Welcome to the Brown Family Page. This is my paternal grandfather's family. Most of the information on this branch of the family is from my wonderful great aunts, Vera, Verda and Norma. They have done a tremendous job of keeping the records and sharing. I want to thank them for all their hard work. I have gathered some information from other sources- census records, message boards and other researchers. Please feel free to email me if you have a connection or a correction at brendatanner@excite.com


I will be adding pictures and documents as time permits.

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1st generation Rolland E. Brown
2nd gen. Rex R. Brown, Arletta Esplin Brown
3rd gen. Abia W. Brown Jr., Emma S. Sibley Brown, Henry W. Esplin, Philena Cox Esplin
4th gen. Abia W. Brown Sr, Abigail Cadwallader Brown, Thomas H. Sibley, Mary Bowman Sibley, John Esplin, Margaret Webster Esplin, Orville S. Cox, Mary E. Allen Cox
5th gen.Ann Kempton Brown, Ann Rigby Webster , Joseph S. Allen, Lucy D. Morley Allen
6th gen.Isaac Morley
7th gen.John Kempton



ORVILLE SUTHERLAND COX



Born November 25, 1814 in South Plymouth New York
Died July 4, 1888 in Fairview Utah
Married Mary Elizabeth Allen July 3, 1852 in SLC, Utah

He was of large stature. He was a frontiersman, forester, lumberman, blacksmith, and natural born engineer. Also a surveyor and irrigator, 40 ditches and 14 towns owe some part of their existence to him. His father died when he was 15. He became an apprentice to a blacksmith who was also a Deacon. The arrangement his mother had made fell through and he didn't receive anything he was supposed to for the training. He was treated very badly and ran away after three years. After that, between 1835 and 38 he helped the Texans that were fighting for independence from Mexico. He was a pioneer to the Muddy in Arizona, captain of the minute men during the Walker Indian Wars, a member of the Nauvoo Legion Brass Band, as well as several other things. He had three wives, Elvira Pamelia Mills, Mary Elizabeth Allen, and Eliza Jane Losee. He came to Utah with the Charles C. Rich Company on October 23, 1847. He was baptized October, 6, 1839. They lived in Manti, and helped settle it. They also lived in Huntington and Orderville Utah and Overton Nevada. He was the first Bishop of the Bountiful ward and was a bishop's counselor.



. ISAAC MORLEY



Born March 11, 1786 in Montague Massachusetts
Died June 21, 1864 in Fairview Utah
Married Lucy Gunn June 20, 1812 in Montague Massachusetts

Isaac had seven children with Lucy, six girls and one boy. They were all born in Kirtland Ohio. He spent a lot of time away on missions for the Church, was in prison a lot because the mobs targeted the officials of the church, and he was a presiding elder, as well as other business, that Lucy raised the children mostly by herself. He was a close friend of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Joseph and his wife stayed at the Morley farm in Kirkland during 1831. He was baptized November 15,1830 by Parley P. Pratt and later ordained a Patriarch by the Prophet. He and Lucy were sealed and received their endowments in a room over Joseph Smith's store in Nauvoo. He was a missionary in Independence Missouri. He was the first counsellor to the first bishop of the LDS Church. He was a captain in the Ohio Militia during the War of 1812 where he also led a band and played the fife. He built one of the first cabins in what was later called Kirtland, Ohio. He was elected one of the trustees of the first town board in January of 1818. He was a cooper, he made barrels, buckets, tubs, and churns. He was a member of the Nauvoo Legion. He came to Utah in 1847 where he founded Manti. He plowed the first furrow, built the first house, and made the first table there. He was a Sanpete County Representative to the first Legislative Assembly of the State of Deseret, and later for the Utah Territory. He had three wives. He is another of our ancestors that are mentioned in the Doctrine and Covenants. In D&C 52:23, he is ordained an Elder to travel to the Missouri conference and preach the Gospel along the way with Ezra Booth. Revelation given 7 June 1831. In 64:15-16 & 20, he is chastised for not following the commandment of selling his farm. He is forgiven in the verses also.






