Russell Brown (1801-1852)

b. 9/16/1801 - d. 10/26/1852

Russell Brown Tombstone in the old cemetery at the foot of Brown Mountain in Warren County, TN.

Biography

Russell (or Russel) was born in the "Territory of the United States South of the Ohio;" He appears on the Warren County, Tennessee, 1836 Tax List in Civil Dist 5 and on the 1850 Census. An inscription on his tombstone at the Old Brown Cemetery at the foot of Brown Mountain notes: "Died a Member of the Methodist Church."

Parents

Father: Absalom Brown (c1778-aft1860)

Mother: Mary Green

Spouse

Mary Evelyn Dykes (c1810) daughter of Isham Dykes (1773-1871) and Prudence Choate (1782-1862).

Children

1. Asbury Brown (1830-?)
2. Hortensia A. Brown (1832-?)
3. John G. Brown (1835-?)
4. Julia Ann Brown (1838-?)
5. Isham S. Brown (1840-?)
6. Prudence U. Brown (1842-?)
7. Frances Brown (c1845-?
8. James Knox Polk Brown (c1845-?)
9. Thomas J. Brown (1846-?)
10. Aurena E. Brown (1848-?)