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Reuben
GEORGE Sr -->		 Joshua
GEORGE -->		 Martha Jane
(GEORGE) BROWN -->		 John Randolph
BROWN
David and Elizabeth
(WATTS) GRIFFIS -->		 Linda
(GRIFFIS) BROWN
Children of
John Randolph and Linda (GRIFFIS) BROWN
of Bigelow, Frankfort (Marshall Co), and Concordia (Cloud Co), Kansas
Resources: * Misty Matthews (Charles Linus Brown line)
* Carol K. Paulsen of Stafford, KS * BROWN Families of Butler Co OH
* The John Brown Family of Dry Fork, Butler County, Ohio, Paul Teetor
* Federal and Kansas censuses * KSGenWeb for Marshall Co KS
* The Reuben George Sr Family of Butler County, Ohio, Nancy Sween
Children of John Randolph and Linda C. (GRIFFIS) BROWN
First
daughter
died
at birth
(1879)
 Frank

(b 1881) 		Edith

(b 1883) 		Charles

(b 1888) 		Bessie

(b 1889) 		Ruth

(b 1892) 		Carl

(b 1897)
Timeline
1854: John Randolph BROWN born in SW Ohio
1863: Linda Candace GRIFFIS born in Indiana
1876: John R. moved west to Marshall County, KS
1879: John R. and Linda married
1879: John and Linda lost their first child
1880: census: John was living with his mother-in-law and her family in Marshall Co KS
1881: Frank L. Brown born
1883: Edith Augusta Brown born
1888: Charles Linus Brown born
1889: Bessie Clare Brown born
1892: Ruth Elizabeth Brown born
1897: Carl Brown born
1900: census (No Brown in Cloud Co, Arion twp)
1900: census (check Marshall Co, KS)
1901: Edith married Charles DANNELS
1907: Frank married Mary SMITH
1907: Bessie married Ernest NELSON
1910: census ---
1912: Ruth married Glen HOOBER Jr
1913: Frank L. died (31)
1916: Charles married Florence MILLIRONS
ca 1917: Carl married Ernestine NETZ
1920: census - John R and Linda, Cloud Co, Arion twp #28-29, 2A
1920: census - Carl B and Ernestine, Cloud Co, Arion twp, 5A
1922: John Randolph died (68)
1930: census ---
1930: census - Carl B and Ernestine, Concordia KS - Cloud Co, Arion twp, 5A
1937: Linda died (73)
 		Short Biography
Into a family historically full of John's,
John Randolph BROWN


was born in Butler Co OH in 1854.

His future wife, Linda Candace GRIFFIS


was born during the Civil War, in 1863,
at Kirk's Crossroads, IN.

Children of John Randolph and Linda BROWN
1. (unnamed daughter)
b. 1 Dec 1879
near Bigelow, Marshall Co, KS
d. 1 Dec 1875
near Bigelow, Marshall Co, KS
 Newborn did not survive
2. Frank L. BROWN
b. 17 May 1881
near Bigelow, Marshall Co, KS
d. 31 Jan 1913 (32)
Tuscon AZ
m. 22 Jan 1907
south of Bigelow, Marshall Co, KS
Mary Mabel SMITH
b.
d.
father: B. M. SMITH lived south of Bigelow
 Before his marriage in 1907, Frank taught school in Marshall County, KS public schools, including the school at Bigelow, and was the principal of the Oketo Schools when he was 22 (1903). Frank and Mary farmed south of Bigelow from 1907 until the fall of 1911, when they moved with their 3 year old son, Rex, to a ranch near Cochise, AZ, east of Tuscon in southern Arizona, for Frank's heart trouble. In 1913, Frank's leg was crushed while he helped put up a wind mill. Taken to the hospital at Tuscon, at first it seemed he was recovering well, but he died at the hospital January 31st. Apparently a Methodist, Frank was buried back near Frankfort and Bigelow, KS in the Willow Hill cemetery.
Mary Smith BROWN and Rex lived in Cochise AZ after Frank's death.
Child: one son Rex BROWN was born 5 Jan 1908 in Marshall Co KS, and died in June 1985 (aged 77) in Cochise, Cochise Co, AZ.
3. Edith Augusta BROWN
b. 12 Jun 1883
Marshall Co, KS
d. 08 Oct 1976 (93)
Durango, CO
m. 09 Oct 1901
Marshall Co, KS
Charles N. DANNELS
b. 13 Oct 1877
Salem, NE or NM
d. 23 Nov 1966 or Sep 1966 (89)
Ignacio, La Plata, CO
The year, 1901, Edith married Charles N. DANNELS in Marshall Co KS, they moved to southwest Colorado, to La Plata County, just south of Durango and near the New Mexico border. She lived in the area for 75 years. When her brother, Frank BROWN, died in 1913, she and Charles were living in Bayfield, CO.

