James Edward Brown

September 13, 1855 – September 15, 1942

 

 

James was born in Muscadine Alabama.  He was the youngest of 10 children born to William Riley Brown and Elizabeth Hooper.  He is the only one in his family to migrate to Texas. 

 

James lived in Muscadine in his early life and he married Martha Jane Scott in nearby Rosewood AL on February 8, 1880.  He worked as a farmer and had 10 children between 1881 and 1901:  Henry, John, Lonzo, Mary, Virgil, Thomas, Jesse, James, Harvey, Beulah.

 

Family legend (according to VA Brown) has it that James was running moonshine stills in Muscadine and one of his neighbors turned him in to the local authorities.  His stills were confiscated.  James got his trusty bullwhip and beat his “neighbor” to an inch of his life.  As punishment, all his land was forfeit and he forced to leave the state around 1902.

 

The family moved to Wood County Texas where his wife Martha died on January 29, 1909.  Soon after, he married Mary Angeline Snodgrass and they had two more children in Wood county: Alma and Earlie (Bud).

 

 

 

 

Hopewell Cemetery, Wood County TX

James died in Wood County on September 15, 1942.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


                                                                                                                                                

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martha Jane Scott

Jan 1, 1859 – Jan 29, 1909

 

Martha was born in Muscadine Alabama.  She married JEB on Feb 8, 1880 in Cleburne County AL

 

 

Martha and James Edward Brown Family (abt 1902)

 

FRONT: Thomas Grady (age 10), James Edward (47), Beulah (in lap;age 1), Jess (8), James Luther (6), Martha Jane Scott (43), Harvey Lee (in lap)

BACK:   Lon (18), Mary (15), Arthur (20), Virgil (VA) (12)

Not Shown: Henry Culman Brown (21)

 

Hopewell Cemetery, Wood County, TX

 

Martha’s Obituary

 

Martha Jane Scott is the daughter of Corporal William Thomas Scott (1834-1862) and Elmina P. Little Dodson-Scott (1831-1864) of Muscadine, Alabama Cleburne County. William T. Scott was in the 48th Alabama Infantry, Company I with his brother John and his brother in law Henry J Brown.  He died of typhoid fever in Charlottsville Hospital in 1862. Her grandparents are, Josiah Little # 181-968-885 and Martha W. "Patsy" Steward-Little of Muscadine, Alabama Cleburne County. Her great grandparents are, Joseph Little # 295-586-97 and Elizabeth Little of Tallapoosa, Georgia Haralson County. Her great-great grandparents are, Capt. George Little # 396-399-42 and Mary Handley Douglas-Little-Atterbury of Calhoun, Kentucky McLean County. Capt. George Little was born in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. Martha Jane's siblings are; Mary Elizabeth Scott (1860-1915) married Mr. Jasper Nuton Kilgore and lived in Bowdon, Georgia Carroll County. John William Thomas Scott (1862-1927) married Nancy Paralee Steele and lived in Ider, Alabama Dekalb County on Sand Mountain. Her step-brother Francis "Frank" L. Little married Adaline Nunnelley and lived in Ider, Alabama. He is buried at Rosalie Baptist Church Cemetery in Jackson County, Alabama. Martha Jane Scott married Mr. James Edmond Brown on 5 Feb. 1880 Cleburne County, Alabama. Martha is loved and missed by her family and friends...she will be remembered,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martha and James Edward Brown Family  (Mineola TX before 1972)

L to R:  Alma Hibbs, Beulah Skinner, Harvey Lee, James Luther, Jess, Virgil (VA), Lon, Henry Culman, John William Arthur