. ROLLAND ESPLIN BROWN




Born December 5, 1912 in Orderville, Utah
Died April 19, 1988 in Boise Idaho
Married Jessie Marie Wagers March 1, 1940 in Provo Utah

Rolland was married four times. First to Bernice Weight, on Feb 1, 1934. They had Three children, Abia, Arnold, and Diane. Abia was killed in a farming accident before Diane was born. Bernice left that week. Abia's death nearly tore grandpa apart because he was grandpa's shadow. They were divorced before Diane was born. He then married Jessie Marie Wagers. Their first child, Ray, was born June 1941. Then in November of 1942, Orval came along, followed by Kenneth in July of 1947, and Rex in June of 1949. After Rex, they were divorced, abt 1951 or 52. He then married a lady named Alice. She is said to have been a very pretty lady, that is all that is known about this marriage, except that there were no children and it didn't last long. He then married his life long partner, Ora Swenson on April 9, 1954, in Los Vegas, Nevada. They were sealed in the St. George Temple in September. She had been married before and had children. They didn't have any kids together. Rolland was almost killed before Arnold was born when the wagon he was driving hit a rock and threw him in front of the wheels. One of them ran over his leg and the rear ones just about ran over his head, but the horses stopped just inches from it. He was laid up for quite a while after that. He loved the LDS Church. He baptized me when I was eight, an experience I will always treasure. They lived in Nampa Idaho for as long as I can remember. We always looked forward to his visits. He was a farmer and sheep herder, running sheep on Strawberry and running the farm in Edgemont. He drove a milk truck, and worked at Geneva Steel Mill, among other jobs. He rode in the rodeos when he was younger, and with the riding clubs, he loved horses and worked hard at everything he did. He was a very special man and I am proud to be his granddaughter. I spent some time with his sister, Verda in 1998, she told me some stories about Grandpa that made me feel close to him, I guess they reminded me of me! She said that he was a spoiled brat! Their parents had lost a baby before he was born and then another after him, he was four years old before they had the twins and very spoiled. If he didn't get what he wanted, he would throw a fit. One instant she told of was when he was supposed to weed the garden. He would get mad and say he was leaving. His mother would holler after him not to leave, saying he didn't have to weed the garden. Verda said it always made her mad because they lived 50 miles from the nearest town.



REX ROLLAND BROWN




Born March 24, 1882 in Kanab, Utah
Died May 4, 1972 in Pleasant Grove Utah
Married Arletta Esplin December 8, 1910 in St. George Utah

Rex was the seventh of twelve children born to Abia William and Emma Susan Sibley Brown. The family moved back and forth between Fredonia Arizona and Kane County Utah. As a young boy, Rex's chores were to keep the family in fire wood. He had to make sure there were enough wood chips to start the morning fires and enough logs cut to keep them going. If he forgot, he was awakened in the wee hours to go get some. He also took the stock to and from the pasture, about two miles from home. He lived through a bob cat mistaking him for a pole, and typhoid fever, which took his brother Reese. He went to Nevada to work in the mines to get enough money to go away to school. Unfortunately, his sister Mary needed money to fight for custody of her son, when she left her abusive husband, and his was the only available. He went back to the mines to get more money. When he had been gone about six months, he received a mission call. His mother had ask the bishop to send him on a mission because she thought the miners were a bad influence on him. He accepted, and served in the Southern States Mission in Louisiana and Texas. Throughout his life, he held positions in the church, including, Bishop's counselor, Sunday School Superintendent, Sunday School Teacher, High Priest group leader, MIA teacher as well as Home teacher and stake missionary. He worked at numerous things like a water witcher, janitor, sheep herder, cattle herder, deputy sheriff, and sheriff - he tried to enforce the prohibition laws. He was a fruit farmer, he worked at the State hospital, as a crossing guard, as well as raising fawns for the Forest Service in Fredonia. The whole family was involved with the last one. They would gather the baby fawns up in the woods and raise them. When they were big enough to go, they would sell them to the Forest Service to stock the herds or to start new ones or to the zoos. He played violin for dances, he was a boxer, taught by his school teacher P.M. Condit, and he put the phone line in between Fredonia and Kanab. He married Arletta and they had six children, Rex E. was a still born, Rolland E., Mary died the day after she was born, twins, Vera and Verda and then Norma. He lived in Fredonia, Springville, Orderville, Lake shore, and up Hobble Creek Canyon.



