Nancy Elizabeth (Brown) Oakley (1859)

Born 1859 in Hurdle Mills, Person County, North Carolina, USA

Wife of James Henry Oakley — married 27 Jan 1886 in Person County, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in North Carolina, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

• Fact: Burial Body lost or destroyed, Specifically: Can not confirm death place or date.

Nancy is the daughter of Absalom Y Brown and Alcey Mildred Dunnagan. of Orange and Person Counties North Carolina.

1860 Census: Hurdley Mills, Person Co, NC: BROWN FAMILY: Absalum 35(1825) NC, Farmer; wife Mildred 31(1829)NC; sons-Wiliam 12(1848)NC; Joseph 8(1852)NC; Dau-NANCY E 1 (1859)NC; Real Estate Value $1500. Personal Estate Value $2445.

1870 CENSUS: Bushy Fork Twp, Hurdle Mills, Person, NC: BROWN FAMILY: Abner Y 45(1825)NC; wife-Alsey M 40(1830)NC; William T 20(1850)NC; Joseph A 17(1853)NC; ELIZABETH 10(1860)NC; Lillia Lea 7(1863)NC; Lucy 1(1869)NC. Farmers: Real Est Value $750.

1880 CENSUS: BROWN FAMILY: A.Y. 55(1825) NC NC NC; wife-Alsey M 57(1823) NC NC NC; Daus- ELIZABETH 21(1859) NC; Lilly L 16(1864) NC; Maggie J 10(1870) NC. Farmer: son Wm T and Family are next door.

MARRIAGE 27 January 1886 Transcription of J.H. OAKLEY to -NANNIE E. BROWN Marriage License Application and Marriage.

Marriage of Record: State of North Carolina,Office of Registered Deeds: Person County: Jany 15th 1886

To any ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination or Justice of the Peace of said County:

I, Romulus Saunders, having applied to me for a License for the Marriage of: JAMES H. OAKLEY of Person Co, aged 23, color-white, the son of SIMEON OAKLEY and PARTHENIA OAKLEY. The father now dead, the mother living, resident of Person County. AND

NANNIE E. BROWN of Person Co. aged 27, color-white, daughter of A.Y.BROWN and ALCEY BROWN. The father living, the mother living, resident of Person County.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA: Person County

Wm. F. Timberlake, as Justice of the Peace united in matrimony JAMES H. OAKLEY and NANNIE E. BROWN the parties licensed above on the 27 day of January 1886 of A.Y.Brown in Bushy Fork Township, in said County according to law. Wm.F. Timberlake, J.P. Witnesses present at Marriage: Wm Y. Brown of Person Co. A.Y.Brown of Person Co. Wm Cates of Person Co.

I believe (no proof found)Nancy Dies sometime between the birth of her 3rd Child Mary Ann in 1891 and James Henry's Move to Texas and Second Marriage in January 1899 to Miss Sarah Emma Jameson in Mansfield (just South East of Ft.Worth) Texas.

The next available Census or record is the 1900 Census reflecting this second marriage and still having the 3 children from his marriage to Nancy.

1900 CENSUS, Mansfield, Tarrant Co, TX ED-121, pg 4-A sheet 242-A as of June 6, 1900 OAKLEY FAMILY: JAMES H age 35/36 (Oct 1864)NC NC NC Farmer wife-SARA E.age 18/19 (Aug 1881) TN TN NC dau-EFFIE LE.age 12 (Apr 1888) NC NC TN son-WILLIAM J.age 11 (Mar 1889)NC NC TN dau-MARY ANN age 9 (May 1891) NC NC TN

James and Sarah are md. 2 yrs = abt 1898 Sarah has 1 child born, 1 child living...????? Her child is not listed on this report.

Effie, Wm, and Mary are recorded as step children to head of Household-James ...this is not true, These are Sarah's (STEP)- children as they were born in NC before this marriage to Sarah took place.

Did Nancy Elizabeth die giving birth to another child?? Could she have died during the move from NC to TX?? Did she die shortly after their arrival in Texas?? I have researched every possible scenario and cannot find what really happened to my Great Grandmother.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Nancy (Nannie) Elizabeth Brown (1859-Unknown) on Find A Grave: Memorial #168174166 retrieved 11 December 2017

• Nancy (Nannie) Elizabeth Brown (1859-Unknown) on Find A Grave: Memorial #168174166 retrieved 11 December 2017