Colorado County Family Group Sheet Project

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SUBMITTED BY: M.A. Brown
e-mail: kats@suddenlink.net
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HUSBAND: Stephen Henry BROWN
Date and place of birth: 18 April 1833. Herkimer County New York
Date and place of marriage: 15 December 1867, Montgomery County Texas
Military service: Terry’s Texas Rangers-8th Calvary. Mustered into Company F at Houston, TX on September 7, 1861. Henry suffered chest and shoulder wounds near Triune, TN on December 27, 1862. He returned to active duty in February 1864.                                                            

Date and place of death: October 7, 1905 in Columbus, Texas
Place of burial:  Myrtle Cemetery at Rock Island, Columbus, Texas
Father: Henri FRANTZ-BROWN. Possibly born in Holland.
Mother: unknown

WIFE: Mary Ann CORDER
Date and place of Birth: January 10, 1833 (Shown on the 1850 and 1880 Census but her birth year is listed as about 1845 on a 1920 Census when she is living with 2 of her sons).
Date and place of death: 3 December 1924; Columbus, Colorado County, Texas
Place of burial: Myrtle Cemetery at Rock Island, Columbus, Texas
Father: Rueben Stone CORDER, b 1821 in TN. Died, 3 Aug 1878 in Shelby County Texas. 
Father’s Place of burial: Wilson-Haywood Cemetery, Shelby County TX. He was a Citizen of the Republic of Texas.
Mother: Lizzie MOORE. She was born in Florida according to 1920 Census for Mary Ann Brown. Lizzie MOORE was Reuben’s first wife. His second wife was Parmelia Jane HILTON, married in 1860, Shelby County TX.
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CHILD 1: Stephen Harrison BROWN
Sex: M
Date and place of birth: 08 Oct 1872 in Columbus, Colorado, TX
Date and place of marriage: Unknown
Military service: Unknown
Date and place of death: 21 Sep 1903, Columbus, Texas
Place of burial:  Myrtle Cemetery at Rock Island, Columbus, Texas
Father: Stephen Henry BROWN
Mother: Mary Ann CORDER-BROWN
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CHILD 2: Ernest Morgan BROWN
Sex: M
Date and place of birth: 29 Sep 1874, Columbus, Texas
Date and place of marriage:  Spouse #1: Mary Ruth PERKINS born in Columbus, Colorado, TX.
Married: 1897 in Columbus, Colorado, TX. She died in childbirth and is buried in Myrtle Cemetery at Rock Island, Columbus, Texas. (They had 2 children)
Spouse # 2: Annie Della SHERLEY, born 13 May 1884 in Columbus, Colorado, TX
Married: 23 Apr 1905 in Lavaca, Texas. Died: 13 Nov 1959 in Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX. (They had 9 children).
Annie Della’s parents: James William SHERLEY born abt 1856 in AR and Elvira WOOLIVER, born abt 1859 in Burnett, TX
Date and place of death for EM Brown: 31 Aug 1968-Groves, Texas/Jefferson County
Place of burial:  Port Arthur, Texas
Father: Stephen Henry BROWN
Mother: Mary Ann CORDER-BROWN
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CHILD 3: James Edwin BROWN (twin)
Sex: M
Date and place of birth: 16 Dec 1878 in Weimer,Texas
Date and place of marriage: Unknown
Military service: WWI
Date and place of death: Unknown
Place of burial:  Unknown
Father: Stephen Henry BROWN
Mother: Mary Ann CORDER-BROWN
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CHILD 4: Rubin Henry BROWN (twin)
Sex: M
Date and place of birth: 16 Dec 1878 in Weimer, Texas
Date and place of marriage: Unknown
Military service: WWI
Date and place of death; Unknown
Father: Stephen Henry BROWN
Mother: Mary Ann CORDER-BROWN
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CHILD 5: Charlie Stanley BROWN
Sex: M
Date and place of birth: 15 Jan 1883, Columbus, Texas
Date and place of marriage: Unknown
Military service: WWI
Date and place of death; Columbus, Texas
Place of burial:  Myrtle Cemetery-Rock Island, Columbus, Texas
Father: Stephen Henry BROWN
Mother: Mary Ann CORDER-BROWN
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CHILD 6: Victor K. BROWN
Sex: M
Date and place of birth: 07 Jun 1884, Columbus, Texas
Date and place of marriage: Unknown
Military service: WWI
Date and place of death: May 1968, San Antonio, Texas
Place of burial:  Unknown
Father: Stephen Henry BROWN
Mother: Mary Ann CORDER-BROWN
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SOURCES: 
(1) 1850 Census, Colorado County, Texas
(2) 1880 Census Frelsburg, Colorado, Texas
(3) 1920 Census Yoakum, Lavaca, Texas
(4) 1930 Census Yoakum, Lavaca, Texas
(5) Certified copy marriage license: 15 December 1867, Montgomery County Texas for Mary Ann E. Corder and H. Brown.
(6)  http://www.terrystexasrangers.org
(7) Civil War Service Records for Henry Brown-Ancestry.com
(8)  http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcolora/obits/obitsbrown.htm#Brown,%20Stephen%20Henry
(9) http://www.shelbycountytexashistory.org/Shelby/cem_pics/cemwilsonhaywood.htm
(10) WWI Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918- Ancestry.com
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