THE DEATH OF SARAH TERRY, D/O Martin and Mary Ann Terry

 Searching trees can be complex and confusing, more so when so many people were named the same names and often lived in the same areas. People tended to honor relatives and friends creating a confusing overlap of similar named people. 

One case of the eldest daughter of Martin and Mary Ann Reed Terry: Sarah Terry.

Some have set her a later death date but we are informed by the words from an old family letter, collected by Jed Terry into his vital Terry Family History volumes.  

According to a letter from Mary Ann Terry to her sister Lucinda Terry in Texas,  she was recounting all that has happened since they last wrote in early 1861. During the war years they were unable to communicate and so "caught up" after the war as postal services were restored. 

On June 23, 1861, she wrote, the family loaded what they could and hurriedly escaped the converging armies of the north and the south on Barry County soil.

"We have been completely broke up and turned out of the house and home when I scarely had life or strength enough to walk out of the house and back again, having buried Sarah a few months before (Family Bible Record indicated 3 Jan 1861). Elizabeth and Jane was my chance for help in the house. Little but little children you may say. I have heard of robbing the dead but never witness the scene before. Sarah's clothing was put in a box and set on some pegs over the head of bed and left for a few days. The box was so completely robbed I never saw one of her garments any more that was worth the name..."

 Mary Ann Reed Terry to her sister Lucinda King Reed Terry, 1867.

This, then indicates that Sarah Terry had died early in the same year the family had to flee advancing armies and spent several years bouncing from place to place to avoid the conflicts.  Another letter will recount the death of two sons on the old Shockly farm place where they had found refuge in Gasconde Co., Missouri. 

ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW: COCHREN TREE

Since the DNA test came back and established a link between one generation and the next there has been some reshuffling of assumptions and lines. 

As a result, a daughter was found. Problem is - her grave is harder to find. She married when the family stopped off in Miami Co., Ohio heading west to Indiana from New Jersey.

My COCHREN line now goes from 

• George Daniel Cochren and wife Annie B. Brown. Had children: Elva, Velma, George Valjean Cochren.
• Newton Jasper Cochren and his wife Lucinda Drake. Had children: John H., Wm, Charles E., Lydia, Emma, Mary, George D. James I. Cochren.
• John H. Cochren and his wife Orpha Martha Green. Jad children: Joseph K., Philip, Harriet Emily, Newton Jasper, Marilla J., Levi, John H. Orpha Jane Cochren.
• Philip Cochren and wife Susannah Martha Sturgis. Had children: Daniel, Hiram, John H., Martha, Lucinda, Malinda, Susannah, James Madison, Marietta/Mary Etta, Philip B. Cochren. 
• Daniel Cochren of Morris Co., NJ. wife Agnes had children: John, Daniel, Philip, Sarah and Betsey.

Phillip and Susannah settled in Delaware Co., Indiana and their progeny through George Daniel Cochren largely lived in the same area. Newton Jasper took his family to Kansas in the early 1870's when land opened up there. 

Priest History

 

Melvin Marion Priest, Melvin Daniel Priest, Lawrene Priest

Melvin Marion Priest

Melvin Daniel Priest with his mother Velma Cochren Priest, he was about 4 years old. 

Priest History

Melvin Daniel Priest with wife Shirley Anne Kane Priest, Melvin Daniel Priest Jr. Michael Priest, Vickie Sue Priest, photo taken in Wellington, Kansas about 1967.

Melvin Dnaiel Priest about 10

Melvin Daniel Priest Jr. about 18.

Roy Terry, back row, Melvin Daniel Priest, Shirley Kane Priest, Louis Priest, children in front L to R: Michael Priest, Martin Priest, Marilyn Terry. Wellington, Kansas about 1961.

Shirley Ann Kane Priest, with son Melvin Daniel Priest Jr., husband Melvin D. Priest, Wichita, Kansas about 1953. 

Thomas Plymworth Mortimore Family

THOMAS PLYMWORTH MORTIMORE

He was born in Guilford Co., North Carolina to David Mortimore and wife Hannah Worth Mortimore, 2 October 1803 and died in Sugar Creek, Miami Co., Kansas in 6 Jan 1870 (aged 66).

Known by some lines simply by the name "Plymouth" or 'Plymouth",  he was Thomas Plymworth Mortimore.   He was a Methodist minister (local or ordained) and served in several civic capacities in Wapello Co., Iowa before transferring to eastern Kansas. 

Several family members moved with them from North Carolina to Ohio to Indiana to Iowa and then Kansas.  “Plymworth” is believed to be an archaic term meaning “Of Worth” and indicates his mother’s family. 

