Fereby Jane CHISM

     Fereby Jane CHISM, daughter of John CHISM and Dorinda TERRY, was born on 7 January 1842 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama.¹ She was typically called Jane. She also went by the name of Jenny.

Fereby Jane CHISM appeared on a census, enumerated 5 November 1850, in the household of her parents John CHISM and Dorinda TERRY in Bibb County, Alabama. She was 8 years old.²

Fereby Jane CHISM appeared on a census, enumerated 1 August 1860, in the household of her parents John CHISM and Dorinda TERRY in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama. She was 16.³

Fereby Jane CHISM married Waymon Leggett BROWN, son of Jesse Anderson BROWN Jr. and Mary CAMP, on 14 January 1869 in Bibb County, Alabama. The rites were solemized by David L. Brown, justice of the peace.

Jenny CHISM and Waymon BROWN appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1870 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama. The household was listed as Waymon Brown, age 30, farmer, $300 real estate, $450 personal property; Jane, age 26, keeping house; and Mahala Miller (black female), age 9. All were born in Alabama.^4,5

Jane CHISM and Waymon BROWN appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1880 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama. The household was listed as "Wamon" Brown, his wife Jane, and their three children. Waymon Brown, age 40, was recorded as a farmer, born in Alabama. His father was born in Tennessee and his mother in North Carolina. Jane, 37, and her father were born in Alabama, while her mother was born in South Carolina. Their sons Francis, age 6 and Henderson [Anderson], age 5, and daughter, Marsela, age 6 months, were all born in Alabama.⁶

Fereby Jane CHISM and Waymon Leggett BROWN appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1900 in Benson, Chilton County, Alabama. The household was listed as Waymon Brown, age 59, born August 1840, farmer; wife Fereby J., age 51, born February 1849; daughter Bessie M., age 20, born January 1880; and 2 black male servants, age 16 and 26. They had been married 37 years and were parents of three children. All were born in Alabama. Living next door was their son, Anderson.⁷

Jane CHISM and Waymon BROWN appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 15 April 1910 in Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama. The household was listed as Waymon L. Brown, age 73, farmer, born Alabama, parents born Tennessee; and wife Fereby J., age 72, she and her parents born Alabama. They had been married 36 years and had three children. They lived on the Maplesville Road [now Hwy. 191] with son, Anderson, living next door.⁸

Fereby Jane CHISM died on 18 September 1912 in Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama, at age 70.^1,9 She was buried in Sandy Chapel Cemetery, Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama.