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Descendants of William P. Brown


Generation No. 2


2. ELMIRA3 BROWN (WILLIAM P.2, ----1) was born 21 August 1807 in Philadelphia, PA13, and died 6 March 1844 in Tuscaloosa, AL14. She married HARVEY GOLDEN DONOHO 1 January 1834 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama15, son of H. S. DONOHO.


       Children of ELMIRA BROWN and HARVEY DONOHO are:

  i.   WILLIAM EDWARD4 DONOHO, b. 18 October 1835; d. battle of Seven Pines.

  ii.   CHARLES OCEOLA DONOHO, b. 6 April 1838; d. April 1865; m. SUSANNAH T. ENGLISH, 1 February.

6. iii.   HARVEY SEARCY DONOHO, b. 29 February 1840; d. 30 September 1898, Texas, on his ranch.
3. HARRIET3 BROWN (WILLIAM P.2, ----1) was born 15 January 1811 in Philadelphia, PA16, and died 4 October 1870 in Marlin, TX, (Falls Co)17. She married JOSEPH H. HALL 1 January 1834 in Tuscaloosa Al18, son of CHARLES HALL and MARY BYRNE.

More About HARRIET BROWN:
Personality/Intrst: Trained seamstress

Notes for JOSEPH H. HALL:
Ran a plantation at Honeycutt, with fields & lumber mills, shipped through boats and barges on the Tensaw and Mobile rivers.

They raised Harvey Donoho, whose parents had died, and Sherwood Hall, who was a double nephew.

Used his barges to transport first soldiers to the battle front at Mobile, hence the burnings of Plantation home "Honeycutt."

Family went to a log cabin in old Claiborn, near Fort Mims, called Buzzards Nest.

Sheriff in 1828, 1849:
       Joseph Hall; Born November 26th, 1804, He married Harriet Brown of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His is the son of Charles Hall, II who married Mary Byrne Hall. When the Hall's came to this are they settled near Hall's Neighborhood, later called Carpenter Station thats near Atmore, Ala. today. Hall spent most of his life as a planter and sawmill operator, and later was sheriff of the county during the Alabama Territory days. He was high in the ranks of a Democratic leader he supported his fellow citizens. (from picture caption)

More About JOSEPH H. HALL:
Event 1: 1861, Honeycutt burned, rebuilt, burned again
Event 2: Buried Honeycutt Cemetery
Residence: Honeycutt 1834-1861
Comment 2: 1832-36 memb. of Ala House of Represent.

       Children of HARRIET BROWN and JOSEPH HALL are:

  i.   ELMIRA ANN4 HALL, b. 1832-1834, "Honeycutt"; d. 1907, Garden City, Texas; m. BENJAMIN GLOVER SHIELDS, 4 August 1853, "Honeycutt" Baldwin Co. Ala..

  More About ELMIRA ANN HALL:
Event 1: buried at Marlin TX cemetary
Comment 1: school in NY, before Civil war
Comment 2: also boarding schl in Ala

Notes for BENJAMIN GLOVER SHIELDS:
"Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama" by Wm Garrett:

"General B.G. Shields was for several years in the House of Representatives of the United States. His election was an evidence of his popularity for Marengo County was Whig in Politics. Mr. Shields was a leading, decided Democrat of the Jackson school. He was elected in 1841 to Congress from the Mobile district. president Polk appointed him United States Ambassador to Venezuela. He was an eminent Attorney-at-Law---conversed with ease and fluency, an agreeable gentleman with a good person, a well rounded face, piercing black eyes."


More About BENJAMIN GLOVER SHIELDS:
Event 1: buried at Marlin TX cemetary
Residence: Wash. DC, Venezuela, Galveston
Comment 1: retired to the Hermitage, plantation near
Comment 2: Marlin, TX


  ii.   MARY CECELIA HALL, b. 1836, "Honeycutt", Baldwin Co. Ala.19; d. 1930, Wichita Falls, TX20; m. LEICESTER PUTNAM HALL.

  More About MARY CECELIA HALL:
Comment 1: boarding school in Ala

More About LEICESTER PUTNAM HALL:
Comment 1: private burying ground bet Loxley & Bridgehead


  iii.   WILLIAM EDWARD HALL, b. 1838, "Honeycutt"; d. Houston, TX home of a cousin.

  More About WILLIAM EDWARD HALL:
Occupation: Contractor in Falls Co., Tx


7. iv.   SARAH JOSEPHINE HALL, b. 21 January 1840, "Honeycutt" Baldwin Co. Ala.; d. 25 June 1890, Carolina Falls, TX.

