Nancy (Thompson) Brown (1795 - 1878)

Born 16 Feb 1795 in South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Mercer Brown — married 10 Oct 1813 in Preble, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1878 at age 83 in Cass, Indiana, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Nancy's birth date, 16 Feb 1795, was entered into family records held in the minutes of the Bush River Quaker Meeting at Newberry, North Carolina.^[1] Her parents were Quakers, Richard Thompson and Susannah Stedman who were married within the Bush River Meeting House in 1782.^[2]

Nancy married fellow Quaker, Mercer Brown, out of unity though, by license at the Preble County Court House, Ohio; "... on the tenth day of October 1813 Certified by me Alexander Pugh J.P."^[3]

Nancy and Mercer were recorded in the United States Censuses of 1850 and 1860 residing at Noble Township, Cass County, Indiana. ^[4][5] By the 1870 Census, Nancy was widowed, and blind, and was nursed by her daughter, Phebe. The two women resided with their son and brother, Levi, at his home in Clay Township, Cass County.^[6]

Nancy died on 20 Mar 1878 at Logansport, Cass Country, and was buried there at the Mount Hope Cemetery.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ * Birth: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
   Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #9061440 (accessed 7 February 2022)
   Nancy Thompson born on 16 Feb 1795, child of Richard & Susannah, in Newberry, South Carolina.
2. ↑ * Marriage: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
   Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #99061098 (accessed 7 February 2022)
   Susannah Stidman marriage to Richard Thompson on 27 Jul 1782 in Newberry, South Carolina.
3. ↑ * Marriage: "Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61378 #902390826 (accessed 7 February 2022)
   Nancy Thomson marriage to Mercer Brown on 10 Oct 1813 in Preble, Ohio, USA.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVV-7Q8 : 20 December 2020), Nancy Brown in household of Mercer Brown, Noble Township, Cass, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBT-GF4?cc=1473181&wc=7QVJ-RB6%3A1589426070%2C1589424288%2C1589426220 : 24 March 2017), Indiana > Cass > Noble Township > image 17 of 28; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ * 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1870; Census Place: Clay, Cass, Indiana; Roll: M593_302; Page: 43A
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #19174312 (accessed 7 February 2022)
   Nancy Brown (76), Invalid, in Clay, Cass, Indiana. Born in North Carolina.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34571051/nancy-brown : accessed 07 February 2022), memorial page for Nancy Thompson Brown (15 Feb 1795–20 Mar 1878), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34571051, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Mark - Cass County (contributor 50564745) .