This is an on-going research project of data collecting and
evidence evaluation of the Epps Rivers Brown family of Union County, Arkansas.
In this article I’m attempting to identified the two daughters of Epps Rivers
Brown that married James “Jim” Buckner and Absolom “Al” Pratt Glass.
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1850 Union Co. AR[1]
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1860 Union Co. AR[2]
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1870 Union Co. AR[3]
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1880 Union Co. AR[4]
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Epps R Brown 39
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E R Brown 50
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Epps R Brown 60
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E. R. Brown 71
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Dorinda Brown 29
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Dorindo Brown 40
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Dorinda Brown 50
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Dorinda Brown 60
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Sarah Brown 7
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Sallie Brown 16
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N P Brown 5
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Napoleon Brown 15
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La Fayette Brown 3
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Lafayette Brown 13
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Lafayette Brown 22
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Martha Brown 1
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Martha Brown 10
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Martha I Brown 19
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Nancy Brown 8
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Nancy Brown 17
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Ann Brown 27
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Lucy Brown 6
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Lucy Brown 15
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Lu Brown 25
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Mollie Brown 3
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Mollie Brown 12
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Mollie Brown 21
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Lizzie Brown 7/12
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Lizzie Brown 9
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Lizzie Brown 19
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Wayman Brown 7
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Wayman Brown 17
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Sarah Brown 78
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Sarah Brown 88
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Thos Brown 16
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Catharine Brown 11
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Miles B Hendrick 24
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This chart depicts the family composition of Epps Rivers Brown
from 1850 through 1880. Epps Rivers Brown was born about 1810 in Georgia to
John H. Brown and Sarah Rivers. Epps R. Married Dorinda Adair about 1842. Their
firstborn –Sarah was born in 1843.
Based on the above Chart the family composition was.
Epps Rivers Brown, b. 1810
Dorinda Adair Brown,
Wife, b. 1820
Sarah Brown, daughter,
b. 1843
Napoleon Bonaparte
Brown, Son, b. 1845
Lafayette Brown, Son,
b. 1847
Martha Brown, daughter,
b. 1849
Nancy Ann Brown,
daughter, b. 1852
Lucy (Lu) Brown,
daughter, b. 1854
Mollie Brown, daughter,
b. 1857
Lizzie Brown ,
daughter, b. 1859
Waymon Brown, Son, b.
1863
This is the family 6 daughter and 3 sons. The other 3 Browns
in the household in 1860 is Sarah Brown, Mother of Epps Rivers Brown and
grandmother to all the Brown Children listed. The two Children – Thomas &
Catherine are the Children of John R. Brown (brother to Epps) and Elizabeth
Pigford. Something tragic happen to John & Elizabeth between 1852-1860 in
Anderson County, Texas and their six minor children were sent to live with the Pigford’s in Mississippi and the
Rivers in Arkansas . One of the siblings Martha was of age to marry and married
Andrew S. Bradley in 1854.
Now back to Epps Rivers Brown family composition. I have
spent quite some time on the family trying to determine the husband of the six
(6) daughters in this family. Based the
the census & chart above we have:
Sarah Brown, b. 1843
Martha Brown, daughter,
b. 1849
Nancy Ann Brown,
daughter, b. 1852
Lucy (Lu) Brown,
daughter, b. 1854
Mollie Brown, daughter,
b. 1857
Lizzie Brown, daughter,
b. 1859
Back in 1926-1929 a small booklet was compiled on the Rivers
family by Minnie Sanders Rivers of Chesterfield, South Carolina. The Epps Rivers family from that booklet is
depicted here:
<43> Epps Rivers Brown(1Wm, 4Fredk, 8Sarah) ; b.
abt. 1810 in Ga.; d. abt. 1882, Union Co., Ark.;m. Dorinda Adair ; b._________;
d.__________.
Epps was a lawyer, member of Miss.
Legislature 1837, and Judge of County Court of Union Co., Ark., three terms,
1846-1852.
Issue:
171.
Sally [Brown]; b. _________;d. abt.
1915; m. Wm. Ward. Sally had two daughters. One is married and is now (1926) a grandmother.
The other cares for her Father.
172.
Napoleon Bonaparte "Nap";
b. abt. 1840; d. 1925; m. Missie [Martha Ann] Moody.
He served in C.S.A. War. He is
reputed to have realized approximately a million dollars from the discovery of
oil on his farm in Union Co., Ark., in 1920. They reared a fine family of five
sons and two daughters. One daughter died just as she reached womanhood.
