Notes for Rutha J. (Spouse 1)
Hi Craig,
I wanted to contact you about some information that I found about Margaret Brown. I found the death certificate for her daughter Rutha J. Brown (Williams) and on the death certificate they list her mother's maiden name as Leeper. After doing some further research it appears that there could be Brown-Leeper marriages for a couple of generations. Also, Eliza Brown was living with Jane A. Leeper and Henry C. Small in 1850. I would guess there is some kind of family connection since Hugh Brown named his son Henry Small Brown. There is also a Alexander Leeper living next to Melinda Brown (Lasley) in the 1860 Census. I hope some of this information will help make more connections to other Brown relatives and tie up some loose ends. Thank you for all of the work you did on our family line back to the Boones, it made it a lot easier to build my family tree. And I appreciate all of the information that you provided to my mom, Nancy, when she was taking her geneology classes. All of the information has been very useful to our family. The death certificate that I found for Rutha Brown has been added to my tree in ancestory.com and is availble for others to download. I hope that you find this useful.
Mark
April, 2013 - Ancestry.com
mlbrueheim originally submitted this to Brueheim Family Tree on 23 Apr 2013
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aka: Rutha?? from the 1850 Missouri census: Brown, Rutha 13 f MO
217Spouse: Margaret A.
Birth Date: About 1798
Birth Place: TN
Death Date: 19 Sep 1864
Death Place: Dade Co., Mo.
Spouse Notes:
19 Sept 1864 probate records for Margaret Brown
State of Missouri County of Dade
Ruthey J. Brown says that to the best of her knowledge and belief, the names of the heirs of Margaret Brown deceased and their place of residences, are respectfully as follows,
1. Melinda E. Lasley, daughter of deceased, Dade Co. MO
2. Eliza E. Maxwell, daughter of deceased, Greene Co. MO
3. Ann A. Love, daughter of deceased [husband was William - named in notes due to estate] Texas
4. Francis A. Brown,son, residence not known.<> 5. Ruthey J. Brown, daughter Dade Co. MO
6. The minor children of Hugh F. Brown, deceased they being grand children of deceased, living in Dade Co. MO
7. The minor children of John L. Brown, deceased in state of Texas. That the said Margaret Brown died without a will. That she will make a perfect inventory of and faithfully administer all the estate of the deceased. And psy the debts as far as the assets will extend and the law directs and account for and pay all assets which shall come to her possession or knowledge.
(Signed) Ruthey J. Brown
The document is dated 19 Sept 1864.