THOMAS A. BROWN CEMETERY
Richmond Township
Ray County, Missouri
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
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Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Comments |
Obiturary |
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Brown |
Thomas A. |
April 28, 1815 |
Jan. 14, 1899 |
aged 83 yrs., 8 mo.., 16 da. |
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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. |
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Martha |
Feb. 24, 1851 |
Jan. 15, 1852 |
dau. Of Thomas A. & Martha |
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Thos. B. |
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Dec. 3, 1848 |
son of Thomas A. & Martha; aged 2 mo., 17 da. |
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Infant |
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Jul. 20, 1857 |
son of T.A. & M.; aged 1 da. |
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Joseph Ashley |
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May 20, 1874 |
son of Thomas A. & Martha; aged 16 yr., 8 mo., 14 da. |
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Annie Eliza |
Oct 16, 1869 |
Apr. 28, 1870 |
dau. Of W. T. & Sarah E. |
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Harden Alvin |
1865 |
1944 |
son of Thomas A. & Martha "Patsy" |
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Cora B. |
1866 |
1854 |
(Berry, maiden name) his wife |
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Walter C. |
1886 |
1848 |
(son of Hardin Alvin and Cora) |
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James Calvin |
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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) |
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Brown |
Jerry |
1849 |
1913 |
(son of Thomas A. & Martha) |
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Angeline |
1845 |
1928 |
his wife |
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Brown |
Sarah C. |
Sep. 26, 1879 |
Jun. 17, 1881 |
dau. Of Jerry & Angeline |
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Brown |
John F. |
Mar 12, 1855 |
Dec. 27, 1937 |
(son of Thomas & Martha) |
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Amanda C. |
Jul. 14, 1852 |
Sep. 26, 1912 |
his wife |
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Brown |
Thomas A. |
1877 |
1940 |
(son of John F. & A.) |
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Margaret F. (Fannie) |
1881 |
1964 |
his wife |
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Brown |
Henry C. |
Jan. 29, 1862 |
Jun. 23, 1941 |
(son of Thomas A. & Martha) |
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Naomi |
Jul. 19, 1864 |
Feb. 9, 1962 |
(maiden name Hendrix) |
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Della C. |
Mar. 4, 1897 |
Feb. 21, 1904 |
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R. Keith |
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1922 |
son of H. Clyde Brown (grandson of Henry C. & Naomi Brown) |
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Franklin |
Aug. 21, 1912 |
Apr. 28, 1913 |
son of Thomas |
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Campbell |
James M. |
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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) |
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Mahala |
Mar. 38, 1843 |
Aug. 22, 1870 |
wife of James M.; aged ca. 24 yrs., (dau. Of Thomas A. & Martha Brown) |
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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) |
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Mahala |
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Oct. 15, 1871 |
dau. Of James M. & Nancy F. |
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Endsley |
John F. |
1872 |
1945 |
(grandson of Thomas A. & Martha Brown, son of Sarah Ann (Brown) Endsley) |
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Amanda |
1875 |
1948 |
his wife |
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Endsley |
Infant |
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son of Glen & Kathryn (grandson of John F. & Amanda) |
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Kenneth |
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May. 4, 1929 |
son of Ola & Belle Endsley |
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Parker |
1835 |
1921 |
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Sarah Ann |
1845 |
1932 |
wife of Parker (dau. Of thomas A. & Martha Brown) |
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Ethel |
Jun. 3, 1896 |
Aug. 29, 1906 |
dau. Of Ed & Hattie J.; (grand daughter of Parker & Sarah Ann Endsley) |
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Farrel C. |
Apr. 12, 1916 |
Jun. 19, 1918 |
(son of Frank & Belle and grandson of Ed & Hattie Endsley) |
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Infant |
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Nov. 10, 1863 |
dau. Of F. Parker & Sarah Ann (Brown) Endsley |
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Thomas M. |
1861 |
1943 |
son of Parker & Sarah Ann (Brown) Endsley |
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Mollie A. |
1861 |
1943 |
wife of Thomas M. Endlsey |
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Myrtle |
1891 |
1972 |
dau. Of Thomas M. & Mollie Endsley |
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Grace |
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Dec. 19, 1899 |
dau. Of Thomas M. & Mollie Endsley; 3 yrs., 7 mo., 24 da.. |
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Feeney |
Infant |
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Feb. 25, 1940 |
dau. Of Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Feeney (dau. Of Gertrude Brown, who was dau. Of Thomas Monroe Brown) |
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Graham |
Myrtle Brown |
Jun. 15, 1889 |
Jun. 29, 1909 |
wife of Frank G.; (dau. Of Jerry & Angeline Brown) |
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Lillard |
John F. |
1866 |
1933 |
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Fannie E. |
1869 |
1927 |
wife of John F. (dau. Of Jerry & Angeline Brown) |
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Angie |
May. 21, 1899 |
Aug. 30, 1905 |
dau. Of John F. & Fannie E. |
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Leo |
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Infant son of Fannie E. & John F. |
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McGaugh |
Nora |
1886 |
1972 |
(dau. Of Thomas M. Endsley) |
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Sterl (Sterling) |
1877 |
1938 |
husband of Nora |
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Leona |
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Oct. 5, 1924 |
(dau. Of Nora & Sterling) |
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Ogg |
Bee D. |
Mar. 1, 1867 |
Jun. 15, 1901 |
(married Anna Campbell, grand daugther of Thomas A. & Martha Brown) |
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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) |
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Alberta |
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dau. Of Bee & Margaret Anna |
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J. Frank |
Dec. 23, 1865 |
Jan. 21, 1948 |
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M. Louisa (Lou) |
Feb 6, 1872 |
1943 |
(dau. Of Jerry & Angeline Brown) |
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E. Temple |
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Feb. 4, 1910 |
dau. Of J. Frank & M. Louisa; aged 14 yrs…, 8 mo.., 18 da.. |
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Ottmann |
Robert A. |
Mar. 15, 1856 |
Feb. 25, 1941 |
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Ellen C. |
Mar. 12, 1855 |
Aug. 28, 1937 |
(dau. Of Thomas A. & Martha Brown) |
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J. Frank, Jr., |
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1915 |
infant son of J. Frank & Nina E. (Hendrix) Ottmann |
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Ottmann |
Betty Lou |
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1926 |
infant dau. Of J. Frank & Nina E. Ottmann |
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Seek |
Mary Elizabeth |
Nov. 9, 1839 |
Aug. 1866 |
wife of Geroge; 26 yrs., 8 mo.. 25 da. (dau. Of Thomas A. & Martha "Patsy" Brown) |
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Stevenson |
Asa |
Oct. 16, 1850 |
Jan. 5, 1923 |
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Martha Eva |
Oct. 27, 1859 |
Dec. 26, 1917 |
wife of Asa (dau. Of James Campbell) |
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Wilson |
James A. |
Dec. 18, 1888 |
Mar. 4, 1889 |
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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
June 22, 2007
Updated: September 12, 2008