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Holly Middleton BROWN

M, b. 25 December 1846, d. 10 May 1924
Holly Middleton BROWN|b. 25 Dec 1846\nd. 10 May 1924|p122.htm|Jesse Anderson BROWN Jr.|b. 20 Jul 1810\nd. b 1880|p115.htm|Mary CAMP|b. 1810\nd. b 1880|p116.htm|Jesse A. BROWN|b. 8 Aug 1769\nd. 3 May 1833|p124.htm|Obedience LEGGETT|b. 1761\nd. a 1850|p125.htm|Abisha CAMP|b. c 1772\nd. 11 Jan 1841||Sarah R. LOONEY|d. c 1824||

Relationship=Great-granduncle of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Holly M. Brown
      Holly Middleton BROWN also went by the name of Henry.
     Holly Middleton BROWN was born on 25 December 1846 in Bibb County, Alabama, son of Jesse Anderson BROWN Jr. and Mary CAMP.1
     Holly Middleton BROWN appeared on a census, enumerated 5 November 1850, in the household of Jesse Anderson BROWN Jr. and Polly CAMP in Bibb County, Alabama.2
     Holly Middleton BROWN appeared on a census, enumerated 1 August 1860, in the household of Jesse Anderson BROWN Jr. and Mary CAMP in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama.3
     Holly began military service at age 16 on 10 October 1863 in Centreville, Alabama, when he enlisted as a private in Co. D 20th Alabama Infantry, CSA, serving as a teamster. Henry fought in the battles of Dalton, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, and Peachtree Creek. He was never wounded and was paroled 26 April 1865 at Salisbury, North Carolina. On 10 January 1865[1864?] he was admitted to St. Mary's Hospital at Westpoint, Mississippi.4
     Holly married Teresa A. WOOD, daughter of John W. WOOD and Margaret GREEN, on 13 February 1868 in Bibb County, Alabama. The service was performed by Richard Wood, M.G. According to Dovie and Mary Casey, the couple moved to Briarfield. Theresa and two of their children, Charlie and Ollace, died there. Later Holly moved to Birmingham.5
     Holly Middleton BROWN and Teresa A. WOOD appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1870 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama. The household was listed as Henry Brown, age 25, farmer, $250 real estate; Trecy [Teresa], age 23, keeping house; and Henry, Jr., age 1 year. All were born in Alabama. They lived next door to Henry's father, Sheriff Jesse Brown.6
     Holly lived in 1890 in 1500 4th Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama.7 He was living in January 1922 in Birmingham, Alabama, when he applied for residence at the Confederate Soldier's Home at Mountain Creek, Alabama. In his application he gives his age as 77, said that his wife was deceased, he had three living children and had a son living in Louisville, Kentucky. According to Frank B. Brown, Henry was admitted to the Soldier's Home, but did not like it and stayed there only a short time before returning to Birmingham.4
     Holly Middleton BROWN died on 10 May 1924 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, at age 77. He was living there with his son, John Anderson Brown.8 He was buried in St. Stephens Cemetery, Louisville.9

Last Edited=10 Mar 2007

Children of Holly Middleton BROWN and Teresa A. WOOD

Citations

  1. [S119] Jesse Brown Family Bible (copied by Miss Dovie Casey in 1964), "Brown" surname file Birmingham Public Library-- Tutwiler Collection.
  2. [S4] 1850 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Jesse A. Brown household, pg. 52, No. 508.
  3. [S121] 1860 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Jesse A. Brown household, pg. 108, No. 919.
  4. [S38] Unknown cd1, Confederate Pension Files.
  5. [S271] Bibb County Marriages: 1850-1868, pg. 141.
  6. [S240] 1870 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Henry Brown household #109, pg. 194-B.
  7. [S281] Birmingham, Alabama City Directories, 1888-1890, Ancestry.Com.
  8. [S387] Kentucky Death Records, online http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ky/death/, Holly M. Brown, age 79, Vol. 25, Certificate No. 12002, Death Vol. 1924.
  9. [S448] Rob Brown, "Holly Middleton Brown," e-mail to John K. Brown, 24 December 2001.

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