ABIA WILLIAM BROWN JR "WILL"




Born May 5, 1840 in Harrisonville, Ohio
Died March 27, 1924 in Fredonia, Arizona
Married Emma Susan Sibley November 29, 1869 in Salt Lake City, Utah

He came to Utah with the Sextus E. Johnson Company on September 27, 1861, driving an ox team for his sister, Jane Johnson's family. He was baptized the next year, May 5, 1962. He served a mission in England and presided over the Bristol Conference in 1867-69. This is where he met his future bride. He was president of the 65th Quorum of Seventies, Bishop's counselor, High Priest, and ward Chorister. When he was young, he was an apprentice to a tin smith, but he was treated so terribly, that he ran away. He was a school teacher, surveyor, lawyer, construction worker - building the school house and the Relief Society house -, he was foreman for the Big Field Co. over the pasturage, a secretary of the Water Board, School inspector, book keeper - his records were always very meticulous, as well as Justice of the Peace, and US Commissioner. He also wrote mining deeds, had a big farm, and was a nurseryman. He worked for the Johnson's at their store and sold goods down through Utah. His brother-in-law, William Johnson, is George Washington Johnson's Brother. He was a good actor, and played parts in the Salt Lake Theater. When he was younger, in Ohio, he became terribly ill with Pneumonia. He had a dream that a beautiful girl with brown hair like he had never seen before took care of him through his illness. When he was in England at the Sibley farm, he met the girl of his dream. Will, as he was called by friends and family, had two wives, Emma and Lucinda A. Stewart, Aunt Lunny as Emma's kids called her. He died of pneumonia at about 84 years old.



. JOSEPH STEWART ALLEN


Born June 25, 1806 in Whitestown, New York
Died April 25, 1889 in Huntington, Utah
Married Lucy Diantha Morley September 2, 1835 in Clay Co. Missouri

He came to Utah with the Ox Team Company in 1848. They lived at North Bend, near Thistle. He was baptized on February 13, 1831. He was an Elder in Zion's Camp, bishop's counselor, ordained a seventy by the Prophet Joseph Smith, and became a member of the First Quorum of Seventies. Served a mission in Indiana, on High Counsel. The Prophet often stayed with the Allen family for protection. Joseph was one of his body guards. He also helped to build the Nauvoo and Kirkland Temples. He was a muscular man, 5 feet 6 inches tall. He wore a size 7 shoe which is small for a man. He had clear blue eyes , with reddish hair. He was nimble, active and very energetic. He defended the lives and property of the saints, he was a frontiersman of the typical old school, co-oper by trade, and a farmer. He helped to settle Sanpete and Sevier counties. He had a great testimony of prayer. When he was with Zion's camp, his shoes wore out, he walked barefoot until his feet were bloody and he could no longer walk. He and a companion knelt down in prayer. When they stood up, there was a pair of boots, his size sitting by the log. Another time, while he was on his mission, they had an appointment across the stream. It was swollen and impassible. If they went up to the bridge, they would be late for their appointment, so they knelt and prayed. When they stood up, a man on a horse crossed the stream and asked if they needed to cross. He took them across, but before they could thank him, he disappeared. He had 4 wives, Lucy Diantha Morley, Nancy Jane Putman, Ingaber Christiana Jespersen, and Karen Maria Hansen. After Zion's Camp was over, he stayed in Independence Missouri, where he met his first wife, Lucy. It was here that the printing press was destroyed and he was tarred and feathered.



HENRY WEBSTER ESPLIN




Born October 20, 1854 in Nephi, Utah
Died September 22, 1943 in Orderville, Utah
Married Philena Cox November 3, 1873 in SLC Utah

Henry had two wives, Philena and Keziah Ann Carroll with a total of 24 kids. He was County Commissioner, on a number of Board of Directors, a successful farmer, and an energetic citizen. He was bishop of Orderville, second councilor, Assistant Stake Superintendent of Sunday School, Counselor and president of YM MIA and Patriarch of the Kanab Stake. When they first moved to the Order, he was an odd jobs man, but he worked his way up until he eventually became the foreman of the section. He was the first white child born in Nephi, Utah - Indians lived there first. He had a good sense of humor. He was very thrifty, but didn't like to be called stingy. His motto was" Don't expect something for nothing, if you get the something, someone else gets the nothing. Nothing is free, if you don't pay the bill, someone else does." Someone once said that Bishop Esplin was not spiritual because he never quoted the scriptures. To that was said "He never quoted them because he lived them." He was always in a hurry, but never to hurried to pass a cheery greeting or lend a hand. He had little formal education, and was mostly self taught, but was an excellent speller, reader, and mathematician. He worked with the Indians after he had a blessing that said that he wouldn't be harmed. At one time, he worked with Jacob Hamblin. He met Philena in Mt. Carmel. Their first two children, died in infancy, as well as their 11th, Owen. He was always very healthy, he only had a hernia, and an occasional sick headache, with hard coughing spells. At age 88, he had his own teeth and only used glassed for reading. He was mentally healthy until he died.



