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Mathew D. BROWN
1870 Matthew, Miriam Brown
Mathew D. BROWN  ‎(I95)‎
Given Names: Mathew D.
Surname: BROWN

Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 8 May 1835 23 22 Ohio, USA
Death: 4 January 1914 ‎(Age 78)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 8 May 1835 23 22 Ohio, USA

Marriage Miriam Ann Mide ALEXANDER - 12 December 1861 ‎(Age 26)‎ Letart, Meigs County, Ohio, USA


Hide Details Note: MARRIED.
On the 12th December, at the residence of Jane Alexander, of Letart, by Rev. Carmi Alderman, Mr. Matthew D. Brown, of Mason Co., Va., and Miss Mirian Ann Alexander, of Letart, Meigs Co., OH.

Directly under the marriage announcement was the POMEROY RETAIL MARKETS.
Thursday, Dec. 19, 1861.
Wheat ‎(White)‎..80@90cents p bush.
Wheat ‎(Red)‎..75@85cents p bush.
Family Flour..$5.00 p bush.
Corn..30 cents p bush.
Potatoes..30 cents p bush.
Eggs..12 1/2 cents p dozen

Also on the same page was an ad for Dr. Cheeseman's Female Regulating Pills!

THE HEALTH AND LIFE OF WOMAN
Is continually in peril if she is mad enough to neglect or maltreat those sexual irregularities to which two-thirds of her sex are more or less subject.
Dr. Cheeseman's Pills., prepared from the same formula which the inventor, CORNELIUS L., CHEESEMAN, M.D. of New York, has for twenty years used succfessfully in an extended private practice--immediately relieve without pain, all disturbances of the periodical discharge, whether arising from relaxation or suppresion. They act lika a charm in removing the pains that accompany difficult or immoderate menstruation, and are the only safe and reliable remedy for Flushes, Sick Headache, pains in the Loins, Back and Sides, Palpitation of the Heart, Nervous Tremors, Hysterics, spasms, Broken Sleep, and other unpleasant and dangerous affects of an unnatural condition of the sexual functions. In the worse cases of Fluor Albus of Whites, they effect a speedy cure.....etc.

Biographical Notes 1899 ‎(Age 63)‎


Source: Hartford City 1853-1922
Publication: 1975


Hide Details Note: Riverboat pilot
Mathew was a farmer and a riverboat pilot. A notice in the "State Gazette" of 1899 reported that "Captain Matt. D. Brown had his master and pilot license renewed by the local inspector at Gallipolis. Captain Mathew has not steam boated for about twenty years, yet his knowledge of the river is as perfect as any steam boatman. He is the oldest Brown of that family. No better set of men ever lived in the Ohio Valley."

Biographical Notes Waggener, Mason County, West Virginia, USA


Hide Details Note: Mathew, 33, is a steamboat pilot. Miriam, 26 has three children: Edward, 7, attends school, while Mattie, 4, and Jennie, 2, are at home.

1880: Mathew, 45, was farming, and Mide, 39, was keeping house. Major E. ‎(Eddie)‎, 16, was a farm hand, helping his dad on the farm. Martha, 14, Salina "Jenny", 12, and George, 9, were attending school. Alice, 4, and Harry, 2, were at home with their mother. Mathew's brother Martin, 29, a "steamboat man," was staying with them. He claimed to have been born in Virginia, not Ohio. Mathew said "Ohio." Perhaps Martin, the youngest of the children, was born in Virginia. The Mathew Browns were living next door to Mathew's father and sister, Major and Martha Brown.

1900: Mathew, 65, is now widowed. Living with him at the old family home in Hartford are his children, Jennie, 28, Alice, 24 and son Miles, 16. George Alexander, 54, Mathew's brother-in-law, is a "boarder."

