Lydia Perrin
Birth 1814 in Madison County, Kentucky
Death 1855 in Sevier County, Arkansas

Lydia Perrin was born in 1814 in Madison, Kentucky, to Martha Catherine Blanks, age 28, and Samuel Perrin, age 34. Lydia Perrin married William Jefferson Brown in Hempstead, Arkansas, on November 17, 1836, when she was 22 years old. Her father Samuel Perrin passed away on April 9, 1842, in Hempstead, Arkansas, at the age of 62. Her mother, Martha Catherine Blanks Perrin, passed away in 1850 in Hempstead, Arkansas, at the age of 64. Lydia Perrin Brown died in 1855 in Sevier, Arkansas, when she was 41 years old.

her father
Samuel Perrin
Birth 1780 in Bedford County, Virginia
Death 9 April 1842 in Hempstead County, Arkansas
Burial:Mount Gilead, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Find A Grave Memorial# 140228980

her mother
Martha Catherine Blanks
Birth: 1786 Charlotte County, Virginia
Death: 1850 Hempstead County, Arkansas
Burial: Unknown
Find A Grave Memorial# 140229075
marriage 12 Mar 1805 Lincoln County, Kentucky

siblings
Archelaus Perrin 1806–1880
Willis Perrin 1812–1879
Zeno Temple Perrin 1830–1863

her spouse
William Jefferson Brown
Birth: Mar. 22, 1811 Montgomery County, Virginia
Death: Oct. 24, 1869 Arkansas
marriage November 17, 1836 in Hempstead, Arkansas
Burial: unknown cemetery
Find A Grave Memorial# 180570905

children of William Jefferson & Lydia Brown
1 Jane BROWN
Birth 1838 in Washington, Sevier County, Arkansas
Death Unknown
She was in the 1840, 1850, 1860 census--cannot find her after that

2 Eliza Elinor Brown Pauley
Birth 4 Nov 1839 in Hempstead County, Arkansas**
Death 14 Feb 1917 in Cerrogordo, Little River, Arkansas
Marriage 16 Jan 1866 in Sevier, Arkansas to William Valentine Pauley(1837–1906)
burial Cerrogordo Cemetery, Cerrogordo, Little River County, Arkansas Find A Grave Memorial# 14165096
** believe her place of birth was Washington, Sevier County, Arkansas

3 Delia Amanda Brown
Birth 28 Dec 1841 in Washington , Sevier County, Arkansas
Death 3 Dec 1931 in Logan County, Arkansas
Marriage 8 Aug 1866 in Sevier County, Arkansas to
Nehemiah Cravens(1840–1913)
burial Burial: McKendree Cemetery
Subiaco, Logan County, Arkansas
Find A Grave Memorial# 54936946

4 Nancy G. Brown Coughran
Birth 29 July 1844 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
Death 16 Feb 1934 in Skull Valley, Yavapai, Arizona
married 1869 to James Wesley Coughran (1833 - 1919)
Burial:Skull Valley Cemetery
Skull Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona
Find A Grave Memorial# 60668126
note death cert gives parents as Robert Brown and Nancy Green--have doubts on this person

5 Henry K. Brown
Birth 8 August 1848 in Washington, Sevier County, Arkansas
Death 2 June 1921 in Paris, Logan, Arkansas
Marriage 26 Nov 1891 in Patterson's Bluff, Logan Co., Ark
to Nancy Isabelle Young(1868–1956)
burial McKendree Cemetery, Subiaco, Logan County, Arkansas
Find A Grave Memorial# 122565629

6 Robert Brown Birth: 1849 Washington, Sevier County, Arkansas no more info

7 Ellen Brown Birth 1853 in Washington, Sevier, Arkansas
no more info

1840 U S Census
Name Wm J Brown
Home in 1840 (City, County, State) Washington, Sevier, Arkansas
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29 2
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10 1
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23 1
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture 1
Free White Persons - Under 20 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 3
Total Free White Persons 5
Total Slaves 3
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves 8


1850 U S Census
Name Lydia Brown
Age 36
Birth Year abt 1814
Birthplace Kentucky
Home in 1850 Washington, Sevier, Arkansas, USA
Gender Female
Family Number 471
Household Members
Name Age
William J Brown 39
Lydia Brown 36
Jane Brown 12
Eliza Brown 10
Delia Brown 8
Nancy Brown 6
Henry Brown 3
Robert Brown 0

she was absent in 1860 U S Census