Person:Clayton Brown (10)

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Clayton Brown
b.9 Apr 1813 New York
m. Bef 1813
  1. Josiah Brown, Jr.
  2. John Brown
  3. Clayton Brown1813 - 1887
  4. Sarah BrownAbt 1814 -
  5. Charles Brown1816 - 1898
  6. D. F. BrownAbt 1817 -
m. 23 May 1842
  1. George Mickle Brown1843 - 1927
  2. Joseph Crain Brown1845 - 1907
  3. Daniel Hildreth Brown1847 - 1914
  4. Amanda Jane Brown1849 - 1937
  5. Elmira (Mira) Brown1852 - 1937
  6. Clayton Brown, Jr.1854 - 1855
  7. John H. Brown1856 - 1936
  8. Emma Net (Nettie) Brown1858 - 1928
  9. Elmer Ellsworth Brown1861 - 1882
  10. Susan Minnie Brown1864 - 1952
Facts and Events
Name Clayton Brown
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 9 Apr 1813 New York
Marriage 23 May 1842 to Sara Jane Hildreth
Residence[4][8] Bet 1865 and 1884 Mundy Township, Genesee County, Michigan
Baptism[5] 14 Feb 1875 Mundy Presbyterian Church, Mundy Township, Genesee County, Michigan
Census[6][9] 18 Jun 1880 Mundy Township, Genesee County, Michigan
Death? 9 Jan 1887 Oakdale, Antelope County, Nebraska
Burial[3] Oakdale Cemetery, Oakdale, Antelope County, Nebraska

Signed a "Consent in Case of Minor" permitting his son, Daniel H. Brown, to join the Union Army.

References
  1. 1870 Federal Census of Genesee County, Michigan, State: Michigan, County: Genesee. (1870)
    Age shown as 57 (which confirms birth year), place of birth shown as New York.
  2. The Family Bible of Clayton and Sarah Jane (Hildreth) Brown.
  3. Helen Gillespie Schaefer. Schaefer, Helen Gillespie, phone conversation, January 24, 1994., Interviewer: HBW, Informant Address: Omaha,. (January 24, 1994).
  4. 1870 Federal Census of Genesee County, Michigan, State: Michigan, County: Genesee. (1870).
  5. Records of the First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant (Mundy Presbyterian Church) from 1844, Vol I
    Feb 12, 1875.

    February 12, 1875, Session met at the house of Mr. Stiles. Mr. Horace Whitmore, Mrs. Desire Whitmore [others listed] presented. Meeting adjourned until the Sabbath [14 February] when before the services Mr. Clayton Brown and Mrs. Sarah Jane Brown [others listed] were examined and accepted. After the sermon Horace Whitmore, Joseph Peck, Clayton Brown, Sarah Jane Brown [others listed, but not including Desire Whitmore, which suggests previous baptism for her] were baptised.

  6. 1880 Federal Census, Genesee County, Michigan, State: Michigan, County: Genesee. (1880)
    written page 23, dwelling no. 216, family no. 221.
  7.   Military Records, Daniel H. Brown, National Archives
    Enlistment Form.
  8. Mundy Township verified from 1870 Census. Must have arrived about 1865, as his father is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in 1866.
  9. Brown, Clayton, white, male, age 67, widow, farmer, born New York, father born New York; Nettie, white, female, age 22, daughter, single, keeping house, born Pennsylvania, father born New York; Minnie, white, female, age 16, daughter, single, born New York (sic), father born New York.