Sunday, July 14, 2013

Census Sunday~What’s In A Name?

In all my 37 plus years of research no single family has given me the aggravation that I have endured with reconstructing the Epps Rivers Brown and Dorinda Adair family.

From yesterday’s posting we know that Epps and Dorinda had nine (9) children; 3 sons and six daughters. 1 2 3 4
Sarah O. BROWN, female, born 19 April 1843;
Napoleon Bonaparte “Nap BROWN, male, b. 14 February 1845
Lafayette BROWN, male, b. Apr 1847
Martha J. BROWN, female, b. 1849
Nancy BROWN, age 08, b. 1852, in AR;
Lucy BROWN, age 06, b. 1854 in AR;
Mollie BROWN, age 03, b. 1857 in AR;
Lizzie BROWN, age 7/12, , 1859/1860 in AR;
Weyman BROWN, Male, age 07, b. 1863 in AR.

A family history booklet states that three of these six daughters died at an early age. The three that are listed as dying early are: 5

Lucy/Lu BROWN, age 06, b. 1854 in AR; Died early
Mollie BROWN, age 03, b. 1857 in AR; Died early
Lizzie BROWN, age 7/12, b. 1859/1860 in AR; Died early

All are still alive in the 1880 Census. After removing these three from the six daughters; we have these three remaining:
Sarah O. BROWN, female, born 19 April 1843; Married William Ward they are buried in Old Parkers Chapel Cemetery, Union County, Arkansas.
Martha J. BROWN, male, b. 1849
Nancy BROWN, age 08, b. 1852, in AR;

The Family history Book (1926) states that:
171.Sally [Brown]; b. _________;d. abt. 1915; m. Wm. Ward.
Sarah/Sally did married William Ward.
174.Dora; b.__________;d.__________; m. (1) Joel Goodwin; m. (2) Jim Buckner. Lived in Western Texas.

175.Nannie; b.__________;d.__________; m. Al Glass of Kasse, Texas. Nannie has been a Widow for many years. She is now living (1926) with her only child - Brown Glass, b.____, Kasse, Texas.
So at this point we have a problem. The censuses (1850-1880) do not list a daughter named Dora Brown.
Marriage records for Ouachita County Arkansas shows that Joel H. Goodwin married Julie A. BROWN on 26 February 1879. 6

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The 1880 census for Ouachita shows Joel & Julia Goodwin. 7

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Now we have the Family booklet naming Dora Brown as wife of Joel H. Goodwin and County Marriage records saying that Julia A. Brown married Joel H. Goodwin. To further compound this I looked for and found no marriage record for Jim Buckner.

James Buckner and Elizabeth J./Julia were found in Texas in 1900, 1920 and 1930. 8 9 10

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Now, to tie the Buckner to the Brown we have the Texas Death Certificate for James Buckner wife. 11

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We see that Dora/Elizabeth J. /Julie A. Brown are now known as Donnie Buckner. Donnie Buckner was:
b. Sept 10, 1853
Married: J. M. Buckner
Father: E. R. Brown [Epps Rivers Brown]
Mother: Mirandy Ardar [Dorinda Adair]
d. 9 June 1933, Westella, Nolan, Texas

If, at this point the narrative is not too confusing let’s add one more element to the story. James “Jim” M. Buckner and his wife had one child - James Evelyn “Lynn” Buckner, Sr. born 11 February 1881 in Arkansas. Also remember the marriage to Joel H. Goodwin took place on February 26, 1879 and they are enumerated in the 1880 census for Ouachita County, Arkansas.

James Evelyn “Lynn” Buckner, Sr. died June 5, 1950 in Nolan County, Texas. His Texas Death Certificate shows his parents as J. M. Buckner and Julia Bradley. 12

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In summary, conflict exists as to the specific daughter of Epps Rivers Brown that married Joel H. Goodwin and James H. “Jim” Buckner and the daughter that married Absalom Pratt Glass as we saw in yesterday’s posting.

Family tradition states that Dora married Joel H. Goodwin and Jim Buckner.

Ouachita County, Arkansas marriage licensee shows that Joel H. Goodwin married Julia A. Brown.
If Dora/Julia married Joel H. Goodwin it was short lived. Since he was older and had children just slightly younger than herself it’s possible she saw the marriage as a losing situation. Regardless,  sometime around May 1880, Julia Brown Goodwin and Jim Buckner united together. 

Jim Buckner and his wife had one known child, a Son, born February 11, 1881 in Arkansas. No marriage license has been found and it’s possible no marriage took place. We do know they left Arkansas and moved to Texas.

Any suggestions on resolving some of this conflicting information would be greatly appreciated.
 
