It’s Family Time~The Stephen Brown Family

Stephen Brown, son of John H. Brown and Sarah Rivers, was born about 1823 in Monroe County, Alabama.

Stephen Brown married Susan Griffith about 1849 in Mississippi. She was borne about 1828 in South Carolina a daughter of Joab Griffith and his wife Sarah.

Stephen and Susan can be found in the following censuses:

•     1850 - Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
•     1855 - Jasper County, Mississippi.
•     1860 - Smith County, Mississippi
• On 18 Feb 1860 he was appointed Postmaster in Pineville, Smith, Mississippi.
•      1866 - Smith County, Mississippi.
      
  Susan Griffith Brown died after the 1866 census and before the 1870 Census. Stephen remarried during this time to a lady by the name of Rosa Ann Adams. Stephen and Rosa are enumerated as husband and wife in the 1870 Sunflower County Mississippi population censes.

•     1870 - Sunflower County, Mississippi.
•      1876 - Lauderdale County, Alabama.
•      1880 - Carroll County, Arkansas; Stephen & Rosa with son John H. Brown.

Stephen Brown and Susan Griffith had the following children:

        i.    Sarah "Sally" Brown, born abt Nov 1851, Mississippi; married Steve Bates; died 7 Nov 1899.
         ii.    Nancy "Nannie" Brown was born about 1852 in Mississippi.
         iii.    John Hancock "Jack" Brown, born 3 Jul 1855, Mississippi; married Susan Eff Adams, 9 Jul 1876, Mississippi; died 11 Feb 1900, Whitefield, Haskell County, Oklahoma.
         iv.    Joe Abb Brown, born 21 Oct 1857, Near Meridian, Mississippi; married Margaret Frances Bell, 24 Dec 1884, Foreman, Little River, Arkansas; died 26 Oct 1945, Oklahoma.
         v.    Henry C. Brown was born about 1860 in Mississippi. He died young sometime between 1866-1870.

Stephen Brown died about 1890 at the age of 67 in either Union or Carroll County, Arkansas. No death dates, obits, notices or tombstones have been found for either Stephen Brown or his 1st wife Susan Griffith.

Stephen Brown is my 1st Cousin 5X Removed.

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1. 1850 Census, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, population schedule, Southern District, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Page 386B, Line 34,, Dwelling 843, Family 856, Household of Stephen BROWN; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 375.
  2. 1860 U. S. Census, Smith County, Mississippi, population schedule, No Twp Listed, Smith County, Mississippi, Page: 285, Line 6, Dwelling 335, Family 335, Household of Stephen BROWN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1 August 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: M653_591.
3. 1870 U S Census, Sunflower County, Mississippi, population schedule, District 1, Sunflower County, Mississippi, Page: 459A, Line 34, Dwelling 145, Family 133, Household of Stephen BROWN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1 August 2011); citing  National Archives Microfilm M593_749.
4. 1880 U. S. Census, Carroll County, Arkansas, population schedule, Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas, enumeration district (ED) #28, Page: 244D, Line 6, Dwelling 236, Family 239, Household of  John H. BROWN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1 August 2011); citing NARA publication Roll: T9-0043.