Wade Hampton Brown Sr.

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Wade Hampton Brown Sr.

Birth
Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA
Death
21 Sep 1963 (aged 80)
London, Laurel County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
East Bernstadt, Laurel County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Wade Hampton Brown, Sr. was born in Rockcastle County, KY, the son of David Travis Brown and Sarah Melissa "Minnie" Perryman. He was the twin brother of William Thomas Brown. Wade Hampton Brown married Nannie Louise Lee on 3 May 1906 at the home of Ward & Martha Lee Williams. Martha was Nannie's sister.

By 1918, Wade Hampton Brown and Nannie Lee Brown had relocated to Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana where Wade worked as a miner for the Grand Coal Company. His WWI Draft Registration of that year indicated that he was tall and slender, with dark blue eyes and light brown hair. In 1927, the family returned to Laurel County Kentucky, following the tragic death of their daughter Bessie Lee Brown.

Wade Hampton Brown died at Marymount Hospital in London, Laurel County, Kentucky at age 80. His address was recorded as Rt. 1, East Bernstadt, Kentucky.

Wade Hampton & Nannie Lee Brown had the following children:

Lilly Mae Brown Huntley 1906-1945
Bessie Lee Brown 1909-1927
Cye Elza Brown 1911-1992
Charles Arthur "Chuck" Brown 1914-1969
Lucy Calvina Brown Hacker 1917-1988
Minnie Brown Rice 1920-2014
Walter Eric "Pete" Brown 1923-1975
Wade H Brown, Jr. 1926-1984
Franklin Delano "Frank" Brown 1933-2008
Wade Hampton Brown, Sr. was born in Rockcastle County, KY, the son of David Travis Brown and Sarah Melissa "Minnie" Perryman. He was the twin brother of William Thomas Brown. Wade Hampton Brown married Nannie Louise Lee on 3 May 1906 at the home of Ward & Martha Lee Williams. Martha was Nannie's sister.

By 1918, Wade Hampton Brown and Nannie Lee Brown had relocated to Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana where Wade worked as a miner for the Grand Coal Company. His WWI Draft Registration of that year indicated that he was tall and slender, with dark blue eyes and light brown hair. In 1927, the family returned to Laurel County Kentucky, following the tragic death of their daughter Bessie Lee Brown.

Wade Hampton Brown died at Marymount Hospital in London, Laurel County, Kentucky at age 80. His address was recorded as Rt. 1, East Bernstadt, Kentucky.

Wade Hampton & Nannie Lee Brown had the following children:

Lilly Mae Brown Huntley 1906-1945
Bessie Lee Brown 1909-1927
Cye Elza Brown 1911-1992
Charles Arthur "Chuck" Brown 1914-1969
Lucy Calvina Brown Hacker 1917-1988
Minnie Brown Rice 1920-2014
Walter Eric "Pete" Brown 1923-1975
Wade H Brown, Jr. 1926-1984
Franklin Delano "Frank" Brown 1933-2008