EMMA SUSAN SIBLEY BROWN








Born June 10, 1851 Newport, Wales, England
Died June 7, 1945 Kanab, Utah
Married Abia William Brown Jr. November 29, 1869 SLC Utah

Emma's grandfather, Sir John Sibley, was an Aristocrat. She helped her father with his business selling milk, cakes, tarts, candies, fruits, etc. The missionaries for the LDS Church had their headquarters in England at the Sibley farm. Emma would listen to them tell stories of their beautiful homes in Utah. This is how she met her future husband, Abia Brown. He was a missionary that stayed with them and caught her eye. They became engaged while he was still on his mission, so she left for Utah to wait for him. She sailed for America by herself in 1869. When she arrived in Utah, she stayed with Abia's sister, Jane C. Johnson and her family, until he was released from his mission and returned home. The funny thing was that they didn't tell anyone of their love for each other, so Jane's husband, William Johnson, George Washington Johnson's brother, was kind of sweet on her and wanted to make her a plural wife. What a surprise when Abia returned and they threw their arms around each other and kissed! They were married shortly after his return. While she stayed with the Johnson's, she worked for the family of thirteen for $3.00 a week plus room and board, quite a change from her lifestyle in England. They lived in Salt Lake City, Holden, Orderville, Rabbit Valley, Kanab, and Fredonia Arizona. She was the Relief Society President in Fredonia. She was the mother of seven children. In the end, death was a relief. She had lost her hearing, eyesight, and finally, she couldn't recognize anyone. She suffered from cancer.



ANN RIGBY WEBSTER




Born April 12,1805 in St Helens, Lancashire, England
Died February 15, 1879 in San Bernardino, California
Married Henry Webster March 15, 1825 in Prescot, England

She was the mother of fifteen children. Four of the girls died before age eight. Two more died as well as her husband, shortly after they left England. They joined the LDS Church after some missionaries visited them in England in either 1845 or 46. The family came to America February 18, 1850 on the ship JOSIAH BRADLEY, one of the ships charted by the Church to bring emigrant saints to America from foreign lands. She arrived in Utah October 1, 1852 with the Captain Uriah Curtis Company. She moved to California with her daughter Lydia's family and her three children still living at home. This is where she died at age 74. She was a midwife.



JOHN ESPLIN



Born December 12, 1828 or Jan. 1, 1829 in Wardend, Perth, Scotland
Died October 19, 1895 in Orderville Utah
Married Margaret Ann Webster November 10, 1853 in Salt Lake, Utah

He joined the LDS Church in Scotland on August 4, 1849 where he was baptized in the river Fay Dundee, and shortly after migrated to Utah, where he met and married Margaret. They were sent to colonize Southern Utah at Nephi, and then they moved to Mt. Carmel, and finally ending up in Orderville. He was chosen by Brigham Young to be one of his guards. He was ordained a Seventy on May 18, 1857. They had thirteen children. He was the youngest and shortest child in his family. He came to America across the Atlantic Ocean in the ship NORTH ATLANTIC under Captain Cook to New Orleans. He then went up the Mississippi River on the steamer SULTANA to St. Louis. He worked for his passage across the plains by driving team for Joshua Grant who hauled freight for Dustin Amy, a tin smith. He arrived in Utah on September 28, 1851. When he was young, he worked as an apprentice for a tailor. He was a good farmer and raised cattle and sheep. He was building a bridge over the creek for easier passage during storms when he had a stroke and fell unconscious for a while. He crawled towards the house calling for help. He died of severe pain in the head and vomiting. He had suffered with inflammatory rheumatism during his life.



MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN COX


Born August 15, 1836 in Clay Co. Missouri
Died November 26, 1916 in Orderville, Utah
Married Orville Sutherland Cox July 3, 1853 in Manti, Utah

Growing up, she can remember sitting on the Prophet Joseph Smith's knee. He was a friend of the family and spent time at their house. She wasn't quite eight when he was killed, but she could remember the gloom that followed. She was baptized April 27, 1846 by her grandfather, Isaac Morley. She drove one of the families ox teams most of the way across the plains when she was twelve. She was the second wife of Orville Cox. They had nine children, four boys and five girls. She helped to settle Fairview, Utah, Overton in the burning sands of Nevada, Orderville, Huntington, and Ferron Utah. In 1893, after Orville died, she married Thomas Blackburn. He died in 1898, and she moved back to Orderville. She suffered from rheumatism most of her life. She was an invalid for the last six years of her life. She was paralyzed on one side and died from a stroke at age 80.



