Viana (Coder) Brown (1856 - 1934)

Born 14 Apr 1856 in Pike, Ohio, United States

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Died 20 Apr 1934 at age 78 in Fallon Township, Ross, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Born in 1856 (exact birth date per death certificate), the earliest record of Vianna is in the 1870 Census (no 1860 Census record as been located to date), residing in her widowed mother's home in Benton Township, Pike County, Ohio.

Sometime in the summer of 1876 Vianna conceived a child out of wedlock. The birth, recorded on 15-Mar-1877, shows the daughter's name as Clara A Brodess. The birth record also shows Vianna living in Pike County, and the father, named as Charles W Brodess, living in Ross County. The 1880 Census shows Vianna and her daughter, now called Cora, living in the household of Vianna's mother, Elizabeth (Purdum) Coder. There is no record of Vianna every marrying Charles W Brodess.

In 1886, Vianna married Joseph Murphy, also of Benton Township, Pike County. The Murphy's are recorded on the same page as the Coder's in the 1870 Census, and while still in Benton County, the families are 10 pages apart on the 1880 Census. It's unknown if Vianna's daughter Cora went with her mother to live in Joseph Murphy's family. By the time of the 1900 Census, only the children of Joseph and Vianna are listed in their household on the census record.

Joseph and Vianna had a total of five children, Mary Belle (1888-1910), H. B. (1890 - 1900), Jesse Forest (1892-1959), Floyd Ray (1894-1966), and Levi Roy (1898-1943). Several of the descendants have had DNA tests, and those tests support the family relationships described here.

Joseph died in 1918, and the 1920 Census shows Vianna living in the household of her niece and her niece's husband, Roscoe and Lulu Armstrong. Lulu was the daughter of Vianna's sister, Mary.

In 1924 Vianna married Allison "Allen" Brown, the second marriage for both of them. The 1930 Census shows them residing in Paxton Township, Pike County. The census record lists Allison's occupation as farmer, and that he worked the previous day, despite being 71 years old. However, their home is listed as "not a farm". Nearby (same census page) is James Purdum, likely a cousin of Vianna's. All the other households on the census page indicate that they are farms, so one wonders if this was a small home that was being rented to Allison and Vianna, but not an active farm.

Vianna died in 1934 from apparent chronic heart problems, likely brought on by hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and diabetes. She is buried beside Joseph Murphy at Mount Latham Cemetery, west of Waverly, Ohio.

Name references

Various records list different given names for VIanna. These include:

• 1870 Census: Viana Coder
• 1877 Birth of daughter (Clara / Cora): Viana
• 1880 Census: Annie Coder
• 1886 Marriage to Joseph Murphy: Vienna (likely intended to be Vianna and mis-spelled)
• 1890 Birth of son H. B. Murphy: Vianna
• 1892 Birth of son Jessie Murphy: Annie
• 1894 Birth of son Floyd Murphy: Vianna
• 1900 Census: Annie
• 1902 Marriage of daughter Cora: Anna
• 1906 Marriage of daughter Mary Belle: Annie
• 1910 Census: Vianna
• 1913 Marriage of son Levi: Anna
• 1920 Census: Anna
• 1923 Marriage of son Floyd: Vianna
• 1924 Marriage to Allison Brown: Viana
• 1930 Census: Annie
• 1934 Death certificate: Anna
• Headstone (from image at Find-a-Grave): Anna

Sources

• 1870 Census -- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QQ7-6S7?cc=1438024&wc=K59F-7M9%3A518654901%2C519267201%2C518816001 : 14 June 2019), Ohio > Pike > Benton > image 10 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Birth of daughter Clara (Cora) A Brodess, 1877 -- "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNQH-98W : 8 March 2021), Clara A. Brodess, 1877.

• 1880 Census -- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB6-S546?cc=1417683&wc=XH2H-K68%3A1589410656%2C1589395692%2C1589394806%2C1589394944 : 24 December 2015), Ohio > Pike > Benton > ED 122 > image 22 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)

• Marriage to Joseph H Murphy, 1886 -- "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDW1-6VC : 29 September 2021), Joseph Murphy and Vienna Coder, 1886.

• 1900 Census -- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6Q5S-CT3?cc=1325221&wc=9B73-3TG%3A1030551701%2C1031156501%2C1035860901 : 5 August 2014), Ohio > Pike > ED 90 Benton Township > image 1 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1910 Census -- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRK7-9KV?cc=1727033&wc=QZZ4-TWG%3A133640001%2C139808101%2C133639603%2C1589088843 : 24 June 2017), Ohio > Pike > Benton > ED 110 > image 6 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1920 Census -- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RX1-CWS?cc=1488411&wc=QZJT-93L%3A1036474301%2C1037008601%2C1036473202%2C1589333301 : 13 September 2019), Ohio > Pike > Benton > ED 107 > image 3 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Marriage to Allison Brown, 1924 -- "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QHT-6MN : 24 September 2021), Allison Brown and Viana Murphy, 1924.

• 1930 Census -- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RCK-QKW?cc=1810731&wc=QZF7-VBH%3A649446001%2C651899001%2C650015301%2C1589282404 : 8 December 2015), Ohio > Ross > Paxton > ED 18 > image 6 of 12; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).

• Death certificate, 1934 -- "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X67M-9XT : 8 March 2021), Anna Brown, 20 Apr 1934; citing Fallon Township, Ross, Ohio, reference fn 26416; FHL microfilm 1,992,994.

• Burial, Mount Latham Cemetery -- Find-a-grave [1]