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Thomas Colvin Brown (M)
b. 17 May 1854, d. 24 Oct 1940
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Father* 16 Jul 1817 John Green Brown

Mother* 19 Mar 1831 Martha Elizabeth Colvin

Birth* 17 May 1854 York, Sumter Co., Alabama, USA, History of Dallas County says Greene Co.^1,2

Marriage* 26 Oct 1879 Ellen Priscilla McClain; Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas, USA, Married by C.M. Wilmeth, Christian Minister^1,2,3

Census* 11 Jun 1880 Dist. 62, Dallas Co., Texas, USA, Listed as T.C. Brown, white male, age 26, married, farmer, disabled, born Alabama, father born Tennessee, mother born Alabama
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Daughter* 10 Aug 1880 Tennie Belle Brown

Son* 13 Aug 1882 Clint Sidney Brown

Daughter* 8 Apr 1885 Addie Jessie Brown+

Son* 6 Sep 1887 Arthur Lee Brown

Daughter* 18 Oct 1889 Della Gertrude Brown

HRR Detail 1892 Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas, USA, Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas. Chicago: Lewis, 1892 (pp 612-613, Thomas C. Brown)

Thomas C. Brown, an enterprising young farmer near Pleasant Valley Post Office, was born in Greene Co., Alabama, May 17, 1854, the second son of John G. Brown, who was born in Williams Co., Tennessee, in 1815; he went to St. Louis, Missouri, when a young man and clerked in one of the large dry-goods stores there for a number of years, went to Alabama and married Miss Martha E. Colvin, who was born in 1830; she now lives in Alabama, in the sixty-first year of her age. In their family were eleven children, namely: John G., deceased; Thomas C.; B.F.; Tennie, who died unmarried; Anna, the wife of John Mawhinney, and she died leaving three children; J.P., who died leaving one child; Bettie, wife of J.A. Altman; Louisa M.; Mary; W.A.; and N.A.

When he first came to Texas, Mr. Brown had but $150; but he went hopefully and vigorously to work, first hiring out to Mr. H.R. Newman, but he had the misfortune to receive a severe injury in a cotton gin, and the resulting doctor's bill took all his spare money. On recovery he rented a farm for three years, and by that time he had accumulated enough to buy a farm of 163 acres, partly improved, for which he paid $2000. He has since purchased more land, and now has an aggregate of 365 acres of good land, all in one body, well improved, with a good residence, etc. It is about six miles east of Garland. In two more years he will be ready to quit work, having enough of this world's goods to carry him through the remainder of his life. He has been a very industrious farmer. He has plenty of fine horses and mules for all the demands of the farm.

He married Miss Ellen P. McClain, who was born October 1, 1864, the daughter of T.J. McClain, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1835, and came to Texas in 1856, stopping first for a year in Lamar County. He afterward moved to Dallas County, locating upon a farm he had purchased. In May, 1863, he married Miss S.J. Compton, who was born in May 1845, in Kentucky, and was ten years old when her parents moved to Texas. Mr. and Mrs. McClain had six children, viz.: Ellen P., wife of Thomas C. Brown; C.C., wife of W.L. Myers; Belle K., wife of Dr. J.D. Morman; J.S., deceased; Lillian, who is the wife of J.A. Martin; and Leslie. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have four bright little children, namely: Tennie B., born August 10, 1880; Clinton S., August 13, 1882, and died at the age of 13 months; Addie J., born April 8, 1885; Arthur, September 6, 1887; and Della, October 18, 1889.⁵

Daughter* 22 Feb 1894 Lera Lucile Brown+

Daughter* 1 Nov 1896 Edith Perle "Perle" Brown

Son* 20 Mar 1900 Thomas Colvin Brown Jr.

Census 20 Jun 1900 3rd Just Precinct, District 132, Dallas Co., Texas, USA, Listed as Thomas C. Brown, head, white male, born May 1854, age 46, married 20 years, born Alabama of Tennessee parents, farmer, fully employed, can read, write, and speak English, owns mortgaged farm #200 in farm schedule⁶

Son* 18 Dec 1902 Glenn Alan Brown

Daughter* 13 Oct 1907 Nelle McClain Brown

Son* 10 Feb 1911 Paul Jackson Brown

Death* 24 Oct 1940 Garland, Dallas Co., Texas, USA^1,2

Burial* Garland Cemetary, Garland, Dallas Co., Texas, USA

Last Edited 9 Mar 2006

Citations

[S317] Ethelle and Baker Colvin, Colvin and Allied Families (El Dorado, Arkansas: Hurley Printing & Stationery Co., 1965). Hereinafter cited as Colvin and Allied Families.
[S318] Family Register from Family Bible of Thomas Colvin Brown & Ellen Priscilla McClain in Possession of Betty Brown Taylor Dunham (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date.
[S351] Marriage Records, Clerk of the County Court, Dallas Co., Texas, Marriage of Thomas Colvin Brown and Ellen Priscilla McClain, 27 Oct 1879.
[S344] 1880 U.S. Census (Inhabitants), Dist. 62, Dallas Co., Texas, household of Thomas Colvin Brown, p. 17 (roll 1299, book 1, p. 207a), lines 23-24, dwelling 158, family 158.
[S337] Unknown author, Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas in unknown series (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis, 1892), pp 612-613, Thomas C. Brown.
[S350] 1900 U.S. Census, District 132, Justice Precinct 3, Dallas Co., Texas, household of Thomas Colvin Brown, p. 14 (roll 1626, book 1, p. 273), lines 16-24, dwelling 231, family 232.

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Rudy Ramsey
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