William Riley Brown (1855 - abt. 1912)

Born 18 Aug 1855 in Mill Creek , Hendricks , Indiana

Ancestors

Descendants

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Biography

William was born in 1855. He is the son of Israel Brown and Eliza Nichols. ^[1]

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Birth

He is (according to census data) born in Indiana.

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Marriages

Family

His family is on a farm in Clay Township, Hendricks Co., Indiana, in the 1860 Census.^[3]

By 1870 the family has moved to Union Township, Dallas County, Iowa.^[4]

By 1880, he is not in the Israel Brown household.

Death

Sources

• Source: FAMILY Leroy Matlock

Non-census

Census

• Source: US1860C "United States Census, 1860," Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
• Source: US1870C "United States Census, 1870," database with images, accessed via FamilySearch, NARA microfilm publication M593, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Source: #FAMILY First-hand information as remembered by Leroy Matlock, Thursday, March 5, 2015.
2. ↑ Source: "Indiana, Church Records, 1743-1966", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLN-HB11 : 3 October 2019), Israel Brown in entry for William Riley Brown, 1855.
3. ↑ Source: #US1860C Year: 1860; Film: M653_265; Image= 187; Page 661; Clay, Hendricks, Indiana; Page=183; Dwelling=1376; Family=1378; line 39, William Brown; [age] 4; [occupation] ---; [born] Indiana; [columns checked] none (Post Office on page is Coatsville).
4. ↑ Source: #US1870C Year: 1870; Film: M653_385; Image= 488; Page 609; Union Twnp, Dallas Co., Iowa; Page=19; Dwelling=143; Family=136; line 17, William Brown; [age] 15; [occupation] ---; [born] Indiana; (Post Office on page is Dexter).