Rebecca Brown Adair was born 3 November 1776 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States to Roger Brown (c1750-1826) and Jeaney Brown (c1753-1814) and died 20 December 1846 Mount Pisgah, Union County, Iowa, United States of unspecified causes. She married Thomas Adair (1774-1858) 25 October 1771 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
Biography
Accepted preaching of their grandson, James Richey (1821-1890) and joined the Buttahatchie 1845 LDS Branch while living further north in either Chickasaw or Itawamba County. The father did not leave Mississippi, but almost everyone else followed the Mormons west to Utah. Several of their older children were already married by 1845.
Mount Pisgah Cemetery State Preserve
Mount Pisgah was a refugee way station from 1846 to 1852 along the Mormon Trail between Garden Grove and Council Bluffs. Today it is marked by a tall monument on a nine-acre state presertve which contains exhibits, historical markers, and a reconstructed log cabin. However, little remains from the 19th century except a cemetery memorializing the 300 to 800 emigrants who died while passing through or residing in the community.
Rebecca died here along with close to a dozen of here Adair/Mangum grandchildren, several of whom are listed on the Mount Pisgah Monument.
Children
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Lydia Brown (1773-1840) | |||
| John Brown (1775-1792) | |||
| Elizabeth Brown (1780-1836) | |||
| Anna Brown (1781-1837) | |||
| Judith Brown (1783-1842) | |||
| Rebecca Brown (1776-1846) | 3 November 1776 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States | 20 December 1846 Mount Pisgah, Union County, Iowa, United States | Thomas Adair (1774-1858) |
| Mary Brown (1786-1877) | |||
| Jesse Brown (1788-1844) | |||
| Ferreby Brown (1790-1877) | |||
| Virginia Brown (1792-1793) | |||
| Martha Brown (1792-) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Peggy Brown (1800-1870) | |||
| William Brown (1802-1870) | |||
| Roxey Brown (1807-) | |||
| Roger Brown (1809-1895) | |||
| Rachel Brown (1811-) | |||
| Francis Brown (1815-) | |||
| Jeane Brown (1817-) | |||
References
- Biography of Rebecca Brown - Petersen Terbert Genealogy site.