William Anderson Brown
1840 - 1917 (77 years)
Generation: 1
1. William Anderson Brown was born on 19 Mar 1840 in Virginia; died on 14 Apr 1917 in Olive Hill, Carter County, Kentucky; was buried in J.O.U.A.M. and Eagle Cemetery, Olive Hill, Carter County, Kentucky. Notes:
William A. Brown, 77 years old, a veteran of the Union Army in the Civil War, died suddenly of heart failure Saturday at Olive Hill. He was formerly of Rowan Co., where he served many years as Justice of the Peace. He had made three requests concerning his funeral and burial: the "America" be sung by the choir, that he be buried with the Stars and Stripes upon his coffin and that the coffin be a homemade one specifying the friend who should make it.
His second wife and three children survive him; Mrs. Jas. Waldeck, Ezel, Ky., the Rev. H. Clay Brown of Atlanta, Ind., and William R. Brown of Olive Hill.
The Big Sandy News. Louisa, Kentucky. Friday, 20 April 1917.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206626336/william-a.-brownWilliam married Martha Emma Phelps on 1 Sep 1895 in Siloam, Rowan County, Kentucky. Martha (daughter of David Littleton Phelps and Aletha Jane Cassity) was born on 19 Jul 1865 in Siloam, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 7 Jun 1954 in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky; was buried on 10 Jul 1954 in J.O.U.A.M. and Eagle Cemetery, Olive Hill, Carter County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]