Maria Theresa Brown was the eldest daughter and third of seven children born to Col. John Evans Brown (1827-1895) and his first wife Theresa Australia Peacock (1838-1880) who were married in New South Wales in 1857. Her paternal grandparents were Maj. William John Brown (1803-1884) and his first wife Anna Marshall Evans (1803-1858), of Buncombe County, North Carolina; and, her maternal grandparents were John Jenkins Peacock (1798-1868) and his wife Maria Parsonage (1805-1885) of Christchurch, New Zealand.
J. Evans Brown had left Buncombe County and traveled west during the California Gold Rush of 1849. He went to Australia around 1855 and made a vast fortune in sheep ranching there. He moved to New Zealand around 1864, and continued his ranching activities there. He served in the New Zealand Parliament, and renamed his district there "Swannanoa" in honor of the river here. His first wife having died in New Zealand, Col. Brown married Mrs. Jane Emily Martin (1842-1907) in 1883. He brought his family back to North Carolina in 1884, and that same year inherited considerable lands here from his father, Maj. William John Brown. He built "Zealandia," patterned on English Gothic castle architecture atop Beaucatcher Mountain in the late 1880s. (The lovely manor house at Zealandia now is part of an early 1900s addition; and, sadly the original Zealandia was demolished in the 1950s).
The children of John Evans Brown, all born of his first wife, Theresa Peacock, were: John Peacock Brown (c. 1860-1877, died in New Zealand), William Vance Brown (1864-1933, m. Daphne Campbell Fuller, 2nd m. Elizabeth Penniman Walter), Maria Theresa Brown (1866-1928, Mrs. H. Fields Saumenig), Katherine Elizabeth "Katie" Brown (1867-1951, Mrs. Samuel W. Blood), Potter MacLay Brown (1869-1937, m. Jodie Lee Burleson), Sidney Herbert Brown (1873-1941, m. Mrs. Harriet Baker Jordan) and John Evans Brown (1876-1877, died in New Zealand).
On 2 Jan 1913, Maria Theresa Brown was married to Rev. Harry Fields Saumenig (1871-1954), a native of Baltimore and a widower with two children. Rev. Saumenig had served as Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Asheville from 1910, and in 1913, he accepted a call to serve as rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Atlanta. In 1914, Rev. Saumenig became the Rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church at Rome, Georgia, in which position he continued for 25 years until his retirement. (Note that the person who made the memorial for Rev. Saumenig has the wrong dates for him. I've sent a correction but so far to no avail.)
Mrs. Saumenig died at her home in Rome, Georgia, on the 1st of June 1928. Funeral services were conducted both at St. Peter's Church in Rome by the Bishop H. J. Mikell, of the Atlanta Diocese, and at Trinity Episcopal Church in Asheville by the Bishop Junius M. Horner and Rev. George F. Rogers of Trinity, and she was buried with her family here at Riverside Cemetery. She was survived by three brothers, W. Vance Brown and S. Herbert Brown of Asheville, Potter Brown of Richmond, VA, and a sister, Mrs. S. W. Blood, of New York, her husband, a stepson, J. Dudley Saumenig,
Many thanks to James Archer, Find A Grave Contributor # 47046691, who originally created this memorial and then kindly transferred it to my keeping. Mr. Archer has done amazing work in documenting and photographing cemeteries in the Asheville area.
J. Evans Brown had left Buncombe County and traveled west during the California Gold Rush of 1849. He went to Australia around 1855 and made a vast fortune in sheep ranching there. He moved to New Zealand around 1864, and continued his ranching activities there. He served in the New Zealand Parliament, and renamed his district there "Swannanoa" in honor of the river here. His first wife having died in New Zealand, Col. Brown married Mrs. Jane Emily Martin (1842-1907) in 1883. He brought his family back to North Carolina in 1884, and that same year inherited considerable lands here from his father, Maj. William John Brown. He built "Zealandia," patterned on English Gothic castle architecture atop Beaucatcher Mountain in the late 1880s. (The lovely manor house at Zealandia now is part of an early 1900s addition; and, sadly the original Zealandia was demolished in the 1950s).
