Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Brown and Matilda Jane McCray




Husband John Brown 1 2 3

           Born: 1784 or 1793 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1871 or Nov 1880 - Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 1 3
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 1812 or 1820 - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA 3 4



Wife Matilda Jane McCray 2 3 5

           Born: 1807 - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Mar 1870 or 1871 1 3
         Buried: 


Children
1 F Sarah J. Brown 6

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1899
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Wilbur McKinney (      -      ) 6


2 M George W. Brown 2 3 7

           Born: 4 Apr 1827 or 1828 - Centerville, Crawford Co, PA 2 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1887
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mrs. Sarah C. Whiting (1827-1897) 7 8
         Spouse: M. Florine Shipman (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 5 Oct 1898 8


3 F Anna Mary Brown 3 4 9

           Born: 4 Sep 1830 or 1831 - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA 3 4 10
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1899
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Arthur McKinney (1831-Aft 1899) 3 4 11 12
           Marr: 14 Jul 1854 or 1855 3 4 10


4 M Alexander Brown 3 5 6

           Born: 1833 - Garland, Pittsfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 13
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1899
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Semantha Bly (      -      ) 4
           Marr: Sep 1870 7


5 M Robert R. Brown 6

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried: 



6 M Oliver Perry Brown 6 14

           Born: 12 Apr 1841 - Garland, Pittsfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 14
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1899
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Marion Delphina Patchin (      -      ) 14
           Marr: 22 Jan 1868 14


7 F Olive P. Brown 4 6 15

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1882 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James McKinney (1850-Bef 1913) 4 11 12 15
           Marr: 1871 4 15



General Notes: Husband - John Brown


He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [HWC 1887, BP xiv, xv]
He was born near Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. [BOB37JD, 220]
He settled at Youngsville, Warren County, Pennsylvania, in 1833, coming from Franklin County.

He and his wife settled in Brokenstraw township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, in 1839, and lived there until their deaths.
He was the last of the eleven soldiers of the War of 1812 in town.

His occupation was that of a lumberman and farmer, in which he was very successful. When a young man he moved to Titusville, Pennsylvania, and there he made the acquaintance of his future wife.

He and his wife had a family of seven children; four were still living in 1887.

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Sources


1 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP 14, 64.

2 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 220.

3 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 213.

4 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP 64.

5 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP 13, 64.

6 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 221.

7 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP xiv.

8 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 222.

9 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 221, 411.

10 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 411.

11 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 221, 406.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 364.

13 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP 13.

14 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP xv.

15 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 212.


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