Nancy (Brown) Friend (abt. 1834 - abt. 1863)

Born about 1834 in Missouri

Wife of Elijah Friend — married 1856 (to 1863) in Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died about 1863 at about age 29 in Marshfield, Webster, Missouri, United States

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On 1850 Ozark Co. Mo. Census family of Benjamin and Sarah Risley. Nancy was the daughter of Gid Brown and Sarah Miller Brown Risley Anderson.

Benjamin Risley United States Census, 1850 Name Benjamin Risley Event Type Census Event Year 1850 Event Place Ozark county, Ozark, Missouri, United States Gender Male Age 39 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1811 Birthplace Iowa House Number 141 Benjamin Risley M 39 Iowa Sarah Risley F 35 Missouri Nancy Brown F 15 Missouri Catharine Riley F 6 Missouri Lurana Risley F 4 Missouri Elizabeth Risley F 2 Missouri Marinda Risley F 0 Missouri Susan Friend F 26 Missouri

On 1850 Ozark Co. Mo. Census, family of James and Jane Friend. James was the father of Elijah (who married Nancy) in House #153; living near by. Susan Friend living in the above household was a daughter of James and Jane Friend and sister to Elijah (soon to be Nancy's sister-in-law). James Friend 56 farmer MO Jane 50 SC Elijah 16 Laborer MO* Elias 15 Laborer MO Zenia (fem) 12 MO Thomas 10 MO

• Elijah was born 1833 Ark (he moved to MO soon after birth with his family). There are several other members of the Friend family living nearby and next door to the Risley family.

CITING THIS RECORD

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZF-GHK : accessed 5 September 2015), Benjamin Risley, Ozark county, Ozark, Missouri, United States; citing family 141, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Catherine Risley was born on Little North Fork in 1843. She never married but raised an orphan, Billy Stanley. She homesteaded near Peel in Marion Co, AR.

Homestead Certificate No. 955, Application #2562: The East half of the Northwest Quarter and the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section three in Township Nineteen North of Range Seventeen West in the district of lands subject to sale at Harrison, AR containing one hundred and twenty-three acres and forty-eight hundredths of an acre. [Feb. 1, 1876 - BLM-GLO records]

Homestead Certificate No. 7669, Application #16887: The Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section three in Township nineteen North of Range seventeen west of the Fifth Principal Meridian in Arkansas containing forty acres. Catharine Risley Birth: 1844 Ozark County Missouri, USA Death: unknown Peel Marion County Arkansas, USA

Catharine Risley Father: Benjamin Risley b: ABT. 1811 in IL Mother: Sarah "Sally" Miller Brown Family links: Parents: Benjamin Risley (1811 - 1860) Sarah Miller Brown Risley (1820 - ____)

Siblings: Catharine Risley (1844 - ____) Louranna Risley Jones (1846 - 1921)* Elizabeth Risley Tremble (1847 - 1908)* Marinda Risley Estes (1852 - ____)* Oliver Lee Risley (1852 - 1930)*

Parents: Gid Brown Male Sallie Miller Female *Nancy married Elijah Friend Elijah Friend Male (1834-1917) Other spouses Nancy Brown Female (1839-1863)

Parents of Elijah: James Friend Male (1793-1883) Mary Jane Millwood Female (1800-1867)

Children: Sallie Friend Female ( -1846) Charlie Friend Male Fanny Louise Friend Female Susan Friend Female (1820- ) Thomas Friend Male (1833-1865) Elias G. Friend Male (1835-1869) Jerusha "Rish" Friend Female (1838- ) Rachael Friend Female (1845- ) Parents: Gid Brown Male Sallie Miller Female This site powered by The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding ©, v. 11.0.1, written by Darrin Lythgoe 2001-2016.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Carol Pelham, Aug 19, 2012

• Carol Pelham, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Carol and others.
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZF-GHK

http://longislandsurnames.com/familychart.php?familyID=F08297&tree=Titmus

"Our Friend Family" by Dean Wallace pub. in White River Quarterly