The children of John Evans Brown, all born of his first wife, Theresa Peacock, were: John Peacock Brown (c. 1860-1877, died in New Zealand), William Vance Brown (1864-1933, m. Daphne Campbell Fuller, 2nd m. Elizabeth Penniman Walter), Maria Theresa Brown (1866-1928, Mrs. H. Fields Saumenig), Katherine Elizabeth "Katie" Brown (1867-1951, Mrs. Samuel W. Blood), Potter MacLay Brown (1869-1937, m. Jodie Lee Burleson), Sidney Herbert Brown (1873-1941, m. Mrs. Harriet Baker Jordan) and John Evans Brown (1876-1877, died in New Zealand).
On 2 Jan 1913, Maria Theresa Brown was married to Rev. Harry Fields Saumenig (1871-1954), a native of Baltimore and a widower with two children. Rev. Saumenig had served as Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Asheville from 1910, and in 1913, he accepted a call to serve as rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Atlanta. In 1914, Rev. Saumenig became the Rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church at Rome, Georgia, in which position he continued for 25 years until his retirement. (Note that the person who made the memorial for Rev. Saumenig has the wrong dates for him. I've sent a correction but so far to no avail.)
Mrs. Saumenig died at her home in Rome, Georgia, on the 1st of June 1928. Funeral services were conducted both at St. Peter's Church in Rome by the Bishop H. J. Mikell, of the Atlanta Diocese, and at Trinity Episcopal Church in Asheville by the Bishop Junius M. Horner and Rev. George F. Rogers of Trinity, and she was buried with her family here at Riverside Cemetery. She was survived by three brothers, W. Vance Brown and S. Herbert Brown of Asheville, Potter Brown of Richmond, VA, and a sister, Mrs. S. W. Blood, of New York, her husband, a stepson, J. Dudley Saumenig,
Many thanks to James Archer, Find A Grave Contributor # 47046691, who originally created this memorial and then kindly transferred it to my keeping. Mr. Archer has done amazing work in documenting and photographing cemeteries in the Asheville area.
Maria Theresa Brown was the eldest daughter and third of seven children born to Col. John Evans Brown (1827-1895) and his first wife Theresa Australia Peacock (1838-1880) who were married in New South Wales in 1857. Her paternal grandparents were Maj. William John Brown (1803-1884) and his first wife Anna Marshall Evans (1803-1858), of Buncombe County, North Carolina; and, her maternal grandparents were John Jenkins Peacock (1798-1868) and his wife Maria Parsonage (1805-1885) of Christchurch, New Zealand.
J. Evans Brown had left Buncombe County and traveled west during the California Gold Rush of 1849. He went to Australia around 1855 and made a vast fortune in sheep ranching there. He moved to New Zealand around 1864, and continued his ranching activities there. He served in the New Zealand Parliament, and renamed his district there "Swannanoa" in honor of the river here. His first wife having died in New Zealand, Col. Brown married Mrs. Jane Emily Martin (1842-1907) in 1883. He brought his family back to North Carolina in 1884, and that same year inherited considerable lands here from his father, Maj. William John Brown. He built "Zealandia," patterned on English Gothic castle architecture atop Beaucatcher Mountain in the late 1880s. (The lovely manor house at Zealandia now is part of an early 1900s addition; and, sadly the original Zealandia was demolished in the 1950s).
The children of John Evans Brown, all born of his first wife, Theresa Peacock, were: John Peacock Brown (c. 1860-1877, died in New Zealand), William Vance Brown (1864-1933, m. Daphne Campbell Fuller, 2nd m. Elizabeth Penniman Walter), Maria Theresa Brown (1866-1928, Mrs. H. Fields Saumenig), Katherine Elizabeth "Katie" Brown (1867-1951, Mrs. Samuel W. Blood), Potter MacLay Brown (1869-1937, m. Jodie Lee Burleson), Sidney Herbert Brown (1873-1941, m. Mrs. Harriet Baker Jordan) and John Evans Brown (1876-1877, died in New Zealand).
On 2 Jan 1913, Maria Theresa Brown was married to Rev. Harry Fields Saumenig (1871-1954), a native of Baltimore and a widower with two children. Rev. Saumenig had served as Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Asheville from 1910, and in 1913, he accepted a call to serve as rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Atlanta. In 1914, Rev. Saumenig became the Rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church at Rome, Georgia, in which position he continued for 25 years until his retirement. (Note that the person who made the memorial for Rev. Saumenig has the wrong dates for him. I've sent a correction but so far to no avail.)
Mrs. Saumenig died at her home in Rome, Georgia, on the 1st of June 1928. Funeral services were conducted both at St. Peter's Church in Rome by the Bishop H. J. Mikell, of the Atlanta Diocese, and at Trinity Episcopal Church in Asheville by the Bishop Junius M. Horner and Rev. George F. Rogers of Trinity, and she was buried with her family here at Riverside Cemetery. She was survived by three brothers, W. Vance Brown and S. Herbert Brown of Asheville, Potter Brown of Richmond, VA, and a sister, Mrs. S. W. Blood, of New York, her husband, a stepson, J. Dudley Saumenig,
Many thanks to James Archer, Find A Grave Contributor # 47046691, who originally created this memorial and then kindly transferred it to my keeping. Mr. Archer has done amazing work in documenting and photographing cemeteries in the Asheville area.
J. Evans Brown had left Buncombe County and traveled west during the California Gold Rush of 1849. He went to Australia around 1855 and made a vast fortune in sheep ranching there. He moved to New Zealand around 1864, and continued his ranching activities there. He served in the New Zealand Parliament, and renamed his district there "Swannanoa" in honor of the river here. His first wife having died in New Zealand, Col. Brown married Mrs. Jane Emily Martin (1842-1907) in 1883. He brought his family back to North Carolina in 1884, and that same year inherited considerable lands here from his father, Maj. William John Brown. He built "Zealandia," patterned on English Gothic castle architecture atop Beaucatcher Mountain in the late 1880s. (The lovely manor house at Zealandia now is part of an early 1900s addition; and, sadly the original Zealandia was demolished in the 1950s).
The children of John Evans Brown, all born of his first wife, Theresa Peacock, were: John Peacock Brown (c. 1860-1877, died in New Zealand), William Vance Brown (1864-1933, m. Daphne Campbell Fuller, 2nd m. Elizabeth Penniman Walter), Maria Theresa Brown (1866-1928, Mrs. H. Fields Saumenig), Katherine Elizabeth "Katie" Brown (1867-1951, Mrs. Samuel W. Blood), Potter MacLay Brown (1869-1937, m. Jodie Lee Burleson), Sidney Herbert Brown (1873-1941, m. Mrs. Harriet Baker Jordan) and John Evans Brown (1876-1877, died in New Zealand).
On 2 Jan 1913, Maria Theresa Brown was married to Rev. Harry Fields Saumenig (1871-1954), a native of Baltimore and a widower with two children. Rev. Saumenig had served as Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Asheville from 1910, and in 1913, he accepted a call to serve as rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Atlanta. In 1914, Rev. Saumenig became the Rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church at Rome, Georgia, in which position he continued for 25 years until his retirement. (Note that the person who made the memorial for Rev. Saumenig has the wrong dates for him. I've sent a correction but so far to no avail.)
Mrs. Saumenig died at her home in Rome, Georgia, on the 1st of June 1928. Funeral services were conducted both at St. Peter's Church in Rome by the Bishop H. J. Mikell, of the Atlanta Diocese, and at Trinity Episcopal Church in Asheville by the Bishop Junius M. Horner and Rev. George F. Rogers of Trinity, and she was buried with her family here at Riverside Cemetery. She was survived by three brothers, W. Vance Brown and S. Herbert Brown of Asheville, Potter Brown of Richmond, VA, and a sister, Mrs. S. W. Blood, of New York, her husband, a stepson, J. Dudley Saumenig,
Many thanks to James Archer, Find A Grave Contributor # 47046691, who originally created this memorial and then kindly transferred it to my keeping. Mr. Archer has done amazing work in documenting and photographing cemeteries in the Asheville area.
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