Orville Ransom Brown (1850 - 1932)

Born 6 Mar 1850 in Forbes Township, Holt, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1932 at age 82 in Sedalia, Douglas, Colorado, United States

Biography

Orville was born in 1850. Although Family Search indicates a 1851 birth date, there is a record of him as a newborn on the 1850 census and his tombstone records 1850 as his birth year.

Orville Ransom Brown

Birth 6 Mar 1851 --Holt County, Missouri, USA

Death 21 Dec 1932 (aged 81) --Sedalia, Douglas County, Colorado, USA

Family Life

1870 P.O. North Point, Nodaway, Holt, Missouri

Age 18

Birth Year (Estimated) 1851-1852

Birthplace Missouri

Page Number 45

Alvin M Brown M 50 Tennessee

Susan Brown F 40 Maryland

Jane Brown F 18 Missouri

Arvill Brown M 20 Missouri

Orvill Brown M 18 Missouri

Jonathan Brown M 16 Missouri

Durvida Brown F 13 Missouri

Mariah E Brown F 10 Missouri

Mattilda Brown F 8 Missouri

Lucy Brown F 6 Missouri ^[1]

Married Life

1880 Precinct 4 and 5, Douglas, Colorado

Age 4

Marital Status Single

Birth Year (Estimated) 1876

Birthplace Missouri, United States

Father's Birthplace Missouri,--Mother's Birthplace Missouri, United States

Sheet Letter B--Sheet Number 364--Person Number 2--Volume 1

Orville R Brown Self M 29 Missouri, United States

Jane Brown Wife F 20 Missouri, United States

Alvin R Brown Son M 4 Missouri, United States

Zimariah Hartsell Other M 40 Missouri, ^[2]

The Colorado State census gives us 3 children.

The ages do not add up? Alvin R in 1880 is 4 so in 5 years he s/b 9 AND Maggie age:9 s/b on the 1880 census or she was born just after it was enumerated.......

1885 Douglas, Colorado

House # 142

Age 35

Birth Year (Estimated) 1850

Orvil Brown Head M 35

Jane Brown Wife F 32

Alvin R Brown Son M 11

Maggie G Brown Daughter F 9

Robert R Brown Son M 6

Wm R Brown Son M 2

NEXT DOOR is:

SMITH, William N/ Hannah and their 5 kids.

AND THEN 3 farms away house #138 is:

ROUSE, Phillip age:57 Va/wife Dusia age:56 Mo/ 4 teenagers

(this might be Jane's parents, Rouse?? ^[3]

1900 (Sedalia) Precincts 5, 7, 11-12, parts of 2-3, 6, 14 West Castle Rock (west portion) Castle Rock town, Douglas, Colorado

Age 8

Marital Status Single

Birth Date May 1892

Birthplace Colorado

Father's Birthplace Missouri---Mother's Birthplace Missouri

Orvil R Brown Head M 49 Missouri

Jane Brown Wife F 47 Missouri

Children: 14 / 11 living

Robt F Brown Son M 19 Colorado

Reuben Brown Son M 17 Colorado

Susan J Brown Daughter F 16 Colorado

Marion D Brown Son M 14 Colorado

Lulu M Brown Daughter F 12 Colorado

Viola B Brown Daughter F 10 Colorado

Johnathan L Brown Son M 8 Colorado

Alice E Brown Daughter F 6 Colorado

Ethbert Brown Son M 3 Colorado^[4]

1910 Sedalia, Douglas, Colorado

Age 60

Marital Status Widowed

Birth Year (Estimated) 1850

Birthplace Missouri

Father's Birthplace Kentucky---Mother's Birthplace Ohio

Sheet Letter B---Sheet Number 5

Orvill R Brown Head M 60 Missouri

Jonathan L Brown Son M 17 Colorado

Alice E Brown Daughter F 16 Colorado

Ethelbert R Brown Son M 12 Colorado ^[5]

Living With His Daughter

1930 Sedalia, Douglas, Colorado

Age 80

Marital Status Widowed

Birth Year (Estimated) 1850

Birthplace Missouri

Father's Birthplace Missouri---Mother's Birthplace Missouri

Sheet Letter A--Sheet Number 5

Robert F Brown Head M 49 Colorado

Pearl Brown Wife F 42 California

Orville Brown Father M 80 Missouri

Bert Brown Brother M 31 Colorado ^[6]

Marriages

1) Missouri Marriages

Name Orville Brown

Spouse's Name Jane Rouse

Event Date 01 Jan 1873

Event Place Holt,Missouri ^[7]

2) "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006,"

Name Orvill R Brown

Event Date 01 Jun 1911

Event Place Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States

Spouse's Name Susan E Kelly ^[8]

Children

Orvill & Jane were married 1873 Missouri, Eldest living son was born 1874 in Missouri, 1 year later.

