Michael BROWN (Abt 1802-)

??? (BROWN) (Abt 1802-)

Jacob HAMMONS (1794-1868)

Mary B. CLEMMONS (1804-)

Michael BROWN (1822-Abt 1890)

Matilda E. HAMMONS (Between 1820-Between 1860)

Alfred Alexander "Alex" "Alfa" BROWN (1849-1909)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Emma Barfield HUTTO Rosa Alma BROWN+ Alfred Alexander "Alex" "Alfa" BROWN Born: 2 Jun 1849, , Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States 1 2 3 4 Marriage: Emma Barfield HUTTO on 25 Mar 1870 in , , Mississippi, United States Died: 26 Mar 1909, , , Arkansas, United States at age 59 Buried: Bee Branch, Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States   General Notes: Co-founder of Damascus, AR Oza Crownover (Brown) said that Alex and Emma Brown had several children that died. One girl burned to death. One boy was killed by carrying a loaded gun through a fence. Another child was also killed by a gun. Only Rosa Alma survived.   Noted events in his life were: • Burial: Bee Branch Cemetery: Bee Branch, Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States. • 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: 1870 U.S. Federal, 1870, , Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States. • Other: Migration, 1874, Damascus, Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. 5 • Census: U.S. Federal, 20 Jun 1900, Walker Township, Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. 6 Alfred married Emma Barfield HUTTO, daughter of William Alexander HUTTO and Rosannah Copeland SPIRES, on 25 Mar 1870 in , , Mississippi, United States. (Emma Barfield HUTTO was born on 13 Oct 1852 in , , Mississippi, United States,3 died in 1929 and was buried in Plumerville, Conway County, Arkansas, United States.)

1 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.

2 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 Census, Mississippi, Neshoba Co, Page 365 Family 996.

4 1870 Census, Mississippi, Neshoba Co, Page 356A, Family 996.

5 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 1900 U.S. census, Faulkner, Arkansas population schedule, Walker, enumeration district (ED) 25, sheet 11A, p. 222, dwelling 182, family 184, A. A. Brown; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 Apr 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 58;
A. A. Brown, 51, and his wife, Emma B., 47, were living in Walker Township, Faulkner County, Arkansas. He was born Jun 1849 and Emma was born in Oct 1853 both in Mississippi. They had been married 30 years and Emma had borne one child and that child was still living. His father and mother were born in Alabama. Her father was born in South Carolina and mother in Alabama. He was postmaster and they owned their farm home free and clear of mortgagge. They could both read and write.