Matilda Jane (Gillam) Brown (1848 - 1893)

Born 22 Nov 1848 in Radnor, Carroll, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Dunkin Brown — married 6 Oct 1869 in Carroll County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 12 Feb 1893 at age 44 in Carroll, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Matilda Jane Gillam was born on November 22, 1848, in Radnor, Carroll, Indiana.^[1] She was the daughter of Allen Gillam and Mary Thomas. Matilda was age 1, in 1850 living with her parent’s, Allen W. Age 29, and Mary A, Gillam age 24, and a sister Sabrina E. 1/2 yrs old, in Disrict 9, Carroll, Indiana.^[2]

She married William Dunkin Brown on October 6, 1869, in Carroll co., Indiana.^[3]They had eight children.

1. Infant Brown 1870-1872
2. Pearl Leo Brown 1872-1951
3. Arthur Nelson Brown 1874-1959^[4]
4. Wilber R Brown 1876-1876
5. Charles Elmer Brown 1878-1967
6. Walter Gaskell Brown (Twin) 1881-1917
7. Frederic Haskell Brown (Twin) 1881-1975
8. John G Brown 1884-1885

Her husband William D passed away on January 26, 1892, in Carroll, Indiana,^[5] at the age of 42. He died of Pneumonia. They had been married 22 years.

She died the next year, on February 12, 1893, at the age of 44, in Carroll County, Indiana, and was buried in Bringhurst, Carroll County, Indiana in the Zion Citizens Cemetery.^[1] She died the next year of Pneumonia.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} " Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 December 2019), memorial page for Matilda Gillam Brown (22 Nov 1848–12 Feb 1893), Find A Grave: Memorial #18509655, citing Zion Citizens Cemetery, Bringhurst, Carroll County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Candy Spence (contributor 46880202) .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVJ-995 : 12 April 2016), Matilda Gillam in household of Allen W Gillam, Carroll county, part of, Carroll, Indiana, United States; citing family 448, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXVM-L26 : 10 December 2017), William D Brown and Matilda J Gillam, 06 Oct 1869; citing Carroll, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004203305.
4. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFX2-1S5 : 10 February 2018), Matilda Jane Gillian in entry for Arthur N. Brown and Ellen L. Harter, 12 Jan 1907; citing reference 249; FHL microfilm 2,196,396.
5. ↑ "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ7Y-MC7 : 3 December 2014), William D. Brown, 26 Jan 1892, Carroll County, Indiana; from "Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing "The source of this record is the book CSS-2 on page 113 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration." City Health Office, Delphi.