Thomas Brown and Elizabeth "Betsy" Hays

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Husband Thomas Brown ^{1 2}

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            AKA: [Unk] Brown 3
           Born:  - Northumberland Co, PA
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           Died: 1864 - Venango Co, PA 2
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       Marriage: 1814 2

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Wife Elizabeth "Betsy" Hays ⁴

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            AKA: Elizabeth Hayes 2 3
           Born: 21 Jul 1788 - Northampton Co, PA 2
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           Died: 24 Jan 1884 - Cochranton, Crawford Co, PA 2
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         Father: Robert Hays (1742-1819) 5 6
         Mother: Mary Allison (Abt 1755-1835) 2 3 7 8

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Children

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1 M William Brown ²

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2 M Robert Brown ²

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3 M John Brown ²

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4 M Joseph Brown ²

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5 F Elizabeth Brown ²

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6 F Jane Brown ⁹

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         Spouse: Barnett Lupher (1823-Abt 1904) 1 4
           Marr: 15 Feb 1850 1

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7 F Sarah Brown ²

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8 F Amanda Brown ²

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9 M T. Wilson Brown ^{2 10 11 12}

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           Born: 6 Dec 1822 - Centre Co, PA 2
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           Died: 27 Jun 1886 - near Greenville, Mercer Co, PA 13
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         Spouse: Sarah J. McCalmont (1831-Aft 1888) 2 10 11 12
           Marr: 16 Dec 1852 2 12

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10 U [Infant] Brown ²

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Brown

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After marriage, they lived in Centre County, PA, until 1832 when the family moved to Venango County, engaging in farming there.

Buried in the Old Franklin Cemetery: Thomas Brown, died April 23, 1864, aged 84 years.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth "Betsy" Hays

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Shortly after the death of her husband she went to live with her daughter Amanda in Cochranton, Crawford County, PA. She retained her memory to the last, although she lost her eyesight seven years before her decease.

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Notes: Marriage

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He and his wife were cousins.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 554.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1147.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 793.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1061.

5 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1883), Pg 208.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1701.

7 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1883), Pg 213.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1702.

9 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 554, 555.

10 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1042.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 588.

12 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 373.

13 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1148.