Edward Meek Brown (1875 - 1967)

Born 1 Aug 1875 in Cherryville, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Jun 1967 at age 91 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Edward was born in 1874. He was the son of Robert Brown and Susan Froneberger.^[1]

According to his WWI draft board registration card, he was hard of hearing. ^[2]His older brother Willie was completely deaf, so there may have been a common cause.

He married Martha Elizabeth "Lizzie" Robinson shortly before the 1900 census was taken^[3]. Together they had eight children:

• William Raymond Leslie Brown, 1901-1987^[4][5]
• Vance Chandus Brown, 1902-1990^[6][7]
• Mamie Elizabeth Brown, 1905-^[8]
• Emmett McElwee Brown, 1908-1966^[9][10]
• Lawrence Ralph Brown, 1910-1984^[11][12]
• Ada Alleen Brown, 1916-1986^[13][14]
• Clyde Gerrall Brown, 1919-1961^[15]
• Jean Brown, 1922-^[16]

He died in 1967 in Charlotte^[17] and is buried in Cherryville City Cemetery.^[18]

Research Notes

His death certificate^[17] and his tombstone both give his birth year as 1875, but his draft board registration gives his birth year of 1874. Unfortunately the page of the family bible that give his date of birth is torn and doesn't have the last digit of the year.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch, Edward Browne in household of Robert Browne, Cherryville, Gaston, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 85, sheet 4D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0964; FHL microfilm 1,254,964.
2. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ81-DX5 : 13 March 2018), Edward Meak Browne, 1917-1918; citing Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,765,642.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch, Edward Brown, Cherryville Township (west part) Cherryville town, Gaston, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 74, sheet 11B, family 185, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,196.
4. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch, Edward Meek Browne in entry for Raymond Leslie Browne, 26 Mar 1901; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 8, p. 117, Gaston, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
5. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch, Ed M. Browne in entry for Raymond Leslie Browne, 31 Mar 1987; citing Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, v 11A cn 11187, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,991,315.
6. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch, Edward Meek Browne in entry for Vance Chandus Browne, 05 Oct 1902; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 8, p. 170, Gaston, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
7. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch, Edward Browne in entry for Vance Chandaus Browne, 2 Oct 1990; citing Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, v 43A cn 43408, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,991,778.
8. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC71-6WX FamilySearch], Edward Meed Browne in entry for Mamie Elizabeth Browne, 12 Dec 1905; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 8, p. 144, Gaston, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
9. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch, Edward Meed Browne in entry for Emmett Mc Elwee Browne, 05 Apr 1908; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 8, p. 132, Gaston, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
10. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch, Edward M. Browne in entry for Emmett Mcelwee Browne, 15 Apr 1966; citing Shelby, 6 Twp., Cleveland, North Carolina, v 11A cn 11444, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,953,699.
11. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch, Edward Meek Brown in entry for Lawrence Ralph Brown, 13 Dec 1910; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 9, p. 375, Gaston, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
12. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch, Edward M. Browne in entry for Lawrence Ralph Brown, 10 Feb 1984; citing Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, v 07A cn 7081, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,985,000.
13. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch, Edward M Browne in entry for Ada Aleene Browne, 09 Jun 1916; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. , p. , Gaston, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
14. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch, Ed M. Browne in entry for Ada Aleene Hall, 29 Jul 1986; citing Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, certificate #28278, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,991,223.
15. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch, Edward Meek Browne in entry for Clyde Gerrall Browne, 15 Jan 1919; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. , p. , Gaston, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
16. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch, Ed M Brown, Cherryville Township, Gaston, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-6, sheet 10A, line 9, family 143, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2913.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, citing Edward Meek Browne, 20 June 1967.
18. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 January 2019), memorial page for Edward Meek Browne (1 Aug 1875–20 Jun 1967), Find A Grave: Memorial #21947884, citing Cherryville City Memorial Cemetery, Cherryville, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Elizabeth Olmstead (contributor 46772820) .

See also:

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch, Edgar M Brown, Cherryville, Gaston, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 52, sheet 14B, family 256, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1112; FHL microfilm 1,375,125.