Brown Cemetery - Pulaski Co AR - Transcribed by Charlotte Curlee Ramsey

Transcribed by Charlotte Curlee Ramsey - March 16, 2003
Took photos of all stones

From Hwy 65/530 south to Woodson Exit; go east towards Woodson; go about 2m - Cemetery on right
beside Woodson Cemetery - outside of fence.

LASTNAME FIRSTNAME BORN DIED OTHER INFO Brown Andrew J 04 Nov 1859 21 Oct 1879 s/o JA & VA Brown Edna E 26 Oct 1870 15 Sep 1892 w/o WH (Edna E Hooker) marr 1888 Brown James A 16 Jul 1829 05 Jul 1894 Mason h/o Virginia Adaline Fletcher Brown Linna J 17 Nov 1873 31 Mar 1906 w/o WH Brown Louie E 21 Feb 1890 17 Oct 1892 s/o TJ & ML Brown Maggie Lee 17 Apr 1907 10 Sep 1910 d/o TJ & ML Brown Roy H 1898 1906 Brown Sylvester J 05 Aug 1902 10 Aug 1906 s/o WH & LJ Brown V A no dates footstone only (Virginia Adaline) Brown William A 1889 1911 Brown William H 06 Sep 1858 25 Sep 1913 WOW h/o Edna E & Linna J s/o James A & VA

Some of their descendants are on the other side of the fence in Woodson Cemetery.


James A. Brown	V. A. Brown (footstone)

William H. Brown	Andrew J. Brown

Found this family in the: 1860 PULASKI CO AR Campbell Twp-Pennington's Mill Jul 23 by W. Woolford Reel:49 Pg:207 35 307 276 Brown James A. 32 MW Farmer 4,000 300 TN 36 307 276 Brown Adaline 29 FW TN 37 307 276 Brown Wm. H. 4 MW AR 38 307 276 Brown Andrew J. 6/12 MW AR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1870 PULASKI CO AR Campbell Twp PO: Little Rock 21 Jul-12 Aug 1870 by Hugh C. Newsome CB12-101-102-30 Brown Jas A 40 MW Farmer 7800/2000 TN CB12-101-102-31 Brown Wm H 13 MW At home AR CB12-101-102-32 Brown Andrew J 11 MW At home AR CB12-101-102-33 Brown Sarah E 9 FW At School AR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1880 SALINE CO AR Perkins Twp P:235A T9-0056 BROWN James Self W Male W 49 Farmer TN NC --- BROWN William Son S Male W 23 Farm Laborer AR TN TN BROWN Thomas J. Son S Male W 15 At School AR TN TN BROWN Sarah Dau S Female W 18 AR TN TN BALLARD Elizabeth Other W Female W 34 Keeping House KY VA VA BALLARD James Other S Male W 4 AR MO KY

Found a biography of James A. Brown: James A. BROWN, a well known, influential citizen, and one of the most prominent planters of Saline County, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1829, and is the son of John and Nancy BROWN, born in North Carolina in 1807 and in Tennessee in 1825, respectively. The parents were married in Lincoln County, and a few years after their union, moved to Fayette County, West Tenn., where they resided until the year 1853, then coming to Arkansas. The father was a prosperous farmer during his life and for many years a captain of militia. His wife, a devout Christian woman, died in 1853, and he followed her two years later (1855). He was a son of James BROWN, of North Carolina, one of the earliest settlers of Lincoln County, Tenn., who resided in that State the remainder of his life. The paternal grand- father, James BROWN, came from Ireland to America in his boyhood and first settled in North Carolina, and afterward in Lincoln County, Tenn., where he died in 1830. Champion BLITHE, the maternal grandfather, was a Kentuckian by birth, and in an early day fought the Spaniards at Santa Day. The remainder of his was spent on the frontier of Texas fighting against savage tribes. James A., the second of six children born to his parents, received his education in the log cabin school of his day. He started out in the world for himself when only fourteen years old, and at the age of eighteen was assistant overseer of a large plantation, having entire charge of over 100 slaves. In 1851 he was married in Shelby County, Tenn., to Virginia (Adaline), a daughter of Payton and Sarah FLETCHER of Kentucky, who settled in Tennessee after their marriage, the father becoming one of the largest planters in Shelby County. Mr. FLETCHER was also a soldier in one of the Indian wars. Mr. and Mrs. BROWN were the parents of seven children, of whom two only are living: William H. (born in 1857,(58) educated in Benton, Ark., and Shelby County, Tenn., and married in 1888 to Miss Edna E. HOOKER, of Shelby County), and Thomas Jefferson (born in 1864, also educated in Benton, Ark., and Shelby County, Tenn., and at Little Rock; married March 7, 1889, to Miss Maggie L. WILDER, of Georgia, who came to Benton, Ark., with her parents, the latter now residing in Texas). The following year after his marriage, (1852) Mr. BROWN came to Arkansas and settled in the wilds about twenty miles below Little Rock, which was then the nearest postoffice and trading point. Here he opened up a small clearing and built himself a slab cabin, and one of his greatest pleasures is to recall the many happy hours spent in that primitive habitation. The country was overrun with wild animals at that time and many a night he was forced to get out of bed and let the dogs in to keep them from being eaten by wolves. During the first year he killed twenty-two bear besides a quantity of other game, and on one occasion stood in his door with a shot-gun and killed seven wild turkeys at one shot. Wild deer were then more plenty than the domestic hog of today, and the delicious venison now sold for exorbitant prices was the a common fare. Mr. BROWN was an ardent hunter, but never let his fascination for that sport interfere with his other duties, and the severest weather did not hinder him from improving his farm and building up his place. He cultivated about 250 acres of fine bottom land, which, on his arrival had been covered with a dense growth of timber, and has done perhaps as much hard work as any man in Arkansas. He now owns 3,200 acres of fine bottom land, having placed some 600 acres under cultivation, all accumulated by his own energy and judicious management; besides this he was a considerable loser by the Civil War. He now employs about 100 people on his place and operates his own gin and store. In earlier days Mr. BROWN was engaged in rafting lumber down the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers, and after getting through with his season's business made the journey back home on foot through the wildest and most unsettled portion of the country. In politics he was a Whig until after the war, and now votes the Democratic ticket. For eight years he held the office of justice of the peace and filled the position with great dignity and wisdom. He has been a member of Pennington Lodge No. 273, A. F. & A. M., at Hensley since 1865, and has been junior and senior warden, treasurer and junior deacon. His sons also belong to the same lodge. From Goodspeed's History of Saline County.

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