John Calvin Brown

Birth: 1841 Webbers Falls, Canadian Dist., Cherokee Nation

Death: 1884 Starvilla, Canadian Dist., Cherokee Nation

Burial: 1884 Brown Cemetery, Starvilla, Canadian Dist., Cherokee Nation

Father: Hiram BROWN (1805-~1865)

Mother: Elizabeth CROSSLAND (1811-~1865)

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Birth: 1843 Halletsville, Lavaca County, Texas

Death: Aug 6, 1863 Halletsville, Lavaca County, Texas

Burial: Place of burial unknown

Father: Ebenezer W. BEST (1808-1849)

Mother: Bathseba VIVION (1821-~1891)

Marriage: Oct 19, 1862 Halletsville, Lavaca County, Texas

Children: Bashaba (1863-1937)

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Birth: Aug 18, 1850 Halletsville, Lavaca County, Texas

Death: Apr 5, 1901 Starvilla, Canadian Dist., Cherokee Nation

Burial: Apr 8, 1901 Fields Cemetery, Starvilla, Canadian Dist., Cherokee Nation

Father: John SMITH

Mother: Edith ??

Marriage: abt 1868 Lavaca County, Texas

Children: Phebe (1869-1940)

Elizabeth (1872-1880)

Julia Alice (1875-1956)

Laura C. (1877-1879)

1841, John Calvin Brown was born in Webbers Falls, Cherokee Nation.

1846, John moved to Upshur County, Texas with his parents.

1850, Census-Upshur County, Texas , 9 years old.

1851, Cherokee, Old Settlers Roll-Family # 26.

1860, Census-Halletsville, Lavaca County, Texas.

1862, John married Emily Best in Halletsville, Lavaca County, Texas.

1863, Emily Best died in Halletsville, Lavaca County, Texas, 20 years old.

1867, John married Mary Jane Smith in Halletsville, Lavaca County, Texas.

1880, Cherokee Roll-Canadian Dist.,Page # 1, Line # 65 as J. C. Brown

1884, John died in the Starvilla, Canadian Dist., Cherokee Nation, 43 years old.

1901, Mary Jane Smith died in Starvilla, Cherokee Nation, 50 years old.

John Calvin Brown 1841-1884, was buried in the yard of the house in Section 18, Township 10 North, Range 20 East. Near Starvilla about 1 1/2 south and 1 1/2 mile east of Porum, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. There are five others there: Elizabeth Brown 1872-1880, & Laura C. Brown 1877-1879, (His Daughters), Oscar Hunton Jan-Mar 1890 & Clyde Hunton 1892-1893 (His grandchildren by daughter Julia Alice Brown-Hunton). Also buried there is Willie Robbins Feb-May 1887)