1910: Mathew is now 74 years old and reaching the end of his life. His widowed daughter Alice Banks, 34, is staying with him. Also in the household is Iva Hayden, 22. Her relationship to the household is unfortunately illegible because it would be informative and interesting. Iva would later have a son, Paul Hayden, whom Alice Brown Banks would adopt and raise, although Iva would always be included in their lives. It was hinted that perhaps one of the Brown men was the father of Paul. Many of the Browns kept in touch with Paul right through his life.

Historical Notes Waggener, Mason County, West Virginia, USA


Source: Mide Ginther McKnight


Hide Details Note: Family Home
Mide Ginther McKnight remembered that the old Brown family house on eleven lots sold for $5,000. She said that it had a place for slaves to hide. ‎[That was probably fairly common for houses in West Virginia on the road to freedom in Ohio.]‎

Memories

Hide Details Note: Mathew lived in Maysville, Kentucky, for awhile. His son George was 14 years old ‎(1884-5)‎ when they returned to Hartford. Major Brown ‎(died 1887)‎ asked his son Mathew to look after his farm on the Ohio River, hence his return to Hartford.
According to his granddaughter, Martha Louise Brown, Mathew had a high forehead and dark eyes. He had a hooked nose or a prominent bone in his nose. He was lanky, not heavy-set and wore glasses. He gave peppermints to his grandchildren.
Granddaughter Mide McKnight said that Grandpa was a good guy. Uncle Miles looked like him. He had a high forehead and dark eyes. He had a hooked nose, a prominent bone in his nose. Grandpa had a lot of eye trouble, so he wore glasses. Her sister Martha Laboyteaux had Mathew Brown's old steel glasses.

Memories


Source: Mide Ginther McKnight


Note: Mathew's granddaughter, Mide Ginther McKnight, described Mathew as "lanky, not heavy set. He had a high forehead,dark eyes and a hooked nose ‎(a prominent bone in the nose)‎. Pa had a little white moustache. Grandpa had a lot of eye trouble and wore glasses. My sister Martha had Major Brown's old steel glasses. Grandpa liked to give his grandchildren peppermints."
Newspaper Article

Hide Details Note: Capt. Matthew Brown Dead.

Capt. Matthew D. Brown died at his home at Hartford Sunday morning last aged about 80 years.

He is survived by the following children: George of Kenova; Edward, McMechen, W. Va.; Harry, Versailles, Pa.; Miles, Washington; Marlin, Newark; Mrs. Eisenbarth, Marietta; Mrs. Geo. Ginther and Mrs. Frank Chapman, Hartford.

He is survived by three brothers, Capt. Mel, Pomeroy; Capt Miles, New Richmond, O; Capt Manly, Hartford, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Bird, Gallipolis.
Funeral services at Hartford M.E. church Tuesday, Rev. Backus officiating.
The deceased followed the river always and he gave his brothers their start as river men. His wife, who was a sister of prof. D.A. Alexander, died 16 years ago.

Death 4 January 1914 ‎(Age 78)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA

Cause of death: Apoplexy

Hide Details Source: Mason County Records

Citation Details:  Book 2-59.


Note: Mathew died on Jan. 3 at Hartford of apoplexy 79y 7m 25d, a farmer. The informant was his son-in-law, C.W. Petty, M.D.
Memories 28 November 1980 ‎(66 years after death)‎


Source: Martha Louise Brown


Hide Details Note: Mathew may have lived in Maysville, Kentucky, for awhile. According to Louise Brown ‎(dau. of George)‎ George was 14 years old ‎(1884-5)‎ when they returned to Hartford. Major Brown had asked his son Mathew to look after his farm on the Ohio River, hence his return to Hartford.

Martha Louise wrote from Columbus, Ohio: "...I remember Grandma Brown ‎(Miriam)‎ but did not have the opportunity to know her very long. I think that Dad did look like his mother. She was tall and slender. Grandpa ‎(Mathew)‎, as long as I knew him, had a lot of beautiful white hair and a beautiful beard. He was a sweet, gentleman. He gave us peppermint candy. We didn't like it very well; but we loved him and would not hurt his feelings, so we ate it."

