Eighth Generation

372. Lemuel Green BROWN¹⁶⁹ was born on 3 March 1855 in Missouri.^{69,100,103,169,170} He died on 19 February 1923 at the age of 67 in McDonald County, Missouri.^69,169

The children are not in exact order. Claude has been mentioned as "youngest boy". Someone has also mentioned a child named Ida that died in infancy and there is a baby of that name buried Chitwood Cemetery.

1880 Census., Hh 263. Counted between his brother John & brother-in-law, Bevley Barnet - his mother on the other side of Barnet.
L. Green Brown, 25, Farmer, b. MO, father b. KY, mother b. IL
Isabelle, 20, wife, b. MO, father b. TN, mother b. MO
R. Jane, 2, dau
Harvey E., age 7 months, b. Oct

1900 Census. Living near his mother, Richwood Twp, McDonald Co MO, Hh 148
Lemuel G. Brown, b. Mar 1853, age 45, married 24 years
Isabelle, b. Dec 1859, age 40, 9 children 8 living.
James A., b. Jun 1885, age 14
Calvin, b. Dec 1887, age 12
Mary, b. Jan 1891, age 9
Claud, b. Jul 1893, age 7
Moranda, b. May 1899, age 1

1910 McDonald Co Census, Richwood Twp, p.150b, Dwelling 175. Lemuel G. Brown, age 55, married 34 years. Born MO, father b. KY, mother b. IL. Wife Isbel age 50. 9 children, 8 living. She was born MO, her father b. TN, her mother b. MO. Children at home: Mary 18, Claude 15, Miranda 10. Rebekah Brown, Mother, age 87 and widowed; 15 children, 4 living; born in Illinois.

1920 Census. Franklin Twp, Newton Co, MO, Hh 56
Lemuel G. Brown, age 64, b. MO, father b. Kentucky, mother b. IL
Isabel, wife, age 60, b. MO, father b. TN, mother b. Missouri
Marinda, Daughter, age 20, b. MO

Death date of Lemuel Green was from his Bible also in possession of Claude Brown in 1953. Buried Chitwood Cemetery, Barry Co, MO. There is a picture of his grave marker on BillionGraves.com - as L. G. Brown - Isabelle shares his marker.

Missouri Death Certificate 5928
Lemuel Green Brown died Fairview, Newton Co, MO on 19 Feb 1923 of carcinoma of the stomach. He was born 3 Mar 1855 in Missouri.
Father listed as John Murphy Brown, b. Kentucky [the ONLY place I've seen the "John" attached to Murphy Brown's name]. Mother was Rebecca Poindexter, also b. Kentucky. [Poindexter was her middle name - her maiden name was Jones.]
Mrs. L. G. Brown was the informant.
He was buried on 20 Feb at Chitwood Cemetery.

Lemuel Green BROWN and Isabel B. LOVE were married on 3 June 1876.^69,169 Isabel B. LOVE was born on 20 December 1859 in Missouri.^69,100,170 She died on 3 March 1940 at the age of 80 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.⁶⁹

1870 Census. Richwood Twp, McDonald Co, MO
John W. Love, 40, b. KY
Mary, 25, b. MO
Isabel, 11. James 9. Robert 7. Nancy J. 5. John 3. Amanda, 6 months.

1939. Joplin City Directory
Brown, Isabell (wid L. Green), residence: 1121 W. 9th

Missouri Death Certificate #11355.
Issabelle Brown died Joplin, Galena Twp, Jasper Co, MO. She lived at 1121 W. 9th St. and was widowed. Husband was L. G. Brown. She was born 20 Dec 1859, died 3 Mar 1940 from senility and pneumonia, age 80 years, 2 months, 14 days. She was born in McDonald County; her father was John Love, born Kentucky; her mother Mary Rosbury, born in Missouri. John Brown of the same address was the informant. Isabel was buried Chitwood Cemetery

Journal-Advance, Gentry, Benton Co, AR, Thursday, 7 Mar 1940
Mother of Gentry Resident Buried Wednesday
Funeral service for Mrs. Isabel Love Brown, 80 years old, who died Sunday night at the home of a son, John Brown, at Joplin, Mo., was held Wednesday afternoon at the Baptist church at Rocky Comfort, Mo. Interment was in Chitwood cemetery near Rocky Comfort.
Mrs. Brown was the mother of Jim Brown of Gentry, and has visited in the Brown home here.

Lemuel Green BROWN and Isabel B. LOVE had the following children: