Van Swearingen Brown

My [Beth Golden] research to date (1 August 2018) Van Swearingen Brown b. ca. 1828 OH m. Lydia Jane Mitchell res. Mercer County, PA 1850

children:

1. Wiliam McKean Brown b. September 20, 1850 Greenville, Mercer County, PA; res New Castle, PA; d. January 31, 1915 (64) Manhattan, New York, New York
2. James William Quincy Brown b 1849 PA d 1905

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1850 census West Greenville, Mercer, PA in household of Robert Andrews age 25, shoemaker and Rebecca Andrews age 26 both b. PA Lyda Brown age 20 b. PA and son James age 1 b. PA (wife of Van) Van Swearingen Brown age 22 b. OH boatman

has another son: Oliver Hazard Perry Brown b. 1852 PA d. 1890 New Castle, Lawrence, PA

other and conflicting info for son, James name: James Mitchell Quincy Brown b. Feb 1849 Greenville, Mercer, PA res. 1876 Chickasaw County IA, 1879 Webster County, IA, 1890 Pottawattomie County, IA (birth of children) d. 18 SEP 1903 • Kenmare, Ward Co., North Dakota

from Hollingsworth/Terrell Family Tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/152134388/person/3... contacted Matt Hollinsworth on ancestry.com

rootsweb message boards, and email sent THE LYDIA MITCHELL WHO MARRIED VAN SWEARINGEN BROWN CA. 1850 IN MERCER CO. PA. WAS MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER. VAN S. BROWN DROWNED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT AND LEFT HER A WIDOW. I HAVE INFO. THE QUERY WAS POSTED BY CYNDI IN 2001. PLEASE CONTACT ME. CAROL ENTRIKIN 2TENORS@PDQNET.COM Note: email delivery failure

"CHAP MXIV An act to appoint Cadwallader Wallace agent for the widow and heirs of Thomas Van Swearingen late of Jefferson county Virginia deceased Passed December 28 1825 24 OLL 11 " The Statutes of Ohio and of the Northwestern Territory, Adopted Or ..., Volume 3 https://books.google.com/books?id=lnVMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2179&lpg=PA2179...