Presbyterians, Charles and Edith moved into Ignacio, CO in 1931, and spent the rest of their lives there. Charles was a mason and rancher all of his life. His brother Frank DANNELS lived in Denver, and his sister Mrs. Lewis W. Wagner lived in Canon City, CO.

Children: two sons - Charles V. DANNELS (Ignacia, CO) and John G. DANNELS (Longmont, CO) and one daughter - Bernice - Mrs. Leonard EAGAN (Denver, CO). In 1966, there were 6 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren surviving Charles. In 1976, there were 4 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren surviving Edith.
4. Charles Linus BROWN
b. 08 Apr 1888
near Bigelow, Marshall Co, KS
d. 20 Aug 1973 (85)
San Luis, Obispo, CA
m. 04 May 1916
Concordia, Cloud Co, KS
Florence Georgia MILLIRONS
b. 03 Jun 1891
near Concordia, Cloud Co, KS
d. 05 Mar 1956 (64)
Concordia, Cloud Co, KS
father: A. D. MILLIRONS
Charles and Florence moved to Polson, MT, north of Missoula, shortly after their marriage in 1916. Charles was in Polson in 1937 when his mother died. Florence's health deteriorated late in 1955, and in February of 1956 she and Charles went back to Concordia KS to visit her sister, Mrs. Roy B. Clemons, who lived at 217 West 10th Street. A week after they got back to Concordia, Florence became seriously ill, and they stayed there until her death at her sister's home on March 5th. Florence was a Presbyterian.

The SSDI states that Charles was born 18 Apr 1888. After living in Polson, MT, Charles died in San Luis, Obispo Co., CA. However, he was buried, as was his wife, at the local Concordia KS cemetery, Pleasant Hill, in 1973.

Children: By the time she died in 1956, Florence and Charles had one son, John Walter BROWN (living in Austin TX), two daughters, Ruby Brown McElroy - Mrs. Robert W. McELROY (living in St. Regis, MT) and Judith J. BROWN (living in Byron, WY), plus five grandchildren, unnamed in the obituary.
Excerpts of what Misty Matthews wrote in June 2006:
Charles Linus and Florence Millirons Brown's children:
John Walter Brown (1920-2004)
My Grandfather was Charles Linus Brown's son, John Walter Brown. Well he was really my step grandfather, but was there all my life. So he was my Papa. John Walter Brown was born January 29, 1920 in Montana and died July 27, 2004 in Capistrano Beach, CA when he was 84. He had three children (John, Judy, and Janis) by his first wife Pearl who committed suicide right before their divorce or just as it was in the last stages, and his second wife was my grandmother Donna Bemis Brown (who was marred before John and went by Donna Bemis Matthews).

John Walter Brown's children also had children. Judy had 3 (Cyrstal, Chris and Carmel. The last two were twins). Janis has one child Laura, and John has a son named Jake. I know Crystal and Chris have children themselves, but I do not know their names.

Ruby Brown McElroy
Ruby McElroy passed away, I am not sure about the date but I can get it for you. I'm also not sure if she had any children. I remember her family didn't tell my grandfather about her death until 6 months after she passed.

Judith Brown Bogesvang
Judith Brown is now Judith Bogesvang (not 100% sure on that spelling). I believe she lives in San Luis Obispo, CA area and has two sons. One, named John, I last saw at my grandfathers funeral.

I wish I would have found your site before my grandfather passed away. He would have been touched and thrilled! I had never seen a picture of his father as a young man, and when I saw the picture online it looks just like my grandfathers daughter Judy.

Thank you so much for having this information online, I was really happy to find it. I am starting a page about this side of the family, if you would like I can give you think link once it is done, so you may link to it.

5. Bessie Clare BROWN
b. 11 Nov 1889
near Bigelow, Marshall Co, KS
d. 13 May 1971 (81)
Abilene, Dickinson Co, KS

m. 06 Nov 1907
Concordia, Cloud Co, KS
Ernest B. NELSON
b. 1885
d. 02 Dec 1942 (57)
Abilene, Dickinson Co, KS

 Bessie and Ernest moved to Abilene KS in the early 1920s, where Bessie was a member of the First Baptist Church of Abilene and the VFW Auxiliary. Ernest apparently served in WWI. At the time of his death in 1942, Ernest owned the Golden Belt dry cleaning establishment in Abilene. Ernest died when he stopped to let a passenger out of his car, then passed a car parked at the Union Pacific train track crossing, directly in front of the westbound 3:15 p.m. train.

At the time of her death in 1971, Bessie lived at 508 Cottage in Abilene, KS. Both she and Ernest were buried at the Abilene Cemetery.

