THOMAS A. BROWN CEMETERY

Richmond Township

Ray County, Missouri

Map and more information

Township 51, Range 28, Section 5

Located 6 miles west of Richmond, Missouri off EE Highway Road which joins Highway 10 and 210. It is on land known as the Thomas A. Brown farm. (1973)
"The Brown Cemetery was started by Thomas Ashley Brown as a burial ground for his family and their descendants. Each family had a plot, and no charges were made for the grave plots.

Family tradition says that Martha, the "blue baby" was the first burial. Daughter of Thomas Ashley and Martha "Patsy" Brown, she lived with her affliction for something like a year, longer than most "blue babies" of that day. For this reason, the doctor wanted to do an autopsy. Her father would have none of it. Instead, he took her wee body and buried it in a wheat field, and visited the grave every morning for a long time to see that no one had disturbed her grave.

While this would not be proper procedure today, her tiny grave stands here as mute testimony to a father's love for his afflicted baby girl. Four other children died in childhood, and three daughters died in their twenties, and the cemetery grew around these early burials. Five sons and two daughters lived to rear families. Except for William T., these children, their spouses, and some of their children are buried in this cemetery. William T. and some of his children, as well as Thomas A. Brown's parents, are buried in the New Hope Cemetery, about a mile east of the Brown Cemetery.
The Brown cemetery, located off the road, is about six miles west of Richmond, Missouri. It lies west of the road, perhaps a quarter mile from the land homesteaded by Thomas Brokenberry Brown, father of Thomas A. Brown."
Recorded in 1973 by Pauline Brown

Surname

Name

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Comments

Obiturary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown

Thomas A.

April 28, 1815

Jan. 14, 1899

aged 83 yrs., 8 mo.., 16 da.

 

"

Martha "Patsy"

Feb. 14, 1822

Jul. 22, 1901

70 yr., (Martha (Crowley), wife of Thomas A. Brown. She was the daughter of Jeremiah and Polly (Cary) Crowley of Rayville, MO. She was called Patsy. Martha and Thomas A. Brown were the ancestors of all the families buried here on this one acre, dedicated to their descendants and their spouses.

 

"

Martha

Feb. 24, 1851

Jan. 15, 1852

dau. Of Thomas A. & Martha

 

"

Thos. B.

 

Dec. 3, 1848

son of Thomas A. & Martha; aged 2 mo., 17 da.

 

"

Infant

 

Jul. 20, 1857

son of T.A. & M.; aged 1 da.

 

"

Joseph Ashley

 

May 20, 1874

son of Thomas A. & Martha; aged 16 yr., 8 mo., 14 da.

 

"

Annie Eliza

Oct 16, 1869

Apr. 28, 1870

dau. Of W. T. & Sarah E.

 

"

Harden Alvin

1865

1944

son of Thomas A. & Martha "Patsy"

 

"

Cora B.

1866

1854

(Berry, maiden name) his wife

 

"

Walter C.

1886

1848

(son of Hardin Alvin and Cora)

 

"

James Calvin

 

May 28, 1863

Died at Battle of Vicksburg, in defense of his country, aged 21 yr., 9 mo., 22 da.. (Buried at Vicksburg, Mississippi, but monumnet put here in his memory. Son of Thomas A. & Martha Brown and was married to Angeline Conyers who later married Jerry Brown)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown

Jerry

1849

1913

(son of Thomas A. & Martha)

 

"

Angeline

1845

1928

his wife

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown

Sarah C.

Sep. 26, 1879

Jun. 17, 1881

dau. Of Jerry & Angeline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown

John F.

Mar 12, 1855

Dec. 27, 1937

(son of Thomas & Martha)

 

"

Amanda C.

Jul. 14, 1852

Sep. 26, 1912

his wife

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown

Thomas A.

1877

1940

(son of John F. & A.)

Obiturary

"

Margaret F. (Fannie)

1881

1964

his wife

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown

Henry C.

Jan. 29, 1862

Jun. 23, 1941

(son of Thomas A. & Martha)

 

"

Naomi

Jul. 19, 1864

Feb. 9, 1962

(maiden name Hendrix)

Obiturary

"

Della C.

Mar. 4, 1897

Feb. 21, 1904

 

 

"

R. Keith

 

1922

son of H. Clyde Brown (grandson of Henry C. & Naomi Brown)

 

"

Franklin

Aug. 21, 1912

Apr. 28, 1913

son of Thomas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Campbell

James M.

 

May 10, 1889

husband of Lucy E (Baldwin); aged 58 yrs., 2 das.. (He was a son-in-law of Thomas A. & Martha Brown, having married Nancy and Mahala Brown earlier)

Obituary

"

Mahala

Mar. 38, 1843

Aug. 22, 1870

wife of James M.; aged ca. 24 yrs., (dau. Of Thomas A. & Martha Brown)

 

"

Nancy F.

