I
have been working on the next installment of the blog which covers James Brown,
the third surviving son of Timothy and Hannah Kelly Brown; however, I have been
stalled waiting on additional information.
In the meantime, I had a visit from another cousin who found a box of
old photos, (many of them identified), which I quickly scanned. I thought I would share a couple of them with
you.
The
first photo is of David Brown, the sixth child of John and Ellen
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| Younger David Brown |
Burns Brown. We looked at David in the post for Steam and
Saloons. (Steam and Saloons) He was
just seven years old when his father, John, was killed by a train in 1873. David homesteaded in Nebraska before 1889
probably with his uncle, Patrick Brown, and some of Patrick’s sons. David was also an engineer for the railroad
until 1900 when he and his family returned to Columbus, Ohio where he was first
a fireman for the city, then ran the Brown Bros saloon until his death in
1914. A purported photo of David was
included with the original blog, but, this photo, a much younger David, is
definitely identified as him.
The
next photo is of Ellen, Ellie, Ella, Nellie Brown, eighth child of John and
Ellen Burns Brown. Ellie was only eight
years old when
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| Ellen Brown, early 1880s |
she was orphaned and went to live with her mother’s sister,
Martha Burns. She never married and
worked at the state asylum until she was seventy years old. Ellie died in 1960 at the age of 91 in
Columbus, Ohio. She bears a striking
resemblance to the photo of David above.
More information about Ellie can be found on the blog post for More
Brown Children. (More Brown Children)
The
final photo I will share was something of a surprise. It is of Martha Burns who
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| Martha Burns, early 1880s |
took in John and
Ellen Brown’s children, (except for William), when they both died. The photo was probably taken in the early
1880s as well as the photo of Ellie above.
(Both were taken at the same studio and have the same stamp on the
back.) Martha and her husband, Peter
Burns, were evidently very close to John and Ellen Brown. Peter and John were in business together and their
families even lived next door to one another.
Martha is a sister of both Ann Burns who married Patrick Brown and Ellen
Burns who married John Brown. (Patrick and John were brothers.) From this
photo, we can get a very good idea of what all three sisters looked like. Information about Martha has been given in
several previous blogs. (See Brown-Burns Connections, John and Peter, John and Ellen, and John Edward Brown.)
Hopefully,
you will find these photos as interesting as I did. Until the next post . . .
