Mildred (Mays) Brown (1814 - 1900)

Born 23 Jun 1814 in Maury County, TN, USA

Ancestors

Wife of James W. Brown — married [date unknown] in Perry County, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 8 Sep 1900 at age 86 in Texas, USA

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Biography

Obituary MAYS BROWN, Mildred "Milly"

The Cuero Daily Record Monday Evening September 10, 1900

Mrs. Millie Brown.

Mrs. Millie Brown, relic of James Brown, one of our county's earliest citizens and for years tax assessor and collector of DeWitt county, died in Thomaston Saturday and was buried yesterday afternoon. Deceased was in her eighty-sixth year at death and leaves many descendants and innumerable friends to mourn for her.

Mrs. Dave Brown, Henry Edgar and other relatives from Cuero attended her in her last hours and were present at the funeral services. The Record tenders sympathies to the bereaved relatixes [sic] in their misfortune.

• In the pension papers of Jesse Mays, Millie is listed as a daughter of Sarah. Millie and her husband, J. W. Brown were living in Texas.

1870 Texas Census James Brown M 62 Born Kentucky

Milly Brown F 54 Tennessee

Eliza Brown F 17 Texas

Rob Morris Brown M 14 Texas

Melissie Brown F 12 Texas

William L Brown M 24 Mississippi

Sources

• Rootsweb - Annie's Place
• War of 1812 Pension of Jesse Mays for Sarah Mays.
• 2.1 Perry County Families
• 2.4 United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGT-WYP : 17 October 2014), James Brown, Texas, United States; citing p. 17, family 124, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,081.
• 2.4 1860 Texas Dewitt Co., Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSZ-9M9K?wc=QZ2C-51D%3A1589436287%2C1589436600%2C1589422206%3Fcc%3D1473181&cc=1473181
• 2.4 1850 Mississippi Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DYJW-N2P?i=39&wc=95RD-VZ8%3A1031309501%2C1031898801%2C1031918201%3Fcc%3D1401638&cc=14016382.4
• 1840 Maury County, Tennessee Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYL-9R36?i=171&wc=31SV-TQV%3A1588669927%2C1588670019%2C1588665902%3Fcc%3D1786457&cc=1786457

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126069647/milly-brown