Jan 15, 1853

May 11, 1874

wife of James M.; aged 21 yr., 3 mo.., 26 da. (dau. Of Thomas A. & Martha Brown)

 

"

Mahala

 

Oct. 15, 1871

dau. Of James M. & Nancy F.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endsley

John F.

1872

1945

(grandson of Thomas A. & Martha Brown, son of Sarah Ann (Brown) Endsley)

 

"

Amanda

1875

1948

his wife

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endsley

Infant

 

 

son of Glen & Kathryn (grandson of John F. & Amanda)

 

"

Kenneth

 

May. 4, 1929

son of Ola & Belle Endsley

 

"

Parker

1835

1921

 

 

"

Sarah Ann

1845

1932

wife of Parker (dau. Of thomas A. & Martha Brown)

 

"

Ethel

Jun. 3, 1896

Aug. 29, 1906

dau. Of Ed & Hattie J.; (grand daughter of Parker & Sarah Ann Endsley)

 

"

Farrel C.

Apr. 12, 1916

Jun. 19, 1918

(son of Frank & Belle and grandson of Ed & Hattie Endsley)

 

"

Infant

 

Nov. 10, 1863

dau. Of F. Parker & Sarah Ann (Brown) Endsley

 

"

Thomas M.

1861

1943

son of Parker & Sarah Ann (Brown) Endsley

 

"

Mollie A.

1861

1943

wife of Thomas M. Endlsey

 

"

Myrtle

1891

1972

dau. Of Thomas M. & Mollie Endsley

 

"

Grace

 

Dec. 19, 1899

dau. Of Thomas M. & Mollie Endsley; 3 yrs., 7 mo., 24 da..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feeney

Infant

 

Feb. 25, 1940

dau. Of Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Feeney (dau. Of Gertrude Brown, who was dau. Of Thomas Monroe Brown)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graham

Myrtle Brown

Jun. 15, 1889

Jun. 29, 1909

wife of Frank G.; (dau. Of Jerry & Angeline Brown)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lillard

John F.

1866

1933

 

 

"

Fannie E.

1869

1927

wife of John F. (dau. Of Jerry & Angeline Brown)

 

"

Angie

May. 21, 1899

Aug. 30, 1905

dau. Of John F. & Fannie E.

 

"

Leo

 

 

Infant son of Fannie E. & John F.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

McGaugh

Nora

1886

1972

(dau. Of Thomas M. Endsley)

 

"

Sterl (Sterling)

1877

1938

husband of Nora

Obiturary

"

Leona

 

Oct. 5, 1924

(dau. Of Nora & Sterling)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ogg

Bee D.

Mar. 1, 1867

Jun. 15, 1901

(married Anna Campbell, grand daugther of Thomas A. & Martha Brown)

 

"

Margaret Anna Dorton

May. 14, 1874

Oct. 27, 1911

(Anna Campbell, dau. Of James M. Campbell & Nancy Brown. After death of Bee Ogg, she married a Dorton. She was the mother of Clarence, Orville and Ralph Ogg)

 

"

Alberta

 

 

dau. Of Bee & Margaret Anna

 

"

J. Frank

Dec. 23, 1865

Jan. 21, 1948

 

 

"

M. Louisa (Lou)

Feb 6, 1872

1943

(dau. Of Jerry & Angeline Brown)

 

"

E. Temple

 

Feb. 4, 1910

dau. Of J. Frank & M. Louisa; aged 14 yrs…, 8 mo.., 18 da..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ottmann

Robert A.

Mar. 15, 1856

Feb. 25, 1941

 

 

"

Ellen C.

Mar. 12, 1855

Aug. 28, 1937

(dau. Of Thomas A. & Martha Brown)

 

"

J. Frank, Jr.,

 

1915

infant son of J. Frank & Nina E. (Hendrix) Ottmann

 

Ottmann

Betty Lou

 

1926

infant dau. Of J. Frank & Nina E. Ottmann

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seek

Mary Elizabeth

Nov. 9, 1839

Aug. 1866

wife of Geroge; 26 yrs., 8 mo.. 25 da. (dau. Of Thomas A. & Martha "Patsy" Brown)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stevenson

Asa

Oct. 16, 1850

Jan. 5, 1923

 

 

"

Martha Eva

Oct. 27, 1859

Dec. 26, 1917

wife of Asa (dau. Of James Campbell)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wilson

James A.

Dec. 18, 1888

Mar. 4, 1889

 

 

"

Mittie J.

Feb. 17, 1900

Jan. 8, 1901

(children of Mary Campbell Wilson, sister of T. Andy Campbell, and great grandchildren of Thomas A. & Martha Brown

 

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Ray Co Mo Genealogy and History

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Updated: September 12, 2008