Born in Russell County, Virginia
Daughter of James Brown
and Esther (Goff) Brown
Sister of
Elizabeth (Brown) McGuire, Ann Brown, John Box Brown, Mary Brown, Margaret (Brown) McGuire, Rebecca Brown, Thomas Brown, James Brown Jr., Sarah (Brown) Oney, Abram Brown and William Brown
Wife of
William Deskins
— married
17 May 1821 in Tazewell Co., Virginia
Wife of
George W. Deskins
— married
2 Mar 1840 in Tazewell Co., Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
John Wallace Deskins
Died
at age 80
in Grundy Co., Missouri
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Aug 2017
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Biography
- Catherine "Katy" Brown.
- Katy Brown was born in Sinkhole Creek, Tazewell, Va about 1796. She married William Deskins in Tazewell, Va, May 17, 1821.
- Catherine married, second, 02 Mar 1840 Tazewell Co., Virginia, George W. Deskins. George & Catherine came to Jackson Co., Missouri in 1849.
- Catherine’s parents: James Brown b. Ireland and Esther Elliot b. VA
NOTES (Children):
* Sarah Jones. b. abt 1824 Russell Co VA, d. McDowell Co WV. m. John W Deskins Aug 24 1845 Pike Co KY. b. abt 1825 VA (maybe Tazewell Co).
[s/o William Deskins and Catherine Brown]. * Wiliam P Deskins. b. abt 1846 Pike Co KY. d. Aug 7 1864 Mofield VA(WV).
* James H Deskins b. abt 1848 Pike Co KY. m. Chloe E Lester.
* Greenville Deskins b. Jan 1850 Wayne Co VA. m. Jane Cornat Aug 8 1870 Wyoming Co WV.
* Francis Marion Deskins b. abt 1853 Wayne Co VA. John Albert Deskins b. Sep 30 1856 Wayne Co VA. m. Amanda Johnson Mar 25 1879 McDowell Co WV. Mary Hill Aug 10 1896.
* Mary Louisa Deskins b. Oct 7 1859 Wayne Co VA. m. Matthias Blankenship,. Dec 5 1877 McDowell Co WV.
Sources
- Buried Sires Cem., Grundy Co., Missouri
- Tazewell Co. Marr. Recs.
- LDS submissions
- 1830 census Tazewell Co., Virginia, Wm. & Catherine both age 20 to 30 with one male child.
- 1860 census Grundy Co., Missouri, Catharine Duskins (57) and William Duskins (17).
- 1880 census Grundy Co., Missouri, Katy (age 77) residing w/daughter Lilly J. Stratton.
- Sires Cemetery tombstone.
- “History of Grundy Co., Missouri” by James Everett Ford, 1908.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
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~1.56%
Christina (Oney) Smith
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Ron Ross :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A397485 [compare], Ancestry member janrosss
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~1.56%
Christine Whited :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A155177 [compare], Ancestry member ChristinePowell
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~1.56%
Mike Davison :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A655845 [compare]
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~0.78%
Maggie Hedrick :
23andMe, GEDmatch M866356 [compare]
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~0.78%
Betsy (Yager) Simpson :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Jackie McGuire :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Matthew Korzep :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jim Mundy :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T309905 [compare]
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