William Brown married Melvina Lanier on November 3, 1887. [1]
Melvina was previously married to James William lanier, 25 January 1874 in Giles County, Tennessee. Children: James M. Lanier b.1875 Otis Hubert lanier b.1879 d.1933 Lula Belle Lanier b.1881 d.1959 Mattie Lanier b.1885[2]
Sources
↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNHY-4XX : 4 December 2014), William Brown and Melvina Lanier, 03 Nov 1887; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 266, Giles, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
"Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNHY-4XX : 4 December 2014), William Brown and Melvina Lanier, 03 Nov 1887; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 266, Giles, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
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Could this be the same William Brown? Death in 1890 would follow birth of his son William Ira Brown and precede remarriage of his Wife Melvina in 1894 to Nathaniel Graves - but don't know why he would be buried in Chatanooga?
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"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q231-DLRQ : 7 June 2016), William Brown, 1890; Burial, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States of America, Forest Hills Cemetery; citing record ID 160490015, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.