. THOMAS HENRY SIBLEY



Born December 12, 1827 in Chedzoy, Smrst, England
Died October 30, 1921 in Holden, Utah
Married Mary Bowman May 26, 1850 in Clifton, Bristol, England

He came from a very wealthy family. He lived a life of ease at Temple Farm and was to inherit the wealth. One day he heard the missionaries talking in the street. He was very impressed by the words and the spirit. He told his father of it and his father exploded with anger "No son of mine...". Thomas stood up for what he believe in and was disinherited and banished from Temple Farm. He was 21 at this time. He went to Bristol on a mission were he was an apprentice to a butcher. This is were he met Mary Bowman. She frequented the shop to pick up meat for her landlady. They were married and went to Wales. Their farm was the missionary headquarters in Wales. When the Church started a branch in Bristol, they were persuaded to move back. Where he became Conference President for several years.



MARY BOWMAN SIBLEY



Born February 6, 1829 in Westbury, Gloustershire, England
Died May 2, 1918 in Holden, Utah
Married Thomas Henry Sibley May 26, 1850 in Bristol, England

She left the country when she was 19 and moved to the city to find employment. She met Thomas at the butcher shop were she picked up meat for her landlady.



PHILENA COX ESPLIN



Born December 30, 1854 in Manti, Utah
Died July 30, 1937 in Orderville, Utah at 82 years 7 months
Married Henry Webster Esplin November 3, 1873 in SLC, Utah

She was close in age to her aunts - her mother was the oldest and had children the same time her parents had their younger children. When Henry came calling, she got a book and went outside to read. The next time he came, she did the same thing. This time he asked her why she left when he came to see her. She thought he was coming to see her aunt. They were married not long after and had twelve children. She was an excellent sewer. She loved to dance and was good at it. Before she married Henry, she worked for his mother doing mending. One time, she sewed the arms and legs of his underwear shut. After their marriage she "worked out", which meant that she took care of a family that had just had a baby. She was paid $1.25 a week and part of that was in trade. She walked with a cane because of an accident she had when she was a young child when she fell on her knee. She had rheumatism but was very independent and didn't like to be waited on.



. ARLETTA ESPLIN BROWN



Born February 15, 1885 in Orderville, Utah
Died July 24, 1972 in Provo, Utah
Married Rex Rolland Brown December 8, 1910 in St. George, Utah

She only had an 8th grade education, her mother became ill and she had to take care of her six younger brothers and sisters. She had whooping cough when she was small and coughed so hard she through her hip out of joint. Her mother had arthritis, so they thought that was what she had when she would cry that her hip hurt. She wasn't taken to a doctor because they were several miles from the nearest one. They found out years later when she was having x-rays what had happened. Her body produced a new socket which caused her hole body to be out of line. Her family took care of Church people that came to speak to at the conferences. She had the privilege of caring for the wife of Heber J. Grant when she became ill and had to stay there for awhile because her mother couldn't climb the stairs to do it. She loved to read when she could find time to. She was a teacher for Primary and Sunday School as well as being very active in MIA, Relief Society, genealogy, a visiting teacher for 35 years, and she was the first captain of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers (DUP) when it was organized in Lake Shore. They lived in Kanab until she became terribly ill, which caused them to move to Springville to get better medical care for her. She was flat on her back for several months after the move. She had a blood cancer that made her tired all the time and she had to have blood transfusions every few months. She had a stroke in May of 1968 and went into a coma for a few days but recovered and went home. Rex was senile by this time, so their house was sold and they bought a mobil home and put it behind their daughter Verda's home in Highland so she could help them. This lasted a short time, for in July she was suddenly taken ill and went into a coma again. She died on the 24th of July. She is buried in Fredonia in the Brown Family plot.



ABIA WILLIAM BROWN SR.