173.
Lafayette "Fayette"; b.
abt. 1836-37, Lauderdale Co., Miss.; d. abt. 1915, Union Co., Ark.; m. Lizzie
Warren
They had four sons and three
daughters - one son and one daughter died in infancy. Lafayette served in the
War Between the States. Residence at or near El Dorado, Ark.
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.
176.
Lou [Brown]; b. [abt. 1854]; d. in
early womanhood.
177.
Mollie [Brown]; b. [abt. 1857]; d.
in early womanhood.
178.
Lizzie [Brown]; b. [abt. 1859]; d.
in early womanhood.
179.
Weyman [Brown]; b. [abt. 1863] Union
Co., Ark. His wife lived only a few years, leaving him with three small
children. He lived in Texas and became a Benedict late in life.
In 1926, there were no computers or censuses available in Chesterfield,
SC and no library to view census images.
Minnie acquired her data by writing letters to all of her kin including the
Brown family that married into the Rivers family. About the same time a man by
the name of Leon Madison Rivers was also gathering data on the Rivers and Brown
family and Harry Alexander Davis was compiling data for a book on the Davis family
that also married into the Rivers family. Both my 3rd and 4th
great grandparents were Davis men that married Rivers girls. Harry Alexander
Davis published his book in 1929. The research of Leon Madison Rivers is on
file in the SC State Library, Columbia, South Carolina.
If we compare Minnie's lists of daughters to the list I
compiled from the census it looks like this:
Sarah Brown, b. 1843
Martha Brown, daughter,
b. 1849
Nancy Ann Brown,
daughter, b. 1852
Lucy (Lu) Brown,
daughter, b. 1854
Mollie Brown, daughter,
b. 1857
Lizzie Brown, daughter,
b. 1859
Sally [Brown]; b. _________;d.
Dora [Brown]; m. (1) Joel Goodwin;
m. (2) Jim Buckner. Lived in Western Texas.
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.
Lou [Brown]; b. [abt. 1854]; d. in
early womanhood.
Mollie [Brown]; b. [abt. 1857]; d.
in early womanhood.
Lizzie [Brown]; b. [abt. 1859]; d.
in early womanhood.
If three of the six (6) girls died
in infancy then we need only place husbands with three of the Daughters
Sarah
Martha
Nancy Ann
Or in Minnie’s list
Sally
Dora
Nannie
Two of these girls and their brother Weyman migrated to
Texas. In Texas I located the death certificate for two daughter of Epps Rivers
Brown & Dorinda Adair. The Names on these two death certificates do match
the names recorded in the census.
We have Texas Death certificate #4376, Nolan County, Texas[5]
Donnie Buckner wife of J. M. BUCKNER
b. Sept 10, 1853 in
Ark; d. Jan 9, 1933
Parents: E. R. Rivers,
b. Ga * Dorinda Adair, b. Miss
Died Nolan County
Texas; Buried in Pyron TX
And Texas Death Certificate #38380, Limestone
County, Texas[6]
Edmonia Lynn Brown wife of A. P. GLASS
b. Dec 12, 1857 in Ark
d. Aug 31, 1938
Parents: E. R. Rivers,
b. Ga * Adair, b. Miss
Died Limestone County
Texas;
The 1926 booklet says that Dora married Jim Buckner and Nannie
married Al Glass.
Instead we have Donnie married to Jim Buckner and Edmonia Lynn
married to Al Glass and the other problem is there is no Dora Brown in the census.
I know that Sarah married William Ward. I am having a real
hard time jumping form Donnie & Edomina Lynn to Martha & Nancy Ann in
the Census or to Dora and Nannie in Minnie’s Booklet.
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CENSUS
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Minnie’s Booklet
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TX Death Certificates
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Martha
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Dora
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Donnie Buckner
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Nancy Ann
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Nannie
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Edmonia Lynn Glass
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I hope I have explained this situation adequately. I would appreciate
feedback on how to go about connecting the two girls on the death certificates
to names shown on the census. No conclusive data has been collected thus far
that will define which of the two daughters of Epps Rivers Brown were married
to Jim Buckner & Al Glass.
[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] State of
Texas, death certificate no. 4376 (9 January 1933), Donnie Buckner;
https:/www.familysearch.org.
[6] State of
Texas, death certificate no. 38280 (31 August 1938), Edmonia Lynn Glass;
https:/www.familysearch.org.
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