William Alonza BROWN
Betty Brown (Cossey) said that her father, Amos Brown, told her that William
• Occupation: Postmaster: Damascus, Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. 4 • Census: 1850 U.S. Federal, 16 Aug 1850, , Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States. 1 • Census: 1860 U.S. Federal, 27 Jul 1860, , Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States. 2 • Census: U.S. Federal, 1870, , Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States. 3 • Other: Migration, Cir 1874, Damascus, Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. 5 • Census: U.S. Federal, 15 Jun 1880, Bradley, Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States. 6 • Occupation: "Chicken Peddler": Damascus, Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. 7 • Alt. Death, 1908, , , Arkansas, United States. • Alt. Death, 1908. 4
William married Elizabeth Jane HUTTO, daughter of William Alexander HUTTO and Rosannah Copeland SPIRES, in May 1870 in , Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States. (Elizabeth Jane HUTTO was born on 15 Apr 1850 in , , Mississippi, United States 4 8 and died on 22 Jun 1902 4.) |
Another name for William was William Alonzo BROWN.
Sources
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1850 U.S. census, Neshoba, Mississippi population schedule, p. 135, dwelling 314, family 330, Michael Brown; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry : accessed 22 May 2008); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 378;
Michael, a 24 year old farmer, and his wife, Matilda, 27, and their children, William, 3, and Alfrey, 1 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. Michael and Matilda were born in Alabama. Their children were born in Mississippi. Both Michael and Matilda could read and write.
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1860 U.S. census, Neshoba, Mississippi population schedule, Township 10, Range 11, p. 75, dwelling 488, family 497, Michael Brown; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 May 2008); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 588;
35 year old farmer, Michael Brown, was living with his wife, Matilda, 40, and children, Wm. A., 12, Alfred A. 11, Edward M., 9, Maldonia T., 6, Amanda, 3, and Mandane, eight months, in Neshoba County, Mississippi. Michael and Mitilda were born in Alabama. He owned real property valued at $860 and personal property valued at $845. He could not read or write but Matilda could. All of the older children had attended school.
3 1870 U.S. census, Neshoba, Mississippi population schedule, Beat 4, p. 355, dwelling 995, family 995, William Brown; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Sep 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 741.
4 William Donald Parker, Aug 2002 Compilation of "Arkansas Hutto Family Outline" (August 2002 Compilation), 21.
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William A. Brown, Faulkner County Historical Society, "Faulkner Facts and Fiddlings" (Vol. IV, Number 1, Conway, Arkansas, Spring 1964); privately held by Autumn Dipert Brown, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,];
Less than 75 years ago this plateau was a dense forest of virgin timber with hardly "a stock-a-miss" when the Huttos, the Lees and some of the Spires families arrived.
At that time the only public road was one to the east leading through the forest and long remembered as the "Old Clinton-Little Rock Road", a part of which is still in use, running through Gravestown, four miles east of Damascus.
Shortly after 1870, a log hut could be seen going up here and there through the forest where early settlers had applied for a patent to homestead. To qualify for a homestead, one had to start a clearing and build a hut in which to live.
In 1874 William A. Hutto came to the area from Mississippi to look for a place to build a home. He decided on two tracts of land lying side by side with the county line separating them. The town of Damascus is now located on this site. He and his son-in-law. Alex A. Brown, who moved here with him, found abundant turkey and deer, with which to provide meat for the table.
All the early settlers built huts of pine logs with clay plastering to fill the cracks.
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Thus the first home built in the Damascus area by the Hutto family was made of split pine logs. The home consisted of one large room, 18 x 20 feet, with only the ground for a floor, till "sawed lumber" could be had. This home is still standing and in good livable condition. Modern additions have been built on by the late A. A. Brown and by Eugene Presley, the present owner. Few residents ever suspect the building to be made of split pine logs, since it has been made into a comfortable farm home through the years.
6 1880 U.S. census, Van Buren, Arkansas population schedule, Bradley, enumeration district (ED) 200, dwelling 125, family 128, William Brown; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Sep 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 58.
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William A. Brown, Faulkner County Historical Society, "Faulkner Facts and Fiddlings" (Vol. IV, Number 1, Conway, Arkansas, Spring 1964), p. 11; privately held by Autumn Dipert Brown, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,];
Probably the first "chicken peddler" in this area was Alonzo Brown, another son-in-law of William A. Hutto. His homestead was on the land south of the Flemings place on the Bee Branch road. Soon after starting his peddling by wagon he built a store at Damascus, which he operated in connection with his route. Butter, eggs and chickens would be picked up over the countryside and marketed in Little Rock, probably about every two weeks. Housewives would sometimes get 3 cents per dozen for their eggs, while in the spring of the year maybe they would bring as high as 5 cents. Butter would sell as high as 12 cents per pound in winter months. The peddler's store was built on the corner lot across the street from where Jimmie Lewis's store is now (1955). Later a two story structure was erected south of this store by Will Chapman, who did a big business for a few years. He later sold out and went to Nebraska. By 1892 about three stores were built just north of where the Lewis store is now, with the post office located in one of them.
8 1870 Census, Mississippi, Neshoba Co, Page 365 Family 995.
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