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George Washington Brown

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George Washington Brown

Birth
Winnebago County, Illinois, USA
Death
12 Jul 1931 (aged 70)
Smithland, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Anthon, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Parents: Benjamin Franklin Brown and Sidney Louisa Walston

Eldest of 8 children.

Siblings: Maynard Taylor; Clara Marie; Mary Ann; Benjamin Franklin Jr; Louise Ellen; Martha Olive 'Mattie'; and Edith Gertrude.


Married Olive J. Bucklin, d/o Ransom Bucklin and Elizabeth Colyar, on February 22, 1885 by B. J. Logsdon, minister, at 'Sharah' (Sarah?) Colyar (assuming family home). The marriage was witnessed by J. Colyar and Silas Colyar.*


First husband of Olive Bucklin Brown.

Father of Myrtle Brown (1886-1887).


*Notes:

• Sarah Colyar was Olive's maternal grandmother

• The two witnesses at the marriage were most likely her maternal uncles.


Sources: Federal and State Census records; Iowa Marriage Records (for Hamilton & Kossuth counties), 1880-1947; Iowa Death Records, 1880-1972; Iowa Cemetery Records, 1662-1999; obituary; Ancestry.


Parents: Benjamin Franklin Brown and Sidney Louisa Walston

Eldest of 8 children.

Siblings: Maynard Taylor; Clara Marie; Mary Ann; Benjamin Franklin Jr; Louise Ellen; Martha Olive 'Mattie'; and Edith Gertrude.


Married Olive J. Bucklin, d/o Ransom Bucklin and Elizabeth Colyar, on February 22, 1885 by B. J. Logsdon, minister, at 'Sharah' (Sarah?) Colyar (assuming family home). The marriage was witnessed by J. Colyar and Silas Colyar.*


First husband of Olive Bucklin Brown.

Father of Myrtle Brown (1886-1887).


*Notes:

• Sarah Colyar was Olive's maternal grandmother

• The two witnesses at the marriage were most likely her maternal uncles.


Sources: Federal and State Census records; Iowa Marriage Records (for Hamilton & Kossuth counties), 1880-1947; Iowa Death Records, 1880-1972; Iowa Cemetery Records, 1662-1999; obituary; Ancestry.



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