Sarah (Sally) Brown was born about 1813 in Kentucky to William Brown and Caty Trover, who had married in Rockingham Co., VA in 1804, then moved across the border to Kentucky.
Little evidence survives about the life of Sarah "Sally" Brown. Her older sister, Polly, married in 1827 in Christian County, KY -- the same year that the first of their two youngest brothers was born there. Sarah's mother, Catherine (Caty) Trover, wife of William Brown and mother of all his children, died in 1831-1832, which left Sally as the oldest female in the household; it is likely she became the family's housekeeper and also surrogate mother to the two youngest boys at that point and she never married.
Some time after 1843, when John Henry and Lewis had moved to Missouri to live with their sister, Polly Brown Clinton, Sally and her father, William Brown, followed them to Missouri. Because of some Brown family pictures found in the Test family's attic across the road from Lewis Brown's place, we believe Sally probably worked for them and boarded in their home for a time between 1860 and 1870. The 1870 census shows Sally in the household of her brother, Lewis Sinclair Brown, taking care of his children after his wife, Rhoda Malissa Neely Brown, had died. Interviews with previous generations have yielded the information that Sally was a fleshy woman and a stern childcare provider. It is believed that Sally died about 1871-1872. Lewis Brown married his second wife in December 1872, and subsequent censuses indicate Christina Garman Story Brown took over the child-rearing and had four more children with Lewis.
Sally Brown was named in the will of her maternal grandfather, John Trover, in 1832, Christian County, KY. He included her as a full beneficiary, along with his son and sons-in-law, due to her kindness to him during his illness. All his children except Catherine Trover were named in his will, another indication that Caty had died before her father in about 1831.
Sally probably died in the early 1870s; she is buried beside her father, William Brown, in Brown Cemetery in Camden Co., Missouri. The grave was unmarked, although previous generations indicate there was once a marker and that pieces of it had been found by digging in the area. A new granite marker has been placed to memorialize Sally.
Little evidence survives about the life of Sarah "Sally" Brown. Her older sister, Polly, married in 1827 in Christian County, KY -- the same year that the first of their two youngest brothers was born there. Sarah's mother, Catherine (Caty) Trover, wife of William Brown and mother of all his children, died in 1831-1832, which left Sally as the oldest female in the household; it is likely she became the family's housekeeper and also surrogate mother to the two youngest boys at that point and she never married.
Some time after 1843, when John Henry and Lewis had moved to Missouri to live with their sister, Polly Brown Clinton, Sally and her father, William Brown, followed them to Missouri. Because of some Brown family pictures found in the Test family's attic across the road from Lewis Brown's place, we believe Sally probably worked for them and boarded in their home for a time between 1860 and 1870. The 1870 census shows Sally in the household of her brother, Lewis Sinclair Brown, taking care of his children after his wife, Rhoda Malissa Neely Brown, had died. Interviews with previous generations have yielded the information that Sally was a fleshy woman and a stern childcare provider. It is believed that Sally died about 1871-1872. Lewis Brown married his second wife in December 1872, and subsequent censuses indicate Christina Garman Story Brown took over the child-rearing and had four more children with Lewis.
Sally Brown was named in the will of her maternal grandfather, John Trover, in 1832, Christian County, KY. He included her as a full beneficiary, along with his son and sons-in-law, due to her kindness to him during his illness. All his children except Catherine Trover were named in his will, another indication that Caty had died before her father in about 1831.
Sally probably died in the early 1870s; she is buried beside her father, William Brown, in Brown Cemetery in Camden Co., Missouri. The grave was unmarked, although previous generations indicate there was once a marker and that pieces of it had been found by digging in the area. A new granite marker has been placed to memorialize Sally.
Sarah (Sally) Brown was born about 1813 in Kentucky to William Brown and Caty Trover, who had married in Rockingham Co., VA in 1804, then moved across the border to Kentucky.
Little evidence survives about the life of Sarah "Sally" Brown. Her older sister, Polly, married in 1827 in Christian County, KY -- the same year that the first of their two youngest brothers was born there. Sarah's mother, Catherine (Caty) Trover, wife of William Brown and mother of all his children, died in 1831-1832, which left Sally as the oldest female in the household; it is likely she became the family's housekeeper and also surrogate mother to the two youngest boys at that point and she never married.
Some time after 1843, when John Henry and Lewis had moved to Missouri to live with their sister, Polly Brown Clinton, Sally and her father, William Brown, followed them to Missouri. Because of some Brown family pictures found in the Test family's attic across the road from Lewis Brown's place, we believe Sally probably worked for them and boarded in their home for a time between 1860 and 1870. The 1870 census shows Sally in the household of her brother, Lewis Sinclair Brown, taking care of his children after his wife, Rhoda Malissa Neely Brown, had died. Interviews with previous generations have yielded the information that Sally was a fleshy woman and a stern childcare provider. It is believed that Sally died about 1871-1872. Lewis Brown married his second wife in December 1872, and subsequent censuses indicate Christina Garman Story Brown took over the child-rearing and had four more children with Lewis.
Sally Brown was named in the will of her maternal grandfather, John Trover, in 1832, Christian County, KY. He included her as a full beneficiary, along with his son and sons-in-law, due to her kindness to him during his illness. All his children except Catherine Trover were named in his will, another indication that Caty had died before her father in about 1831.
Sally probably died in the early 1870s; she is buried beside her father, William Brown, in Brown Cemetery in Camden Co., Missouri. The grave was unmarked, although previous generations indicate there was once a marker and that pieces of it had been found by digging in the area. A new granite marker has been placed to memorialize Sally.
Little evidence survives about the life of Sarah "Sally" Brown. Her older sister, Polly, married in 1827 in Christian County, KY -- the same year that the first of their two youngest brothers was born there. Sarah's mother, Catherine (Caty) Trover, wife of William Brown and mother of all his children, died in 1831-1832, which left Sally as the oldest female in the household; it is likely she became the family's housekeeper and also surrogate mother to the two youngest boys at that point and she never married.
Some time after 1843, when John Henry and Lewis had moved to Missouri to live with their sister, Polly Brown Clinton, Sally and her father, William Brown, followed them to Missouri. Because of some Brown family pictures found in the Test family's attic across the road from Lewis Brown's place, we believe Sally probably worked for them and boarded in their home for a time between 1860 and 1870. The 1870 census shows Sally in the household of her brother, Lewis Sinclair Brown, taking care of his children after his wife, Rhoda Malissa Neely Brown, had died. Interviews with previous generations have yielded the information that Sally was a fleshy woman and a stern childcare provider. It is believed that Sally died about 1871-1872. Lewis Brown married his second wife in December 1872, and subsequent censuses indicate Christina Garman Story Brown took over the child-rearing and had four more children with Lewis.
Sally Brown was named in the will of her maternal grandfather, John Trover, in 1832, Christian County, KY. He included her as a full beneficiary, along with his son and sons-in-law, due to her kindness to him during his illness. All his children except Catherine Trover were named in his will, another indication that Caty had died before her father in about 1831.
Sally probably died in the early 1870s; she is buried beside her father, William Brown, in Brown Cemetery in Camden Co., Missouri. The grave was unmarked, although previous generations indicate there was once a marker and that pieces of it had been found by digging in the area. A new granite marker has been placed to memorialize Sally.
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