Susan J. FENTRESS (1834-1909)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: William BROWN Luzena Caroline BROWN+ Matthew H. BROWN Susan J. FENTRESS Born: 9 Feb 1834, , Randolph County, North Carolina 2 3 4 Marriage: William BROWN on 11 Feb 1850 in , Randolph County, North Carolina 1 Died: 30 Sep 1909 at age 75 2 3 4 Buried: Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina 2 3 4    Other names for Susan were Lousinda 5 and Susanna.4 Susan married William BROWN on 11 Feb 1850 in , Randolph County, North Carolina.1 (William BROWN was born on 29 Mar 1819 in , , North Carolina,6 died on 15 Mar 1901 6 and was buried in Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina 7.)

1 Randolph, North Carolina, William Brown-Susan J. Fentress, 1850; North Carolina State Archives and Library, Raleigh;
William Brown and William Frust posted a bond in the amount of $1,000 on 11 Feb 1850 in condition of the marriage between William Brown and Susan J. Fentriss in Randolph County, North Carolina. Both men signed their names on the bond.

2 Agnes Hussy Stevens, "Randolph County Cemetery Records, Volume III" (typescript, 1866, Asheboro Public Library, Asheboro), p. 93;
Section 2
Row 13
10. Susanna, w/o Wm. BROWN, 9 Feb 1834 - 20 Sep 1909

3 Mrs. J. S. Welborn, North Carolina Tombstone Records (High Point, North Carolina: n.p., 1934), 295;
Susanna Brown wife Wm. Brown2-9-1834--9-10-1909;
[William Brown's tombstone does not appear in this source.]

4 Tombstone photograph; privately held by Autumn Dipert Brown, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Greensboro, North Carolina;
Susanna
Wife of
Wm
Brown
Feb. 9,
1834
Sept. 30,
1909

5 Randolph, North Carolina, death certificate no. 76-6004-13 (1926), Caroline Brown; Randolph County Register of Deeds, Asheboro;
Caroline Brown was born Feb 6, 1851 in Randolph County, North Carolina to William Brown and Lousinda J. Fentress both born in Randolph County. She died 9 Nov 1926 in Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina aged 75 years, 9 months, 3 days of heart dropsy. She was burried 11 Nov 1926 at St. Paul's Church Cemetery in Randleman. The Informant was her son, M. E. Brown.

6 Agnes Hussy Stevens, "Randolph County Cemetery Records, Volume III" (typescript, 1866, Asheboro Public Library, Asheboro), p. 93;
Section 2
Row 13
11. William BROWN, 29 Mar 1819 - 15 Mar 1901, Masonic emblem
[Willed his home on High Point St. to St. Paul Church to be used as a parsonage as long as the curch was in use as a church. Mrs. Ruby LASSITER CULVER owns the home at this time.

7 Tombstone photograph; privately held by Autumn Dipert Brown, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Greensboro, North Carolina;

In my Father's house are many mansions.
[Masonic Emblem]
William
Brown
Born
Mar. 29, 1819
Died
Mar. 15, 1901;

The epitath comes from John 14:2 and is "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you."