Martha Louise continued,"I always loved Grandpa Brown's home. Besides the kind people who lived in it, it was an interesting home. The house was to be torn down. I don't know if it is still standing or not. I just don't want to go back and see the land on which the home stood."

Burial Brown Cemetery, Mason County, West Virginia, USA

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Parents Family  (F273)
Major BROWN
1812 - 1887
Selina ‎(unknown)‎
1812 - 1858
Martha BROWN
1834 - 1905
Mathew D. BROWN
1835 - 1914
Major J. BROWN
1837 - 1858
Melvin M. Mel BROWN
1839 - 1921
Capt. Miles H. BROWN
1841 - 1924
Capt. Marlin E. BROWN
1842 - 1908
Manly B. BROWN
1844 - 1919
Mary Elizabeth BROWN
1847 - 1933
Mariah Selina Salina BROWN
1848 - 1908
Martin L. BROWN
1851 - 1902

Step-Parent Family  (F281)
Major BROWN
1812 - 1887
Ingaby Ingaba BURNS
1823 -
Willie Ann BROWN
1861 -

Immediate Family  (F30)
Miriam Ann Mide ALEXANDER
1840 - 1898
Major Edward Eddie BROWN
1863 -
Martha Virginia Mattie BROWN
1866 - 1927
Selina Jane Jenny BROWN
1868 - 1950
George Winfield BROWN
1870 - 1953
Melvin A. Little Mel BROWN
1873 - 1874
Mary Alice BROWN
1875 - 1966
Mathew Harry BROWN
1878 - 1947
Marlin A. BROWN
1881 - 1964
Miles Oscar BROWN
1881 - 1957


Notes
Marriage MARRIED.
On the 12th December, at the residence of Jane Alexander, of Letart, by Rev. Carmi Alderman, Mr. Matthew D. Brown, of Mason Co., Va., and Miss Mirian Ann Alexander, of Letart, Meigs Co., OH.

Directly under the marriage announcement was the POMEROY RETAIL MARKETS.
Thursday, Dec. 19, 1861.
Wheat ‎(White)‎..80@90cents p bush.
Wheat ‎(Red)‎..75@85cents p bush.
Family Flour..$5.00 p bush.
Corn..30 cents p bush.
Potatoes..30 cents p bush.
Eggs..12 1/2 cents p dozen

Also on the same page was an ad for Dr. Cheeseman's Female Regulating Pills!

THE HEALTH AND LIFE OF WOMAN
Is continually in peril if she is mad enough to neglect or maltreat those sexual irregularities to which two-thirds of her sex are more or less subject.
Dr. Cheeseman's Pills., prepared from the same formula which the inventor, CORNELIUS L., CHEESEMAN, M.D. of New York, has for twenty years used succfessfully in an extended private practice--immediately relieve without pain, all disturbances of the periodical discharge, whether arising from relaxation or suppresion. They act lika a charm in removing the pains that accompany difficult or immoderate menstruation, and are the only safe and reliable remedy for Flushes, Sick Headache, pains in the Loins, Back and Sides, Palpitation of the Heart, Nervous Tremors, Hysterics, spasms, Broken Sleep, and other unpleasant and dangerous affects of an unnatural condition of the sexual functions. In the worse cases of Fluor Albus of Whites, they effect a speedy cure.....etc.
Marriage MARRIED.
On the 12th December, at the residence of Jane Alexander, of Letart, by Rev. Carmi Alderman, Mr. Matthew D. Brown, of Mason Co., Va., and Miss Mirian Ann Alexander, of Letart, Meigs Co., OH.

Directly under the marriage announcement was the POMEROY RETAIL MARKETS.
Thursday, Dec. 19, 1861.
Wheat ‎(White)‎..80@90cents p bush.
Wheat ‎(Red)‎..75@85cents p bush.
Family Flour..$5.00 p bush.
Corn..30 cents p bush.
Potatoes..30 cents p bush.
Eggs..12 1/2 cents p dozen

Also on the same page was an ad for Dr. Cheeseman's Female Regulating Pills!

