Mary Sarah (Dunkin) Brown (1808 - 1868)

Born 22 Nov 1808 in Ohio, Peach, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Matthew Scott Brown — married 30 Oct 1847 in Carroll, Indiana

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1868 at age 59 in Carroll, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Mary Sarah Dunkin was born on November 22, 1808, ^[1]in Ohio.^[2] She was the daughter of John Dunkin and Elizabeth Sunderland. She was the 11th child of 12 children.

She married Matthew Scott Brown on October 30, 1847, in Carroll, Indiana.^[3] He had been married preivously. They had 2 children.

1. William Dunkin Brown (1849-1892)
2. Mary Ann (Brown) Clymer (1850-1916)

Mathew owned an 80 acre Farm in Dear Creek Township, Carroll County.

In 1850, they were living there, with his two older sons (from first marriage) Joseph H Brown-18; Albert G Brown-17, and their son Wm Brown-1. A Harriet Dunkin-17, was also in the household.^[4] There were still on the farm valued at $6,000, in 1860, with the Post Office as Delphi. By then William was 11 and Mary Ann was 9 years old. ^[2]

She died on April 8, 1868, in Carroll, Indiana, at the age of 59, and was buried in Bringhurst, Indiana in the Zion Citizens Cemetery.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Mary Dunkin Brown (1808–8 Apr 1868), Find A Grave: Memorial #79842016, citing Zion Citizens Cemetery, Bringhurst, Carroll County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Richard Lybrook (contributor 47378025) .
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 1860 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Deer Creek, Carroll, Indiana; Roll: M653_246; Page: 283; Dwelling 854; Family 854; Line 13-16; 27 July 1860; Family History Library Film: 803246; Ancestry's 1860 Census Image
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFXN-TYC : 13 January 2020), Mary Dunkin in entry for Matthew Brown, 1847.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVJ-9SZ : 12 April 2016), Matthew Brown, Carroll county, part of, Carroll, Indiana, United States; citing family 452, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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