He married Patsy Deshil (sometimes referred to as Driskoll - but marriage record of Fayette Co., OH uses 'Deshil') in 5 Nov 1826.   They had six children: William (1827-1900), Elizabeth (1829-1862), David (1832-1905), Eliza Jane (1835-1907), Mary (1837-),Patsey  (1839-)

Children:

William Mortimore 1827 – 1900

Elizabeth I. Mortimore (PAUL) 1829 – 1862

David Mortimore – 1905

Eliza Jane Mortimore (FENTON) 1835 – 1907

Mary Mortimore (PLUMMER) 1838 – 1914

Patsy Alice Mortimore (SHEROD) 1839 – 1928

His Father:

David Mortimore and Hannah Worth- (DNA indicates a connection the family of Mary Gardner and Francis Worth).

His Siblings:

Nancy Mortimore (JOHNSON; CRAB) 1796 – 185-

William Mortimore1800 – 1844

Patsy Mortimore ( ) 1809 –

Alfred M. Mortimore1812 – 1874

Patsy Alice Mortimore 1815 – 1850

David Mortimore Jr.
1819 – 1875

His grandfather: William Mortimore, Guilford Co., NC

His uncles/aunt:

Robert Mortimore 1771 – 1840

Sally Mortimore 1773 – 1774

Israel Mortimore 1775 – 1800

HUDSON AND RAY FAMILY

Date About 1924 

Place: Probably Butler Co., Mo 

Description: L-R: Jesse Freeman "Red" Conner, eldest child of Effie from first marriage, possible sister to Effie? possibly named Carter?; Jess Hudson, Effie Ray Hudson; Julius H. Ray wife Florence, his mother Harriet Rowe Ray.  Children in front: Keith Eugene Hudson, cousin Jesse Marvin Hudson, and possibly cousin Curtis Hudson (infant).

Notes: They family of Jess Hudson, made several trips to see family in Butler Co., Mo. Jess's mother lived there as did Effie's mother and some siblings. Nearby was Jess' brother Louis Eugene Hudson. Family of Effie Ray lived in Scott County and some of Jesse's mothers family had or did live in Mississippi Co., Mo. All are close to Cairo, Alexander Co., IL where the Hudson family had lived (there and Puluski Co.,IL).

Effie was a strawberry blonde and Julius was said to have red hair. This came from the family of their mother who had a brother who was red haired.

A TALE OF TWO ISAAC H. BROWN' S: When a tree gets tangled.

My direct ancestor was an Isaac H. Brown who married a Mary Ann Mooney. They had numerous children with names drawn from classic literature and history. One of the first times I heard the name Ptolema (or Ptolemy) was in relation to the family bible where my mother had written her tree. He was her grandfather. Ptolema Philadelphus Brown was the son of Isaac H. and Mary Ann Mooney Brown.

At some point, however, the online trees got a bit tangled and a man of the same name, with a wife named Mary, who lived in Milton, Pennsylvania became confused with "my" Isaac. 

ISAAC H. BROWN (1806 TN-1892, Sherrill, Texas Co., MO) AND MARY ANN MOONEY BROWN

Although descendants of one line indicate the middle name was "Haire", documentary proof of his middle name is also lacking as the census records show only an "H". His death date is from a family bible of his son, Mithero Berzanes Brown. They are buried in the family cemetery, assumed, in Missouri. A family legend suggests he adopted the name BROWN (or his father did) and they had originally come from Scotland and had a name similar to McDernie.

His children all had unique and classical names -

i. PTOLEMA PHILADEPHUS BROWN, b. August 30, 1829, Warren County, Tennessee; d. November 02, 1903, Soldier's Home in St. James, Phelps County, Missouri. "Ptolema" = Greek; Many possible individuals but a probable one is the mathematician author of 'Geographia' (ca. 150).* "Philadelphius" = Latinized form of the Greek word for brotherly love.

ii. JUAN FERNANDEZ BROWN BRADFORD, b. 1831, Davidson County, Tennessee; d. March 07, 1854, Texas County, Missouri. "Juan" – may refer to the explorer Juan de Categena with Magellan.* "Ferdinand" – may refer to the explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Also, an island chain.* Her child was listed on the 1850 census.

iii. ARCHIMEDES BROWN, b. March 22, 1834, Warran County, Tennessee; d. March 14, 1863, the Civil War in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. "Archimedes" = Ancient Greek mathematician * Hew as reburied in Macoupin Co., Il.

iv. SELTICANA BROWN, b. 1834, Tennessee. "Selticana" = No clear historic, literary references discovered. A form may be found in the term 'Sultana' meaning a wife of a Sultan. It could also be in reference to Celtic origins in the family (Scotland comes from the name of a tribe of people from what is now known as Ireland. These "Celts" lived across Europe sharing a common language, customs, and art. Sometimes the name was spelled and pronounced with a soft "S" rather than the harder Greek "K" (Keltoi). If this was true, the name would mean she who pertains to the "Selt".

