Emily Catherine Rottenberry1

F, b. circa 1824, d. 14 January 1865
     Emily Catherine Rottenberry was born circa 1824 in North Carolina.1

Emily married Asa Madison BROWN, son of Asa Anderson BROWN and Jerusha HUMPHREYS, on 6 October 1838 in Bibb County, Alabama. The ceremony was performed by Asa's uncle, David L. Brown, justice of the peace.1

She was probably the female age 10 to 15 listed in the household of her father, Asa Madison BROWN, in the 1840 Federal Census of Bibb County, Alabama.2

Emily Catherine Rottenberry and Asa Madison BROWN appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 2 November 1850 in Cache Township, Jackson County, Arkansas. The household was listed as Asa Brown, age 30, Alabama; Emily Brown, 26, North Carolina; Jackson, 11, Alabama; Sarah, 9, Arkansas; Jerusha, 5, Arkansas; and Lucinda, 10/12, Arkansas.3

Emily Catherine Rottenberry and Asa Madison BROWN appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 24 July 1860 in San Saba County, Texas. The household was listed as A. M. Brown, 42, Tennessee; Emily Brown, 40, North Carolina; Anderson J., 21, Alabama; Jerusa, 13, Arkansas; Lucinda J., 10, Arkansas; John H., 9, Arkansas; Robert, 6, Texas; and Nancy Ann, 3, Texas. Also living with them was Asa's mother, Jerusha Brown, age 80, born North Carolina.4

On 14 January 1865 Emily Catherine died in San Saba County, Texas, leaving Asa Madison a widower.5
Last Edited=9 Jun 2023

Children of Emily Catherine Rottenberry and Asa Madison BROWN

Citations

  1. [S3] Pauline Jones Gandrud, Bibb County, Alabama Marriages: 1820-1860.
  2. [S241] 1840 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, pg. 105.
  3. [S348] 1850 U. S. Census, Jackson County, Arkansas, Asa Brown household #41, pg. 47.
  4. [S349] 1860 U. S. Census, San Saba County, Texas, A. M. Brown household, pg. 392.
  5. [S628] Ancestors of Benjamine Humphreys Brown, 5 May 2007, Source: San Saba County History, 1856-1983 as told by Winnie B. Franklin.
  6. [S348] 1850 U. S. Census, Jackson County, Arkansas, Asa Brown household, pg. 47.
  7. [S349] 1860 U. S. Census, San Saba County, Texas, A. M. Brown household- pg. 392.
  8. [S346] Letter, Judy Vietri to John K. Brown, 7 Nov 1999.
  9. [S354] Judy Vietri, "Mordica Lewis Genealogy," e-mail to John K. Brown, 18 June 2001, includes citation of Asa M. Brown household #22, 1870 Lampasas Co., TX Census, Pct. 2, pg. 400-B.

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