Serena
Elliott
formerly Brownfield
Born in Randolph County, Illinois
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Brownfield
[uncertain]
and Sarah (Gilliworth) Brownfield
Sister of
Zerilda (Brownfield) Carter, Josiah L. Brownfield, John Reynolds Brownfield, Francis Marion Brownfield, Harvey Homer Brownfield and Nancy Brownfield
Wife of
Lewis Walter Elliott Jr.
— married
23 Mar 1864 in Illinois
Descendants 
Mother of
Dora Jane (Elliott) Ruyle, Peachy Bell Elliott, Mary Lorena (Elliott) Tober, Lewis Walter Elliott III, Rose Elizabeth Elliott, Lucinda Caroline Elliott, Weathly Brownfield Elliott, Milton Clever Elliott Sr. and Serena Mae (Elliott) Dodge
Died
at age 75
in Medora, Jersey County, Illinois
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Nov 2015
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Biography
Serena was born in 1841. Serena Brownfield was an orphan, reared by Elizabeth Gilworth and Benjamin Brownfield. [1] She was a firen of Eliza Jane Finks, her husband's first wife. [2] She passed away in 1917.
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #84461865 Jersey County, Illinois
- Likely: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85Y-89R : 12 April 2016), Zare* Brownfield in household of Samuel Carter, Jackson county, Jackson, Illinois, United States; citing family 269, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- 1870 US Census Township 9 Range 10, Jersey County Illinois Year:Roll: M593_233; Page: 664A; Image: 545; Family History Library Film: 545732
- "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-RZDB : 4 March 2016), Lewis Elliott and Serena Brownfield, 23 Mar 1864; citing Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,317,902.
- 1880 US Census Ruyle, Jersey County, Illinois Wife of Head of Household
- 1900 US Census; Ruyle, Jersey County, Illinois; Roll: 309; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0045; FHL microfilm: 1240309
- 1910 US Census, Ruyle, Jersey County, Illinois; Roll: T624_295; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0059; FHL microfilm: 1374308
- Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916 - 1947
- "History of Greene and Jersey Counties, Illinois by Continental Historical Company 1885 Springfield Illinois [1] page 464 and other misc. pages, this document has a searchable format
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