Mary Brown, 1849–…

Name
Mary /Brown/
Birth
about 1849 22 22
Illinois, United States
Birth of a brother
about 1851
Illinois, United States
Birth of a brother
December 1854
Illinois, United States
Birth of a brother
about 1855
Illinois, United States
Birth of a brother
December 3, 1859
Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Birth of a brother
March 1861
Illinois, United States
Birth of a sister
August 6, 1864
Illinois, United States
Citation details: Sophrania Hurley; born 6 Aug 1861, Illinois; died 17 Sep 1951, Tulare County; father Wesley, mother Slover. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5180/records/3532140; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGY6-1M6
Citation details: Sophrania Hurley; born 6 Aug 1861, Illinois; died 17 Sep 1951, Tulare County; Smith Mountain Cemetery, block 3, row 9A, grave 34; memorial 11425409. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60525/records/87025060; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVZ-X357
Citation details: Year: 1870; Census Place: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M593_288; Page: 175B; dwelling 200; Sophronia E Brown, 6. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/records/15075883; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W5-4JV
Citation details: Census Place: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: 257; Page: 38B; Enumeration District: 137; dwelling 198; Syfronia Brown, daughter, 16. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/records/31280422; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKT-LY2
Citation details: Census Place: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: 350; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0100; family 260; Safrona E Hurley, wife. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/records/12817220; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCM-5WX
Note: Born 6 Aug in Illinois, daughter of William Wesley Brown and Elizabeth Slover; the records give birth years from 1861 to 1866.

Born 6 Aug in Illinois, daughter of William Wesley Brown and Elizabeth Slover; the records give birth years from 1861 to 1866.

  • 1870 census: age 6 (about 1864)
  • 1880 census: age 16 (about 1864)
  • 1900 census: born August 1862
  • 1910 census: age 44 (about 1866)
  • 1920 census: age 57; 1930 census: age 67 (about 1863)
  • 1940 census: age 75; 1950 census: age 85 (about 1865)
  • California Death Index and Find a Grave: born 6 Aug 1861; Smith Mountain burial list: 1/1/1861
  • Tulare Advance-Register death notice, 1951: age 88 (about 1863)
  • Parents' birthplaces in her censuses: Kentucky and Indiana (1880, 1900, 1920); Kentucky and Illinois (1910); Kentucky and Pennsylvania (1930)

CONFLICT: birth year 1864 (this record) versus 1861 (death index, Find a Grave, cemetery list) and 1862 (1900 census). Left as recorded.

Birth of a sister
1866
Illinois
Birth of a brother
July 28, 1868
Johnsonville, Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Birth of a brother
Death of a mother
Death of a sister
April 29, 1932
Johnsonville, Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Death of a brother
August 5, 1940
Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Burial of a brother
after August 5, 1940
Harrell Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Citation details: Find a Grave Memorial ID 199719083
Death of a brother
December 19, 1941
Peoria County, Illinois
Research log
Note: No record cited (birth year probably from a census). No outside record found. Unsourced, grade D.

No record cited (birth year probably from a census). No outside record found. Unsourced, grade D.

Child of William Wesley Brown and Elizabeth Slover (F66). Not among the surviving brothers and sister named in their brother James P. Brown's obituary of 1940.

Last change
October 15, 2026 – 13:55:00
Author of last change: daveh
Family with parents
father
1826–…
Birth: November 1826 — Kentucky, United States
mother
Marriage Marriage — about 1845 —
23 months
elder sister
1846–1932
Birth: December 1, 1846 20 19 — Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Death: April 29, 1932 — Johnsonville, Wayne County, Illinois, United States
13 months
elder sister
1847–…
Birth: about 1847 20 20 — Illinois, United States
3 years
herself
1849–…
Birth: about 1849 22 22 — Illinois, United States
3 years
younger brother
1851–…
Birth: about 1851 24 24 — Illinois, United States
4 years
younger brother
1854–…
Birth: December 1854 28 27 — Illinois, United States
13 months
younger brother
1855–…
Birth: about 1855 28 28 — Illinois, United States
5 years
younger brother
1859–1940
Birth: December 3, 1859 33 32 — Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Death: August 5, 1940 — Wayne County, Illinois, United States
16 months
younger brother
1861–…
Birth: March 1861 34 34 — Illinois, United States
4 years
younger sister
Sophronia Elvira Brown
1864–1951
Birth: August 6, 1864 37 37 — Illinois, United States
Death: September 19, 1951 — Dinuba, Tulare County, California, United States
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
1868–1951
Birth: July 28, 1868 41 41 — Johnsonville, Wayne County, Illinois, United States
Death: October 29, 1951 — Johnsonville, Wayne County, Illinois, United States
5 years
younger brother
1872–1941
Birth: December 25, 1872 46 45 — Illinois
Death: December 19, 1941 — Peoria County, Illinois