown 1836-1904

- (Martha Stephens) Benjamin Franklin Brown 1838-1863

- (Martha Stephens) Moroni Brown 1840-1916

- (Susan Foutz) Alma Foutz Brown 1842-1842

- (Esther Jones Raper) August Brown 1843-1843

- (Esther Jones Raper) Augusta Brown 1843-1843

- (Esther Jones Raper) Amasa Lyman Brown 1845-1845

- (Esther Jones Raper) Mary Alice D. Brown 1846-1865

- (Sarah Steadwell) James Harvey Brown- 1846-1912

- (Mary McRee Black) Mary Eliza Brown Critchlow 1847-1903

- (Esther Jones Raper) Esther Ellen Brown Dee 1849-1893

- (Mary McRee Black) Margaret Brown 1849-1855

- (Phoebe Abbott) Stephen Abbott Brown 1851-1853

- (Mary McRee Black) Mary or Polly Ann Brown Edwards Leonard 1852-1930

- (Phoebe Abbott) Phoebe Adelaide Brown Snyder 1855-1930

- (Mary McRee Black) Joseph Smith Brown 1856-1903

- (Cecelia Henrietta Cornu) Charles David Brown 1856-1926

- (Lavina Mitchell) Sarah Brown Drysdale c1858-

- (Mary McRee Black) Josephine Vilate Brown Newman 1858-1917

- (Cecelia Henrietta Cornu) James Fredrick Brown - Jul 2, 1859-1923

- (Lavina Mitchell) Augustus Hezikiah Brown 1861-1916

- (Phoebe Abbott) ORSON PRATT BROWN 1863-1946

Sources:

PAF - Archer Files

daguerrotype of Captain James Brown belongs to Ray Brown III.

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