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Brown, Benjamin Johnson

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9 Dec. 1807

History of Ray County, Mo., 544; 1850 U.S. Census, District No. 75, Ray Co., MO, 332[A]; 1860 U.S. Census, Richmond, Ray Co., MO, 298.

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History of Ray County, Missouri, Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources. . . . St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Co., 1881.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

–10 Aug. 1861.

History of Ray County, Mo., 545.

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History of Ray County, Missouri, Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources. . . . St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Co., 1881.

Sheriff, colonel, farmer, politician.

History of Ray County, Mo., 545; U.S. War Department, Record and Pension Office, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Missouri, Brown, B. J., microfilm 882,003, U.S. Canada Record Collection, FHL; 1860 U.S. Census, Richmond, Ray Co., MO, 298.

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History of Ray County, Missouri, Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources. . . . St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Co., 1881.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Born in Franklin Co., Kentucky.

History of Ray County, Mo., 544; 1850 U.S. Census, District No. 75, Ray Co., MO, 332[A].

Comprehensive Works Cited

History of Ray County, Missouri, Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources. . . . St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Co., 1881.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Son of Benjamin Brown and Elizabeth (Betsy) Watkins.

Franklin County Kentucky Records #1, 5; 1850 U.S. Census, District No. 75, Ray Co., MO, 332[A].

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Franklin County Kentucky Records #1: Marriages 1794–1850. Indianapolis: Researchers, n.d. Available at FHL.

Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.

Married first Winifred Oliver.

“Mrs. DeMasters Dead,” Richmond Missourian, 19 Apr. 1923, 1; Missouri, Ray Co., Probate Court Records, 1821–1915, vol. D, p. 307, Mary Frazier, Will, 4 Jan. 1870, microfilm 959,739, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Ray Co., Missouri, Deed Records, 1820–1927, vol. D, p. 149, 21 Jan. 1841, microfilm 2,444,626, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.

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Richmond Missourian. Richmond, MO. 1901–1946.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Served as sheriff of Ray Co., Missouri, 1838–1842, 1850–1854; assembled jury in case of State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder, 1839; conveyed Parley P. Pratt from Ray Co. jail to Boone Co., Missouri, jail.

History of Ray County, Mo., 253, 545; Ray Co., MO, Circuit Court Records, 1821–1882, vol. A, pp. 342–343, 7 Jan. and 22 Apr. 1839, microfilm 959,749, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Transcript of Proceedings, 24 May 1839 [State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder]; Pratt, Autobiography, 262–265.

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History of Ray County, Missouri, Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources. . . . St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Co., 1881.

U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Pratt, Parley P. The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt, One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry and Travels, with Extracts, in Prose and Verse, from His Miscellaneous Writings. Edited by Parley P. Pratt Jr. New York: Russell Brothers, 1874.

Married second Mary Ann White, 15 Dec. 1845.

Missouri, Ray Co., Marriage Records, 1820–1952, vol. 2, p. 28, 15 Dec. 1845, microfilm 2,445,342, item 5, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; “Death of Mrs. Brown,” Richmond Missourian, 30 Mar. 1916, 1; History of Ray County, Mo., 545.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Richmond Missourian. Richmond, MO. 1901–1946.

History of Ray County, Missouri, Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources. . . . St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Co., 1881.

Served as state senator, 1854–1861.

History of Ray County, Mo., 259, 545.

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History of Ray County, Missouri, Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources. . . . St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Co., 1881.

Served in Missouri State Guard.

U.S. War Department, Record and Pension Office, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Missouri, Brown, B. J., microfilm 882,003, U.S. Canada Record Collection, FHL; Piston and Hatcher, Wilson’s Creek, 155; History of Ray County, Mo., 283.

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U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.

Piston, William Garrett, and Richard W. Hatcher III. Wilson’s Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.

History of Ray County, Missouri, Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources. . . . St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Co., 1881.

Died in Battle of Wilson’s Creek, near Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri.

Sterling Price, Springfield, MO, to Claiborne F. Jackson, 12 Aug. 1861, in “Gen. Price’s Report,” Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis), 21 Aug. 1861, [2]; History of Ray County, Mo., 283, 545; “Mrs. DeMasters Dead,” Richmond Missourian, 19 Apr. 1923, 1.

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Daily Missouri Republican. St. Louis. 1822–1869.

History of Ray County, Missouri, Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources. . . . St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Co., 1881.

Richmond Missourian. Richmond, MO. 1901–1946.

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