It is unknown as to the exact yea

That gives them 6 years for Jane to have given birth to the Unknown 4 Children. Who it appears died in childbirth or Infancy.

The 1900 census Jane states "Children: 14 / 11 living

These are the LINKED to f-a-g so they survived past 1900.

1. Alvin Ransom Brown 1874–1939
2. Unknown Brown circa 1875-1900
3. Maggie G Brown 1876- 1899 (before 1900 census)
4. Robert R Brown Son M 6 (aka?? Robert Francis)
5. Wm R Brown 1883-1899  ???
6. Robert Francis Brown 1881–1953
7. Reuben Nelson Brown 1882–1964
8. Susan Jane Brown-Sheppard 1884–1955
9. Marion Donald Brown 1886–1957
10. Lulu May Brown-Taylor 1888–195
11. Viola B Brown 1890 Colorado (on the 1900 census)
12. Francis Lee Brown 1892–1971 (Jonathan L.????
13. Alice E. Brown 1894 Colorado (on the 1900/10 census)
14. Ethelbert Rodham Brown 1897–1966

He passed away in 1932.

Research Note

The son Johnathan L. born 1892 is on the 1900/1910 censuses and then he disappears.........................

"Maggie G is 9 years old in 1885", gives her a dob of 1876. If she lived and did not get married before 1900 she would be listed on the 1900 census, she would be 24 years old. There is a Maggie Brown who married in 1903 in Glenwood Springs (newspaper says, Maggie Brown of Glenwood )

The newspaper item attached, signed "T.E. McCarthy, Teacher" lists numerous Students who were on the SILVER ROLL of HONOR

The Boyer's, Maurice JARRE, Alvin Brown, "those not absent: Lottie Smith, Maggie Brown."

Robert R Brown Son M 6, this would make him born 1879, so why isn't he on the 1880 census? So IF he died before the 1900 census, that tells me that they named a 2nd son Robert Francis.... Robert Francis Brown This Robert F was born 1881. Maybe they are one/same?

"Wm. R. Brown son age:2 Co." this would make him born 1883. But then, WHERE is the REUBEN NELSON?? He was born 1882

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46W-XFM : 12 April 2016), Orvill Brown in household of Alvin M Brown, Missouri, United States; citing p. 45, family 313, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,278
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFDF-HVT : 29 July 2017), Alvin R Brown in household of Orville R Brown, Precinct 4 and 5, Douglas, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district ED 39, sheet 364B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0090; FHL microfilm 1,254,090.
3. ↑ "Colorado State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8WX-JB6 : 1 April 2016), Orvil Brown, 1885; citing NARA microfilm publication M158 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 498,505.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQM3-VS4 : accessed 17 October 2018), Johnathan L Brown in household of Orvil R Brown, Precincts 5, 7, 11-12, parts of 2-3, 6, 14 West Castle Rock (west portion) Castle Rock town, Douglas, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 173, sheet 15B, family 266, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,120.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKWP-BPK : accessed 17 October 2018), Orvill R Brown, Sedalia, Douglas, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 5B, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 114; FHL microfilm 1,374,127.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7WL-794 : accessed 17 October 2018), Orville Brown in household of Robert F Brown, Sedalia, Douglas, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 5A, line 28, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 232; FHL microfilm 2,339,967.
7. ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V28X-VV4 : 11 February 2018), Orville Brown and Jane Rouse, 01 Jan 1873; citing Holt,Missouri; FHL microfilm 1,005,349.
8. ↑ "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KN3B-WRP : 10 December 2017), Orvill R Brown and Susan E Kelly, 01 Jun 1911, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing no. 51778, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,057.

1. Find A Grave: Memorial #11440537
2. Monumental inscription. United States. Bear Canon Cemetery, Sedalia, Colorado. 1933 (b. 1850) BROWN, O.R. GPS: n/a. Photo courtesy of Archives & Local History, Douglas County Libraries, Castle Rock, CO.
3. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZZ-QLC : 12 April 2016), Orvil Brown in household of A M C Brown, Holt county, Holt, Missouri, United States; citing family 303, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. 1885 Colorado census