THE HEALTH AND LIFE OF WOMAN
Is continually in peril if she is mad enough to neglect or maltreat those sexual irregularities to which two-thirds of her sex are more or less subject.
Dr. Cheeseman's Pills., prepared from the same formula which the inventor, CORNELIUS L., CHEESEMAN, M.D. of New York, has for twenty years used succfessfully in an extended private practice--immediately relieve without pain, all disturbances of the periodical discharge, whether arising from relaxation or suppresion. They act lika a charm in removing the pains that accompany difficult or immoderate menstruation, and are the only safe and reliable remedy for Flushes, Sick Headache, pains in the Loins, Back and Sides, Palpitation of the Heart, Nervous Tremors, Hysterics, spasms, Broken Sleep, and other unpleasant and dangerous affects of an unnatural condition of the sexual functions. In the worse cases of Fluor Albus of Whites, they effect a speedy cure.....etc.
Biographical Notes Riverboat pilot
Mathew was a farmer and a riverboat pilot. A notice in the "State Gazette" of 1899 reported that "Captain Matt. D. Brown had his master and pilot license renewed by the local inspector at Gallipolis. Captain Mathew has not steam boated for about twenty years, yet his knowledge of the river is as perfect as any steam boatman. He is the oldest Brown of that family. No better set of men ever lived in the Ohio Valley."
Biographical Notes Mathew, 33, is a steamboat pilot. Miriam, 26 has three children: Edward, 7, attends school, while Mattie, 4, and Jennie, 2, are at home.

1880: Mathew, 45, was farming, and Mide, 39, was keeping house. Major E. ‎(Eddie)‎, 16, was a farm hand, helping his dad on the farm. Martha, 14, Salina "Jenny", 12, and George, 9, were attending school. Alice, 4, and Harry, 2, were at home with their mother. Mathew's brother Martin, 29, a "steamboat man," was staying with them. He claimed to have been born in Virginia, not Ohio. Mathew said "Ohio." Perhaps Martin, the youngest of the children, was born in Virginia. The Mathew Browns were living next door to Mathew's father and sister, Major and Martha Brown.

1900: Mathew, 65, is now widowed. Living with him at the old family home in Hartford are his children, Jennie, 28, Alice, 24 and son Miles, 16. George Alexander, 54, Mathew's brother-in-law, is a "boarder."

1910: Mathew is now 74 years old and reaching the end of his life. His widowed daughter Alice Banks, 34, is staying with him. Also in the household is Iva Hayden, 22. Her relationship to the household is unfortunately illegible because it would be informative and interesting. Iva would later have a son, Paul Hayden, whom Alice Brown Banks would adopt and raise, although Iva would always be included in their lives. It was hinted that perhaps one of the Brown men was the father of Paul. Many of the Browns kept in touch with Paul right through his life.
Historical Notes Family Home
Mide Ginther McKnight remembered that the old Brown family house on eleven lots sold for $5,000. She said that it had a place for slaves to hide. ‎[That was probably fairly common for houses in West Virginia on the road to freedom in Ohio.]‎
Memories Mathew lived in Maysville, Kentucky, for awhile. His son George was 14 years old ‎(1884-5)‎ when they returned to Hartford. Major Brown ‎(died 1887)‎ asked his son Mathew to look after his farm on the Ohio River, hence his return to Hartford.
According to his granddaughter, Martha Louise Brown, Mathew had a high forehead and dark eyes. He had a hooked nose or a prominent bone in his nose. He was lanky, not heavy-set and wore glasses. He gave peppermints to his grandchildren.
Granddaughter Mide McKnight said that Grandpa was a good guy. Uncle Miles looked like him. He had a high forehead and dark eyes. He had a hooked nose, a prominent bone in his nose. Grandpa had a lot of eye trouble, so he wore glasses. Her sister Martha Laboyteaux had Mathew Brown's old steel glasses.
Memories Mathew's granddaughter, Mide Ginther McKnight, described Mathew as "lanky, not heavy set. He had a high forehead,dark eyes and a hooked nose ‎(a prominent bone in the nose)‎. Pa had a little white moustache. Grandpa had a lot of eye trouble and wore glasses. My sister Martha had Major Brown's old steel glasses. Grandpa liked to give his grandchildren peppermints."
Newspaper Article Capt. Matthew Brown Dead.

