James Edward Brown
September 13, 1855 –
September 15, 1942
James was born in Muscadine
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).
James died in
Martha Jane Scott
Jan 1, 1859 – Jan 29, 1909
Martha was born in Muscadine
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)
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,
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