John Benjamin Brown (1861 - 1935)

Born 20 Jul 1861 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Adeline (Hawn) Brown — married 29 Jan 1882 in Knox, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Aug 1935 at age 74 in Lane, Oregon, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1861. He passed away in 1935. John's father died when he was 4 years old, his mother died when he was 9 years old. He was raised in an orphanage until he was 18. He was in a boarding house in Knoxville when he was 19 in 1880 census. After a January marriage in 1882 the Browns left Tennessee, emigrated to Oregon age 21 wife was 16. (At a Brown family reunion it was said the marriage was 1/29/1881 and in July of 1881 they traveled to Oregon, arriving in San Francisco, then by boat to Portland and settled near Salem. A baby girl died at birth there - strangled by the umbilical cord.) First to Hepner or Hermiston area where 3 children were born between 1883 and 1887. By 1889 they had moved to Dallas area, had 3 more children between 1889 and 1893. Finally by 1895 to Monroe, OR area where the rest of the children were born, except for Francis who was born in hops field in a tent in Eugene, OR in June of 1909. John and Margaret had 18 children, 2 of which died as infants. John was the "Hop boss" when hops were grown in the location of Auzten Stadium in Eugene, Oregon

Sources

• "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDQ8-N4W : 27 January 2020), John B. Brown, 1882.

• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ4W-6J3 : 9 March 2021), John B Brown and Margaret A Haun, 28 Jan 1882; citing Knox, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 38, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,020,956.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7K-TBS : 15 January 2022), John Brown in household of E. Haynes, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ4W-6J3 : 9 March 2021), John B Brown and Margaret A Haun, 28 Jan 1882; citing Knox, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 38, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,020,956.

"Oregon Births and Christenings, 1868-1929", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HR31-YHZM : 12 February 2020), John Benjamin Brown in entry for John Madison Brown, 1883.

"United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDC-SR8 : 11 March 2022), John H Brown, 1900.

"Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W92R-1Y6Z : 2 August 2021), John Benjamin Brown in entry for Albert Henry Brown, 22 Nov 1885; records extracted by partner or FamilySearch, images digitized by partner or FamilySearch; citing Birth, Morrow, Oregon, United States, Oregon State Archives, Salem; FHL microfilm 106193674.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLYT-7M8 : accessed 4 January 2023), John B Brown, Springfield, Lane, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 165, sheet 26A, family 485, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1283; FHL microfilm 1,375,296.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M48K-FXW

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC92-5Z7 : accessed 4 January 2023), J B Brown in household of A H Brown, Irving, Lane, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 74, sheet 2A, line 3, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1946; FHL microfilm 2,341,680.

"Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZHG-2QW : 11 December 2014), John Brown, 07 Aug 1935; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Lane, Oregon, certificate number 366, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHJ-1S6X : 7 August 2020), John Benjamin Brown, ; Burial, Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States of America, West Lawn Memorial Park; citing record ID 188065931, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.