Francis Ellen Wasson, was the second wife of Samuel Bayless Brown, Jr., his first wife was Mary Rachel Ivins, they married on 12-23-1852, she was born 1834 and died 1854, Johnson County, Missouri. Samuel Bayless Brown and Francis Ellen Wasson married on March 4, 1855, she was the daughter of Clairborne Watkins Wasson and Mary Margaret Kimsey Wasson. Samuel was the son, of Samuel Bayless Brown, Sr. and Elizabeth Boyd Brown, they both are buried in Chilhowee, Johnson County, Missouri.

When Francis married Samuel he had one child by his first marriage, J. H. Brown was born on March 31, 1854, and his mother died 12 days later.

Francis and Samuel were the parents of 14 children:
1. Warren "Babe" W. Brown, born 12-15-1855, Johnson County, Missouri. No other information.
2. Lousia J. Brown, born abot 1956, Johnson County, Missouri, died 11-14-1930, Texas.
3. Simon Thomas Jefferson "Jess" Brown, born, 1957, buried in Colorado City, Texas.
4. Susan A. E. Brown, born 11-14-1858
5. Archie Milton Jewell Brown, born 1860
6. Robert Jere Brown, born 1861
7. George Warren E. "Babe" Brown, born, 4-24-1863,
8. Oscar "Ought" Lee Brown, born, 1864, buried in Mountain Park Cemetery, St, Joseph, Montague County, Texas.
9. Golden Carlisle Brown born 1866, died Oklahoma. born 9-2-1868
10. James Hezekiah Brown, twin to Joseph, both born 9-2-1868
11. Joseph Zechariah Brown, buried at Erick Cemetery, Beckham County, Oklahoma.
12. John Christopher Columbus Brown, born, 1873, buried at Central Cemetery, Parker County, Texas.
13. Solomon H. Brown, died when he was 8 years old, 1877 - 1885, buried at Central Cemetery, Parker County, Texas.
14. V. Anne Brown, died at the age of 5 years old, 1880 - 1885, buried at Central Cemetery, Parker County, Texas.

According to Joseph Zechariah Brown (twin), his mother Francis Wasson Brown was buried at Central Cemetery, Parker County, Texas