8. v.   MIRIAM FRANCES HALL, b. 1842, "Honeycutt"; d. 1936, Austin, TX.

9. vi.   JOSEPH H. HALL , JR., b. 1844, "Honeycutt".

  vii.   CHARLES HALL, b. 1846, "Honeycutt"; d. 14 May 1867, Clairborn, Ala "Honeycutt" Cemetery.

  More About CHARLES HALL:
Event 1: Vol. Co. H of 25th Infantry of Ala
Event 2: Battle of Shilo, wounded & recovered
Comment 1: Killed in accident near Claiborn returning to family's cabin there
Comment 2: Buried near Honeycutt, with father, near Bay Minnette, Ala


10. viii.   LEE ANNA LEE HALL, b. 8 May 1848, "Honeycutt"; d. 10 December 1881, Marlin, TX.

  ix.   GERTRUDE HALL, b. 1850, "Honeycutt"; d. Bef. 1900, Carolina, TX; m. LEICESTER PUTNAM HALL.

  More About GERTRUDE HALL:
Event 1: buried at Carolina, Falls Co, TX cemetary

More About LEICESTER PUTNAM HALL:
Comment 1: private burying ground bet Loxley & Bridgehead


4. MARCUS PALMER3 BROWN (WILLIAM P.2, ----1)21 was born 23 December 1818 in Alabama or Philadelphia, PA22, and died 4 November 1895 in Grand Rapids, MI. He married FANNY D. FITCH 22 November 1853 in Tuscaloosa, Ala23.

Notes for MARCUS PALMER BROWN:
In business with brother William P. Brown, Jr. Co-executor of father's will with brother & brother in law, John Hall.


More About MARCUS PALMER BROWN:
Occupation: Used storehouse in Tuscaloosa 1853
Personality/Intrst: Merchant
Residence: bus. 30 Penn St., Tuscaloosa 1850 census

       Child of MARCUS BROWN and FANNY FITCH is:

  i.   ABBIE MCCAMMON4 BROWN, b. 7 March 1855, Tuscaloosa, Ala24; d. 5 March 1934, 519 Colts Ave. Grand Rapids, MI.

  More About ABBIE MCCAMMON BROWN:
Comment 1: buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids
Medical Information: Cancer


5. LOUISE CECELIA HAYDEN3 BROWN (WILLIAM P.2, ----1) was born 21 February 1824 in Philadelphia, PA25, and died 13 October 1868 in Kasson MN. She married JOHN HALL 19 October 1842 in probably "Honeycutt"26, son of CHARLES HALL and MARY BYRNE.

Notes for LOUISE CECELIA HAYDEN BROWN:
Oakland Cemetery Association 927 Jackson, St. Paul, Minn 55117
shows record of her burial on a lot owned by G.B. Cleveland
Records show that she died in Mobile. She is only one on lot.


More About LOUISE CECELIA HAYDEN BROWN:
Event 1: 10 March 1856, resides in Ala
Event 2: Buried Oakland Cem. St. Paul, MN
Cause of Death: Morphine addiction

Notes for JOHN HALL:
May have owed note to William P. Brown at 1853. Named co-executor of the WP Brown's will dated 1853


More About JOHN HALL:
Comment 1: buried in Hall cemetery in Carpenters Station,Alabama
Comment 2: Letter of Appreciation from Mobile Bar Association

       Children of LOUISE BROWN and JOHN HALL are:

  i.   ELVIRA DUNN4 HALL, b. June 1844; d. 1847.

11. ii.   SARAH MCCAMMON HALL, b. 27 December 1845, Mobile, Ala; d. 17 July 1886, Mobile, Ala.

  iii.   HARRIET HALL, b. 27 July 1847; d. 1848.

12. iv.   SHERWOOD HALL, b. 14 August 1849, Mobile, AL; d. 13 August 1920, Grand Rapids, MI.

13. v.   OSCAR HALL, b. 1853, Mobile, AL; d. 29 November 1911, Bay Minette, Ala bur. Bay Minette Cem..

  vi.   MAY DOSSEY HALL, b. 5 January 1856; d. 28 May 1857.

14. vii.   JOHN HALL, b. 28 May 1858, Mobile, AL.

  viii.   FIZZIE HALL, b. 16 December 1860; d. 17 December 1960.

  ix.   STELLA SEARCY HALL, b. 9 March 1863; d. 23 April 1863.

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