 





 
 
 
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1. 1850 U. S. Census, Union County, Arkansas, population schedule, El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas, Page 226A, Line 31, Dwelling/Family 21/21, Household of Epps R. BROWN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 July 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: M432_30.
2. 1860 U. S. Census, Union County, Arkansas, population schedule, Dorado, Union County, Arkansas, Page 316B, Line 17, Family/Dwelling 703/651, Household of Epps R. BROWN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 July 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: M653_51.
3. 1870 U. S. Census, Union County, Arkansas, population schedule, Franklin, Union County, Arkansas, Page: 523B; Line 26, Dwelling/Family 107/108, Household of Epps R. Brown; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 July 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: M593_65.
4. 1880 U. S. Census, Union County, Arkansas, population schedule, Franklin, Union County, Arkansas, enumeration district (ED) #270, Page 226C, Line 17, Dwelling 80, Family 84, Household of E. R. BROWN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 24 July 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: T9-0058.
5. Minnie Sanders Rivers, The Rivers Family: of Chesterfield County, South Carolina, handwritten (unpublished: n.p., 1929), Family 43 - Epps Rivers Brown.
6. "Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957," digital images - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 24 January 2013), Clerk Copy, "Ouachita County, Arkansas Marriage Book "B"," page 381, Joel H. Goodwin and Julia A. Brown; citing Register of Deed, Ouachita County, Arkansas Marriage Book "B", page 381.
7. 1880 U. S. Census, Union County, Arkansas, population schedule, Tremont, Ouachita County, Arkansas, enumeration district (ED) #221, Page 47A; Line 1, Dwelling NL, Family NL, Household of J. H. GOODWIN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 September 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: T9-0058.
8. 1900 U. S. Census,  Coryell County, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 6, Coryell County, Texas, enumeration district (ED) 47, Page: 176B(stamped); Line 86, Dwelling 305, Family 305, Household of James M. BUCKNER; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 4 September 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1624.
9. 1920 U. S. Census, Nolan County, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 5, Nolan County, Texas, enumeration district (ED) #180, Page: 89B; Line 81, Dwelling 176, Family 180, Household of James BUCKNER; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 25 July 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T625, Roll 1837.
10. 1930 U. S. Census, Nolan County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 5, Nolan County, Texas, enumeration district (ED) #10, Page: 234B; Line 91, Dwelling 35, Family 35, Household of James B. BUCKNER; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 25 July 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T626, Roll 2378.
11. State of Texas, death certificate no. 4376 (9 January 1933), Donnie Buckner; https:/www.familysearch.org.
12. J. E. Buckner, death certificate 29639 (5 June 1950), Vital Records, Department of Health, Austin, Travis County, Texas.

























































8 comments:

  1. you have some errors in this narrative. James Monroe (Jim) Buckner and Julia Evelyn Buckner were married in Arkansas in March of 1880 and had their son, James Evelyn Buckner Sr in Feb 1881. There is a marriage certificate to prove it. They married in Arkansas. Julia Evelyn Bradley Buckner died sometime after James Evelyn Buckner Sr. was born. James Monroe (Jim) Buckner and Dora,Donnie,Julia,Elizabeth were married in Texas. There is a marriage license for JM Buckner and DG Goodwin were married in Coryell County, Texas, 27 Jan 1895. Dora/Donnie/Julia/Elizabeth is not the mother of James Monroe (Jim) Buckner's son. We, his descendants, have always known his mother is Julia Evelyn Bradley Buckner and she died when he was very young. We have a photograph of Julia Evelyn Bradley Buckner and her siblings kept in touch with my great grandmother until she died. My great grandmother, Eldora Falitia Cox Buckner married James Evelyn Buckner Sr. and had ten children.

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  2. Paper Dolls,

    Thank you for the updates and corrections. I really appreciate you correcting the record for your grandparents/great grandparents. I will correct my records.

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  3. Paper Dolls,
    I found on line that Thomas Jefferson Bradley died about July 1883. Did his wife Mary Louise and son Charles also moved to Texas and who is Uncle J. K. Bradley in North Carolina that the children of T. J. Bradley are due a portion of his estate. Thanks, Charlie

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  4. Paper Dolls,
    Take a look at my posting for tomorrow. It will be about the Epps Rivers Brown children and Edomonia Lynn Brown (Nannie).

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  5. You are not alone with the Brown family mystery. i found my great great grandmother Octavia Hendricks living with a man named miles Hendricks in Hill county Texas in the 1870 Census. I have always been told that her father was Harrison Hendricks, but she was born in hill according to letters she wrote. She also appears in the Fort Worth 1870 Census. Not sure who miles is, but I traced miles back in time and found him living with Epps Brown in 1850. I noticed Epps had two children with French names, Napoleon Bonaparte brown and Lafayette Brown. My dad had researched the Browns because he thought there was something odd about them and thought we might actually be browns instead of hendrickses. What’s interesting is that the browns were apparently related to the Patterson woman who married napoleons brother, Jerome. Jerome is actually buried in Fort Worth Texas where my family settled. Most people don’t know that. I would love to discuss this further if you’re interested. I can share the info my dad got on the browns from fairfax county.

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  6. Anne,
    I would love to discuss this some more with you. There's an e-mail link in the right panel at the top of this page.
    Charlie

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  7. It seems that Martha J Brown changed her name like some change their hair color. I have looked for many years for Joel Goodwin's information. The family folklore is she walked out of Arkansas with my great grand dad and great great grand dad during the night because there had been a murder. We were told by our granddad and his siblings that they changed their name. However, James Monroe Buckner was always known as James Monroe Buckner. She is the one that changed her name. Did she murder her husband, Joel Goodwin, was there an accident, what happened to him? She is not related to us by blood but it is very interesting to ponder. And she was married into our family for a long time.

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    1. Paper Dolls, I have heard this same story about a murder and I have looked for Joel H. Goodman Death. My last document with his name is a Land Deed dated 13 June 1881. I have Dora, Donnie married to Jim Buckner. Where does Martha fit in?

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