v. LYCURGUS BROWN, b. 1835, Warran County, Tennessee; d. May 22, 1887, Macoupin County, Illinois; m. MARTHA P. ARMOUR5, Abt. 1860, Missouri; b. 1840, Illinois. "Lycurgus" – many possible from ancient history, but possible the lawgiver of Sparta (570-730 B.C.)

vi. MITHERO BERZANES BROWN (seen sometimes as METROBAR JAMES BROWN), b. 1840, Warren County, Tennessee; m. MARY BROWN; b. 1843, Tennessee. "Metro Barjames" - could actually have been Mithro (Persian mythological figure) and "Bar' in Barjames is Hebrew for 'son of' or 'descendent of' – could we have a clue as to the name of one of his grandparents? One source links Mary to a James Mooney.

vii. MARY A. BROWN MOBLEY. b. December 04, 1843; d. April 17, 1887, Texas County, Missouri. Mary's middle name is unknown but thought to have begun with an "A". Her connection to the Brown's is clear in names of one of her children…Arminda, Theodosia, Ozzia, Facelina Mobley.

viii. ELSINORA ODENSIA BROWN KAYLOR MCCOY, b. February 21, 1845, Tennessee; d. March 1910, Piaza, Illinois; m. (1) KAYLOR; m. (2) THOMAS MCCOY, 1876, Illinois. Twin to Marcellus. "Elsinora" may be reflection of the place in Shakespeare's Hamlet. "Odensia" may be a form of the Scandinavian deity of "Oden" – as a name it has been found in Norway.

ix. MARCELLUS BROWN, b. February 21, 1845, Tennessee; d. 1933, Macoupin County, Illinois. Twin to Elsinora. "Marcellus" = Roman history; too many to name or list.

x. FASCILINA BROWN MAIN, b. April 05, 1847, Warren County, Tennessee; d. April 03, 1885, at home in Vernon County, Missouri; m. REUBEN HIRAM MAIN, March 05, 1866, St. Louis, Missouri; b. Aft. 1840. "Fascilina" = It is suspected this is a Latinized word meaning graceful or agile. Similar names can be found for a few women in Ancient Rome.

xi. MARCIUS SABINUS BROWN, b. November 05, 1849, Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri; d. August 17, 1912, Calera, Bryan county, Oklahoma. "Marcius" and "Sabinus" are both names linked to early Roman history. Marcius a family name of a line of rulers and Sabinus a similar use, as well as the name of a 4th century historian and a 3rd century bishop from Seville.*

xii. LEONIDAS HANNIBAL BROWN, b. 1853, Texas County, Missouri. "Leonidas" = a Spartan ruler who led the charge of the '300' against Persian forces and another was a 3rd century Christian martyr.

A family bible record gives his death place as Sherrill Co., Missouri. A family legend indicates his name (or his father's name) was originally McDiernee and he came from Scotland as a youth, stowing away on a ship. The name McDiernee (and variant spellings) is associated with Clan Campbell of Breadalbane, primarily of Argyll; connection remains unverified. Historical research, along with DNA, may suggest the story actually goes back one generation and refers to the father of Isaac.

Photos of the members of the family of Isaac H. Brown and wife Mary Ann Mooney Brown. As is evident they are all related. This family dispersed to Texas, Illinois, Kansas and elsewhere or remained in Missouri. 

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ISAAC HAIRIE BROWN (1804, PA-1883, PA) AND WIFE MARY A. LAWRENCE BROWN. This couple is buried in Milton, Northumberland Co., Pa.  According to some solid trees on this could. He was the son of John Christian Brown 1766-1838 and his wife Barbara Spinner 1772-1871,

They had the following children:

1. Caroline Louisa Brown Fonda. 1836–1919, Wife of a Henry Fonda.
2. George Lawrence Brown. 1838–1914, Married a Rachel J. Moore
3. Mary Esther Brown Slocum. 1850–1939, Wife of an Arthur Slocum. 
4. Webster  Brown, 1846-1898
5. William Brown, 1841 -
6. Isaac Washington Brown 1843 - 

This BROWN family remained in Milton, Northumberland County, PA, marrying and dying in the same location. The children all died in the same county. There is a detailed family sheet at this site.  This man ran a store that was burned down in the great Milton fire of the 1880's. 

Isaac Haire Brown Home and Dry Goods Store 101 S. Front Street, Milton, PA.  This building was the second south of the Center Street intersection. The Methodist Church stands on the site today. The drawing is from 1858, and the building was lost in the great Milton fire of 1880. Harrison Sticker was the dentist on the second floor.