The father of Mary Nancy Brownfield, Jonas Brownfield, was born 12 Nov. 1820 in Augusta County, Virginia. He married Jael K. Collins on 11 July 1845 in Cooper County. She was born in 1819 and died in Oct. 1887. Jonas migrated with his parents, John Brownfiled and Susan Fauber Brownfield to Tazewell and Woodford Counties in Illinois, then into Pettis County, Missouri in 1838. Jonas and Jael had five children: Susan Francis (“Fannie”); Mary Nancy (Nannie); James Fanklin, Gideon
A. and Augustus. Jonas may have served in the Civil War with his brothers. Jael was his midwife. Abraham “Abe” Brownfield, Jonas’s half brother, was the father of Stella Ida Brownfield, Bert’s paternal grandmother. As Jonas was the grandfather of Ray McClary and Abe was the father of Ray’s wife, Stella Brownfield McClary, Nancy McClary’s great-great-great-great grandfather John Brownfield and her greatgreat-
great grandfather John Brownfield were the same person.
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