Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Thompson Family
William Brown
1858 - 1926 (67 years)
Generation: 1
1. William Brown was born on 08 Sep 1858 in Mercer County, Missouri (son of James Holliday Brown and Susan Meekins); died on 08 Apr 1926 in Lineville, Wayne, Iowa; was buried in Laughlin Cemetery, Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri. William married Elizabeth Jane Cox on 08 Sep 1886 in Ravanna, Mercer County, Missouri. Elizabeth (daughter of Minister John Willis Burton Cox and Mary Jane Rockhold) was born on 20 Apr 1866 in Mercer County, Missouri; died on 20 Nov 1898; was buried in Laughlin Cemetery, Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Virgil Monroe Brown was born in 1887; died in 1965; was buried in Laughlin Cemetery, Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri.
- Dora E Brown was born in 1894; died in 1965; was buried in Laughlin Cemetery, Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri.
2. James Holliday Brown was born on 24 Jul 1813 in Whitley County, Kentucky; died on 01 Oct 1897 in Lineville, Wayne, Iowa. James married Susan Meekins. Susan was born on 16 Nov 1825 in Virginia; died on 28 May 1885 in Mercer, Mercer, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Susan Meekins was born on 16 Nov 1825 in Virginia; died on 28 May 1885 in Mercer, Mercer, Missouri. Children:
- 1. William Brown was born on 08 Sep 1858 in Mercer County, Missouri; died on 08 Apr 1926 in Lineville, Wayne, Iowa; was buried in Laughlin Cemetery, Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri.