Is there a library of photos that I can access on people with the last name of Brown?

Question

Unfortunately, I have never seen a photo of my grandfather, Adna Hayes Brown.   Also, the same for my great grandfather, who served in the Civil War, Winfield Scott Brown.

Answer 1

Can't help with the photos but is there anyway either of those men are related to a Joseph Brown born Feb 3, 1887 in Trimble, Kentucky. He was the son of John Wesley Brown (b.1857) and Elizabeth J. Hutchinson(b.1859)? His first wife's name was Cordella Saco and 2nd wife's name was Ella Kelley (b. 1894)

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Elizabeth, curious if anyone in your family has done DNA. I have Charles Wesley Brown (GGG Grandfather) on my dad’s side and related to Hutchinson on my mom’s side, all from Kentucky.

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Jamie, we havent. Theres not a lot of us from this line left most who are against the DNA thing. Joseph and Cordella would have been my GG grandparents on my moms side. I have a more extensive tree on Ancestry, havent come across a Charles but i havent done a ton of research on the Browns/Hutchinsons tryin to solve the mystery surrounding Cordella and her family!

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The farthest back i have on the Browns is a Chaffin Brown (b. abt 1804 Kentucky d. aft 1870) married to Jane Lynch (b. abt 1796 Virginia d. aft 1860)

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I have a Miranda Cordella Sights. Her mother was a Brown. I will look into that a bit. Perhaps she was named after your Cordella Brown? It would have been in the 1850’s time period.

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Interesting... All I know is Cordella married Joseph in OK 1911 she had my great grandmother (Helen LaNora Brown) in OK 1912 then nothing... until my great grandmother turns up in the 1920 census living with Josephs parents in Missouri after he married Ella Kelley in 1916, they had 6 kids together. The great mystery has always been what happened to Cordella. Did she die? Run away? Divorce him? Possibilities are endless. Helen told her daughter that her dad's parents didn't like that her mom was half Native American (I have seen no proof of this so far) convinced him to kidnap Helen and that's why she didn't know her mom. I feel like that's more of a story she told herself as a kid to explain why she was living with her grandparents