Children: According to her obituary in 1971, Bessie and Ernest NELSON had three sons living: Buford (Littleton, CO), Alford (Aurora, CO), and Francis (Abilene, KS) NELSON and one daughter: Martha Jane and Kenneth E. BETHE (Coopers Landing, AK). They had two deceased sons, Albert (in Alaska in 1942 with the US Army) and Pat NELSON (Abilene KS), and one daughter Mrs. Stense Augusta GREEN (Topeka, KS). In 1971, there were 8 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren, unnamed in Bessie's obituary.
6. Ruth Elizabeth BROWN
b. 12 Oct 1892
near Bigelow, Marshall Co, KS
d. 09 Dec 1972 (80)
Concordia, Cloud Co, KS
m. 25 Dec 1912
Concordia, Cloud Co, KS
Glen Leo HOOBER Jr.
b. 11 Jul 1891
d. 07 Oct 1976 (85)
Ruth was b. 12 or 13 (SSDI) Oct 1892 near Frankfort (Marshall Co) KS. Still a young child when her parents moved to the Concordia KS area, Ruth graduated from the old Concordia Business College, and taught in rural schools around Cloud County several years before she married Glen at her parents' home on Christmas Day, 1912. Ruth was a Baptist.
Glen was born and later farmed 8 1/2 miles southwest of Concordia in Arion Township.
Ruth's mother was at the Concordia Rest Home (where she had been a matron for several years) on Saturday, 9 October 1937, then went to Ruth's house Monday the 11th. She died there unexpectantly on Tuesday 12 October 1937. Glen and Ruth retired from the farm in November of 1970 when they moved into Concordia. Ruth died Saturday, Dec 9, 1972 at St. Joseph Hospital, Concordia, after a 3 day illness. She was 80. Glen died October 7, 1976, aged 85, in Concordia. Both Glen and Ruth were buried there in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Block 7 Plot 128.
Children: According to her obituary in 1972, Ruth and Glen had four children. Lucille, who married Fred PICKHARD, was living in Portland, OR. Frank HOOBER was living in Manhattan, KS. Pauline, who married William COLLINS, was living in Santa Clara, CA. Leo HOOBER was living in Concordia, KS. In 1972, Ruth and Glen had 9 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Her sister, Augusta in Durango CO, was her only living sibling.
7. Carl B. BROWN
b. 08 Jul 1897
KS
d.

m. about 1917-18
Ernestine NETZ
b. 1897-8
Marysville, KS
d. 26 Jun 1969 (ca 72) (Mrs. Fred PIPER)
Ventura, CA (Ventura Co)

Carl was not listed as a WWI veteran. The 1920 census lists Carl and Ernestine, both age 22, living in Cloud Co, Arion twp., Kansas. Carland Ernestine were both born in Kansas.

Carl and Ernestine had two daughters. Joyce BROWN was born about 1921 in Kansas, and Donna Fae BROWN was born about 1924 in Kansas, according to the 1930 census for Concordia, Cloud Co, KS. That census also indicated that Ernestine's father was from Germany and her mother from PA, while Carl's father was from OH and his mother from IA.

Their daughter Joyce married a Mr. WARD, then Fred McMULLIN (b 9 Aug 1909; d 14 Aug 1974), a son of Willard Eli and Myrtle Johnson McMULLIN. Fred lived in Lincoln, Bonneville Co, ID, and was buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, in the family plot with other McMullins. He and Joyce Brown Ward were married 9 July, 1949 at Elko, NV. After Fred died, Joyce left Black Foot, ID and moved to North Carolina and remarried sometime before she died. Joyce had a son, Guy O. "Skip" WARD, who may have lived in Oklahoma. (info thanks to Kevin McMullin and Ancestry message boards)

Carl died apparently without having a social security number. One source thinks he may have died in Hawaii around 1960. Another source thinks he died in western Kansas.

After Carl's death, Ernestine NETZ BROWN married Fred J. PIPER of Irving, Marshall Co., KS. Fred's first wife was Goldie D. KAUTZ (b about 1886) and they were in the 1930 census for Blue Rapids, Marshall Co KS, married 25 years. Fred was born in Kansas on 9 Jun 1886, to a father born in England and a mother born in PA. The KSGenWeb source [http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/marshall/families.html] makes it sound as though Carl died in the 1950s, saying that after Fred retired in 1956, he and Ernestine traveled, then moved to Ventura, Ventura Co., CA. Ernestine died there on June 26, 1969. Fred also died in Ventura, CA, in June 1972, per the SSDI records.

Ernestine not only had two daughters, Joyce and Donna Fae BROWN, but by marrying Fred, she gained a step-daughter, Christine D. PIPER, who was 17 (born 1912-13) according to the 1930 census.

This internet family history book for descendants of Reuben and Ann Handley GEORGE
is copyrighted by Nancy Sween for the free use of researchers on-line.
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