John Brown (1810 - 1897)

Born 3 Feb 1810 in Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Brown — married 29 Aug 1831 in Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1897 at age 87 in Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Biography

John L. Brown; b. 3 Feb 1810 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine;

m. Mary Brown, daughter of James Pettus Brown and Susannah Lurvey, 29 Aug 1831 at Greater Cranberry Island, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine;

He died 2 Mar 1897 at Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, at age 87; d. 2 Mar 1897 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, at age 87; he was buried at Sound Cemetery, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

Mary Brown was born on 20 Aug 1807 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine. She died on 28 Nov 1879 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, at age 72. She was buried at Sound Cemetery, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

Known children of John L. Brown and Mary Brown all b. at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, were as follows:

• i. Amos Sheldon Brown; b. 12 Mar 1833; m. Leonice Leighton Tracy, daughter of Henry E Tracy and Lydia Tracy, 2 Nov 1861 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; d. 1 Feb 1903 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine, at age 69; he was buried at Mount Height Cemetery, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• ii. Lucinda G. Brown; b. 24 May 1835; m. George Lewis Harmon, son of George Lewis Harmon and Elizabeth S. Higgins; d. 18 Dec 1914 at age 79.

• iii. Daniel K. Brown; b. 25 Jun 1837; m. Sarah N. Moon, daughter of Philip Moon and Jane Thomas Richardson; d. 5 Jul 1911 at age 74; he was buried at Brookside Cemetery (Somesville), Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

• iv. Thomas Stanley Brown; b. 3 May 1839; m. Mary C. Higgins, daughter of Joseph M. Higgins and Eunice H. Lurvey, 16 Oct 1861 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; d. 31 Dec 1902 at Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts, at age 63; Æ 63y 7m 28d.

• v. Albert Lewis Brown; b. 9 Jul 1841; m. Abby M. Murphy, daughter of Joseph Murphy and Charlotte Kelley, 12 Jan 1868 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Abby M. Murphy, daughter of Joseph Murphy and Charlotte Kelley, 19 Jan 1868 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; She was from Tremont and he was from Mount Desert; d. 13 Dec 1902 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, at age 61; he was buried at Brown Cemetery, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

• vi. Julia Ann Brown; b. 7 Feb 1846; m. Edwin Melville Higgins, son of Joseph M. Higgins and Eunice H. Lurvey, 18 Dec 1864 at West Eden, Hancock, Maine; She was from Mount Desert and he was from Eden; d. 12 Jul 1918 at The Sound, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, at age 72; she was buried at Sound Cemetery, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

• vii. Clarissaa H. Brown; b. Sep 1853; m. Arthur Alonzo Murphy, son of Joseph Murphy and Charlotte Kelley, 29 Feb 1872 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; d. 1937; she was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

John Brown was born on 3 Feb 1810 in Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States,

John married Mary Brown (1807 - 1879) on 29 Aug 1831 in Mount Desert. Their children were:

• Amos Sheldon Brown (1833 - 1903)
• Lucinda G (Brown) Harmon (1835 - 1914)
• Daniel Kimball Brown (1837 - 1911)
• Thomas Stanley Brown (1839 - 1902)
• Albert Lewis Brown (1841 - 1902)
• Julia (Brown) Higgins (1846 - )
• Clarissa (Brown) Murphy (1852 - 1937).

John died on 2 Mar 1897 in Mount Desert aged 87.

Sources

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44W-KJ5 : 14 January 2020), John Brown, 1810

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 January 2020), memorial page for John Brown (3 Feb 1810–2 Mar 1897), Find A Grave Memorial no. 79722826, citing Hillside Cemetery, Mount Desert, Hancock County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Linda Rhoadarmer (contributor 47124308) .
• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ3X-T53 : 28 September 2017), John Brown, 02 Mar 1897; citing Mount Desert, , Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.
• "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMB-Y28Z : 3 March 2021), John Brown, 1897; citing Burial, Somesville, Hancock, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,769,303.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ3X-T53 : 21 March 2021), John Brown, 02 Mar 1897; citing Mount Desert, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.