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Thomas C Brown

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Thomas C Brown

Birth
Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
Death
2 Dec 1908 (aged 74)
Perry County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Thomas married Martha Jane Dowdy, September 10, 1857. They lived at Hurricane Creek, where they raised their fifteen children (two were twins). Thomas joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in March, 1908, according to a tribute written for his funeral, by his pastor, Rev. Skelton.

During the Civil War, Thomas served in Col. George Nixon's 48th Tennessee Infantry.

Thomas and Martha are buried in the family graveyard at Cane Creek, northwest of Hohenwald, Tennessee.

Their children were: Walter W Brown, Jno D Brown, Thomas C Brown Jr., Rebecca J Brown, Fredonia Brown, Martha L. Brown (married John Turnbow-son of Josiah (Peter) Turnbow), Jacob A Brown, William D Brown, Taylor Brown, Levi Brown, Nancy E Brown, Melvina, Molly, Patricia and Delphia Mae (married Harv Turnbow - both Delphia & Harv were born in 1899-both buried now in north GA. Harv was the son of John Ike and Martha Alice Turnbow-daughter of Eason Turnbow).

Have received information that one of the daughters: Molly, might have been a nickname for Mary. Their is a birth certificate showing Mary Agnes Brown Fitzgerald was the name of one of Thomas & Martha's daughters. She was born Oct 28, 1873, buried in Spring Hill, Nashville, she passed Dec 10, 1957.



Thomas married Martha Jane Dowdy, September 10, 1857. They lived at Hurricane Creek, where they raised their fifteen children (two were twins). Thomas joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in March, 1908, according to a tribute written for his funeral, by his pastor, Rev. Skelton.

During the Civil War, Thomas served in Col. George Nixon's 48th Tennessee Infantry.

Thomas and Martha are buried in the family graveyard at Cane Creek, northwest of Hohenwald, Tennessee.

Their children were: Walter W Brown, Jno D Brown, Thomas C Brown Jr., Rebecca J Brown, Fredonia Brown, Martha L. Brown (married John Turnbow-son of Josiah (Peter) Turnbow), Jacob A Brown, William D Brown, Taylor Brown, Levi Brown, Nancy E Brown, Melvina, Molly, Patricia and Delphia Mae (married Harv Turnbow - both Delphia & Harv were born in 1899-both buried now in north GA. Harv was the son of John Ike and Martha Alice Turnbow-daughter of Eason Turnbow).

Have received information that one of the daughters: Molly, might have been a nickname for Mary. Their is a birth certificate showing Mary Agnes Brown Fitzgerald was the name of one of Thomas & Martha's daughters. She was born Oct 28, 1873, buried in Spring Hill, Nashville, she passed Dec 10, 1957.



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Photo provided here is - Thomas & Martha Dowdy Brown, as well as an image of their gravestone. Family picture here is taken in front of Thomas's home, where Mattie Brown Turnbow would be born in 1893. Later, home was greatly enlarged with 2 wings.

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