Born October 18, 1799 in Mount Holly, Burlington, New Jersey
Died August 27, 1848
Married Abigail "Abby" Cadwallader April 30, 1830

He was th only child of a wealthy Quaker family. His grandfather was a Quarter Master in the Revolutionary War, and his father was an officer in the French and Indian war. Abia had every advantage they could give him, private tutors and boy's schools to secure his social contacts. His father was killed in the French and Indian War when he was 15. They lived near the ports where pirate ships, and merchants frequented, so they were in constant danger being alone during the war. He hid the families valuables in a hole in the basement. Just before he was 16, he had a disagreement with his mother, and ran away to England by stowing away in a barrel. He spent nine years at sea was shipwrecked three times. The third time, he was rescued by a pirate ship that sold him as a slave in Turkey. He worked as a clerk in the office, while the other survivor hauled garbage. He was very thankful for his schooling. After two years, they escaped to England with the help of a ship's captain. He finally returned home at the age of 26. His mother was remarried and there were three half sisters and one half brother. He was sent to become a doctor. He was devoted to his profession, and to the people he took care of. Just before he was thirty, he decided it was time to marry. He had chosen the daughter of a country gentleman and farmer, but his mother disapproved. She had chosen a wealthy girl of the same social class for him. He was told if he didn't marry her, he would be disowned and disinherited. True love over came and he married his sweetheart, Abby. They moved to Philadelphia and then to Ohio. He supported his family of seven children with his medical practice for 18 years when he died.



ABIGAIL "ABBY" CADWALLADER BROWN



Born January 31, 1797 in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania
Died August 22, 1872 buried in SLC, Utah
Married Abia William Brown Sr. April 30, 1830

She was raised in a Quaker family. Her father was a country gentleman farmer. She met and fell in love with Abia Brown. His mother forbid the marriage, but they loved each other and were married. They had a happy life for about 18 years when Abia died. She had had seven children, five girls and two boys, but lost two of the girls and one of the boys in infancy. She learned the art of silk production to take care of her family after Abia's death. They raised the silk worms, reeled and spun the silk threads, and dyed it to make it ready for use. She heard the gospel and was baptized. She came to Utah with her oldest daughter with whom she lived until her death. When Johnston's Army came to Utah, widows were advised to marry. She married Ben Brown, he was no relation to her husband. She never lived with him and the marriage was later annulled and she was sealed to Abia.



LUCY DIANTHA MORLEY ALLEN



Born October 4, 1815 in Kirtland, Ohio
Died October 19, 1908 in Orderville, Utah
Married Joseph Stewart Allen September 2, 1835 in Clay Co. Missouri

She was baptized November 15, 1830 by Parley P. Pratt. She was a close friend of the Prophet Joseph Smith, who would stay with her father Isaac Morley. She was driven with the saints from place to place until she made it to Utah in 1848. She helped settle Manti with her husband and her father. She and Joseph were married by the Prophet Joseph Smith. She was 5 feet 5 inches with black hair and eyes. She was gentle, meek, loving and kind. She was the mother of twelve children.



MARGARET ANN WEBSTER ESPLIN



Born December 2, 1836 in St. Helena, Lancashire, England
Died February 18, 1908 in Orderville, Utah
Married John Esplin November 10, 1853 in SLC, Utah

She had the measles when she was two and was deaf as a result. The family joined the Church in England. She was baptized March 21, 1848 at eleven years old. She crossed the ocean with her family on February 18, 1850, on the ship Josiah Bradley. A ship chartered by the Church to bring saints to America. She was sixteen when she crossed the plains alone. She was working for David Dixon and he told her her mother gave him permission to take her to Utah with his family, which was a lie. When her family finally reached Utah, they set out to find her. They put a notice up at the General Conference in Salt Lake, she was at the conference but didn't get the message. She finally saw one of her brothers on the street. She had several offers of plural marriage but said she was going to marry the first single man she found. That turned out to be John Esplin. They had thirteen children. They helped to settle Nephi - she had the first baby in the settlement, the Muddy Mission in Nevada, and finally, Orderville. She always longed to go back to Nephi. In the end she was completely deaf. She continued to go to church meetings, although she couldn't hear anything, she said she could feel the spirit. She died at the age of 72 of pneumonia and asthma.



ANN KEMPTON BROWN



Born November 18, 1777 in Mount Holly, New Jersey
Died July 14, 1849 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Married Samuel Brown June 22, 1797 in Burlington, New Jersey

She and her husband were very wealthy and belonged to the upper crust of society. She was a devout Quaker and provided the best of everything for her only child. Samuel was an officer in the French and Indian war and was killed when their son was fifteen, leaving her and Abia to care for thier great estate. After Samuel's death, she married Ephraim Haines. They had three daughters and one son.



JOHN KEMPTON



Born abt 1725 around Hopewell, New Jersey
Died October 24, 1759 in Hopewell, New Jersey
Married Mary about 1740's probably in Hopewell, New Jersey

I haven't found any information on John, just his picture.






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