Ancestors of Richard R. Wilson and Catherine G. Stevens:Information about Elizabeth Ann Brown
Elizabeth Ann Brown (b. April 28, 1818, d. January 10, 1876)
Notes for Elizabeth Ann Brown:
From Marjorie Tuttle Cosper, Blackman Family (1978), p. 42:
"Eliza Ann Brown and J. Allen Devericks (Devereaux) were married in Virginia.She had two brothers, Tom and Frank, and two sisters, Mary and Salley.The J. Allen Devericks family resided at or near Head Waters, Highland County, Virginia.He died about 1852 and is buried in Virginia.J. Allen Devericks was of French descent, and Eliza Brown was French and/or Italian."
Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, VA, WV, 1728-1850
Devericks, Allen J. Spouse : Brown, Eliza
Marriage date : Sep 11, 1831 [actual year 1837]
From Marjorie Tuttle Cosper, Blackman Family (1978), pp.10-11:
"Again left a widower with seven small children [after the death of his second wife SARAH ANN BUTLER, HENRY ALPHEUS BLACKMAN] established his home in what was called Old America.This village was located on the old plank road between Marion and Lagro, about one and one-half miles northeast of La Fontaine, Indiana.The village consisted of blacksmith shops, a grocery, a shoe shop where shoes were made of real coarse leather, a school and meeting house, and a general store owned by ALPHEUS BLACKMAN.
"Being in need of carpet, he went to Liberty Mills to see a woman who wove carpet.The young widow, ELIZA ANN BROWN DEVERICKS, was born in Virginia on 28 April 1818 and died 10 January 1876 in America, Indiana.She was the widow of J. Allen Devericks (formerly spelled Devereaux).
"ELIZA DEVERICKS had come from the Shenandoah Valley with her five small children to make her home in the west, in the fall of 1852.In crossing the Ohio River, the wagon upset, and she lost some of her possessions.The family Bible was saved but damaged somewhat by the water.Also saved were letters from her father and mother which were carefully worded and penned.
"The third marriage of HENRY ALPHEUS BLACKMAN was to this widow, ELIZA ANN BROWN DEVERICKS, on 1 April 1854.She brought her five children into the home:William Devericks, John Henry D., Ortential D., Melissa D., and James Allen D.The Devericks children were all born in Virginia.
"Three children were born of this third marriage:Felix Thomas B., Naomi Jane B., and Abraham Lincoln B.She brought her five children into the home. (William, John Henry, Orential, Melissa, and James Allen Devericks.)The Devericks children were all born in Virginia.
ELIZA BROWN DEVERICKS BLACKMAN is buried in Harpers Cemetery, La Fontaine, Indiana.
Three children were born of this third marriage:Felix Thomas, Naomi Jane, and Abraham Lincoln Blackman.
"Older residents of the community remember ELIZA BLACKMAN as a woman of great character and intelligence.A Dr. Thomas, a leading citizen of the community, said of her that she was the only woman he ever knew who he thought could be President.
Besides running a general store, Mr. Blackman also taught school and at one time had a hundred pupils.Mr. and Mrs. Blackman always had the singing school at the meeting house.
"One of the worries of [ELIZA BROWN DEVERICKS BLACKMAN] was that her children [by Allen J. Devericks, her first husband] would fall in love with his children, and that very thing happened.
"Two of her daughters, MELISSA and Ortential DEVERICKS, married two of his sons, EDWARD OTHELLO BLACKMAN and William Rankin Blackman.Edward went to Iowa with his uncle, Edward Prindell Blackman, in 1854.From there he went to the Gold Rush in California, came back to Indiana, and married MELISSA DEVERICKS.Before his stepmother would give her consent to the marriage, they promised to stay in Indiana.They married, and the next day they left for Iowa.The mother made a trip to Iowa to see her daughter Melissa some time a few years before she died.She took the plank road to Lagro, then by canal to Wabash and then the train to Iowa."
More About Elizabeth Ann Brown:
Burial: January 1876, Harpers Cem., La Fontaine, Wabash Co., Indiana.900
Fact 1: 1876, Buried in Harper's Cemetery, La Fontaine, Indiana.
More About Elizabeth Ann Brown and Allen J. Devericks:
Clergyman: T.J. Deyerle.901
Marriage 1: September 11, 1837, Pendleton Co., West Virginia.902, 903
Marriage 2: September 11, 1837, Pendleton Co., Virginia.904, 905
More About Elizabeth Ann Brown and Alpheus Blackman:
Marriage: April 18, 1854, Wabash County, Indiana.906
Children of Elizabeth Ann Brown and Allen J. Devericks are: