John A Brown and J S Mitchell signed a bond on the 5th of March 1866 so they could be married.[1] The license was obtained in Greene County, Tennessee.[1]
In 1880 John and Pollie were living in East Cape Girardeau, Illinois.[2] John (34) worked as a Farmer while Pollie (32) took care of the home and the family.[2] Charlie (8) and Henry (4) stayed home with their mother.[2] Only Pollie could read and write.[2]
Pollie passed away on the 12th of January 1890 in Alexander County, Illinois. John married a second time to Gustavia Thompson in 1892.
↑ 1.01.1 "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org : accessed 20 March 2019), Greene > Marriage records, 1861-1866, book 3, no 1081-1901 > image 2441 of 3213; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.
↑ 2.02.12.22.32.42.52.6 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org : accessed 20 March 2019), Pollie Ann Brown in entry for John E Brown, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 6, sheet 137B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0175; FHL microfilm 1,254,175.
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