Capt. Matthew D. Brown died at his home at Hartford Sunday morning last aged about 80 years.

He is survived by the following children: George of Kenova; Edward, McMechen, W. Va.; Harry, Versailles, Pa.; Miles, Washington; Marlin, Newark; Mrs. Eisenbarth, Marietta; Mrs. Geo. Ginther and Mrs. Frank Chapman, Hartford.

He is survived by three brothers, Capt. Mel, Pomeroy; Capt Miles, New Richmond, O; Capt Manly, Hartford, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Bird, Gallipolis.
Funeral services at Hartford M.E. church Tuesday, Rev. Backus officiating.
The deceased followed the river always and he gave his brothers their start as river men. His wife, who was a sister of prof. D.A. Alexander, died 16 years ago.
Death Mathew died on Jan. 3 at Hartford of apoplexy 79y 7m 25d, a farmer. The informant was his son-in-law, C.W. Petty, M.D.
Memories Mathew may have lived in Maysville, Kentucky, for awhile. According to Louise Brown ‎(dau. of George)‎ George was 14 years old ‎(1884-5)‎ when they returned to Hartford. Major Brown had asked his son Mathew to look after his farm on the Ohio River, hence his return to Hartford.

Martha Louise wrote from Columbus, Ohio: "...I remember Grandma Brown ‎(Miriam)‎ but did not have the opportunity to know her very long. I think that Dad did look like his mother. She was tall and slender. Grandpa ‎(Mathew)‎, as long as I knew him, had a lot of beautiful white hair and a beautiful beard. He was a sweet, gentleman. He gave us peppermint candy. We didn't like it very well; but we loved him and would not hurt his feelings, so we ate it."

Martha Louise continued,"I always loved Grandpa Brown's home. Besides the kind people who lived in it, it was an interesting home. The house was to be torn down. I don't know if it is still standing or not. I just don't want to go back and see the land on which the home stood."

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Sources

Source
US Census 1880

Source
US Census 1900
Citation Details:  1900-06-01 Waggener District, Mason Co, West Virginia, 64 sheet 1B

Source
US Census 1910
Biographical Notes Hartford City 1853-1922
Publication: 1975
Historical Notes Mide Ginther McKnight
Memories Mide Ginther McKnight
Death Mason County Records
Citation Details:  Book 2-59.
Memories Martha Louise Brown

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Family with Parents
Father
Major BROWN ‎(I718)‎
Birth 2 March 1812 New York City, New York, USA
Death 15 December 1887 ‎(Age 75)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
4 months
Mother
 
Selina ‎(unknown)‎ ‎(I719)‎
Birth 12 July 1812 England
Death 27 October 1858 ‎(Age 46)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA

Marriage: circa 1832
3 years
#1
Sister
Martha BROWN ‎(I720)‎
Birth July 1834 22 21 New York, USA
Death 22 May 1905 ‎(Age 70)‎ Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
10 months
#2
Mathew D. BROWN ‎(I95)‎
Birth 8 May 1835 23 22 Ohio, USA
Death 4 January 1914 ‎(Age 78)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
2 years
#3
Brother
Major J. BROWN ‎(I721)‎
Birth February 1837 24 24 Ohio, USA
Death 20 September 1858 ‎(Age 21)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
2 years
#4
Brother
Melvin M. Mel BROWN ‎(I722)‎
Birth 1839 26 26 Ohio, USA
Death 1921 ‎(Age 82)‎
2 years
#5
Brother
Capt. Miles H. BROWN ‎(I724)‎
Birth March 1841 28 28 Ohio, USA
Death 24 May 1924 ‎(Age 83)‎ New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
2 years
#6
Brother
Capt. Marlin E. BROWN ‎(I725)‎
Birth 26 December 1842 30 30 Ohio, USA
Death 19 July 1908 ‎(Age 65)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
16 months
#7
Brother
Manly B. BROWN ‎(I728)‎
Birth May 1844 32 31 Virginia, USA
Death 1919 ‎(Age 74)‎ Mason, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
3 years
#8
Sister
Mary Elizabeth BROWN ‎(I730)‎
Birth 16 January 1847 34 34 Wood County, West Virginia, USA
Death 19 January 1933 ‎(Age 86)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
11 months
#9
Sister
Mariah Selina Salina BROWN ‎(I732)‎
Birth 1848 35 35 Murraysville, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
Death 27 June 1908 ‎(Age 60)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
3 years
#10
Brother
Martin L. BROWN ‎(I734)‎
Birth 1851 38 38 Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Death 18 July 1902 ‎(Age 51)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Father's Family with Ingaby Ingaba BURNS
Father
Major BROWN ‎(I718)‎
Birth 2 March 1812 New York City, New York, USA
Death 15 December 1887 ‎(Age 75)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
11 years
Step-Mother
 
Ingaby Ingaba BURNS ‎(I735)‎
Birth 1823 Virginia, USA

Marriage: 3 March 1860 -- Mason, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
10 months
#1
Half-Sister
Willie Ann BROWN ‎(I736)‎
Birth 1861 48 38 Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Family with Miriam Ann Mide ALEXANDER
Mathew D. BROWN ‎(I95)‎
Birth 8 May 1835 23 22 Ohio, USA
Death 4 January 1914 ‎(Age 78)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
5 years
Wife
 
Miriam Ann Mide ALEXANDER ‎(I96)‎
Birth 2 August 1840 24 26 Letart, Meigs County, Ohio, USA
Death 4 December 1898 ‎(Age 58)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA

Marriage: 12 December 1861 -- Letart, Meigs County, Ohio, USA
19 months
#1
Son
Major Edward Eddie BROWN ‎(I97)‎
Birth 9 July 1863 28 22 Letart Township, Meigs County, Ohio, USA
Death
3 years
#2
Daughter
Martha Virginia Mattie BROWN ‎(I98)‎
Birth 1 March 1866 30 25 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Death 20 July 1927 ‎(Age 61)‎ Mason, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
3 years
#3
Daughter
Selina Jane Jenny BROWN ‎(I100)‎
Birth 1 September 1868 33 28 Letart, Meigs County, Ohio, USA
Death 16 February 1950 ‎(Age 81)‎ 432 Front Street, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, USA
2 years
#4
Son
George Winfield BROWN ‎(I99)‎
Birth 18 December 1870 35 30 Kentucky, USA
Death 16 August 1953 ‎(Age 82)‎ Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
3 years
#5
Son
Melvin A. Little Mel BROWN ‎(I101)‎
Birth 28 June 1873 38 32 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Death 6 October 1874 ‎(Age 15 months)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
2 years
#6
Daughter
Mary Alice BROWN ‎(I102)‎
Birth 6 October 1875 40 35 Waggener, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Death 27 June 1966 ‎(Age 90)‎ Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
3 years
#7
Son
Mathew Harry BROWN ‎(I103)‎
Birth 6 July 1878 43 37 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Death 1947 ‎(Age 68)‎
3 years
#8
Son
Marlin A. BROWN ‎(I105)‎
Birth 28 May 1881 46 40 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Death 28 May 1964 ‎(Age 83)‎ Los Angeles, Orange County, California, USA
#9
Son
Miles Oscar BROWN ‎(I9)‎
Birth 28 May 1881 46 40 Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Death 25 October 1957 ‎(Age 76)‎ Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA