Birthdate on headstone is off by ten years.
It is supposed to be 1888 and death year 1925.
Husband of Sarah Idella Morgan Brown.
Father of all daughters born in AL,
Minnie Mae b. 1909 married Charles Albert Cotner
Estelle b. 1912 married William Otis Holland
Annie b. 1914 married Clarence Gibson Barnett
Maude b. 1916 married Herman H. Floyd
Lila b. 1922 twin sister of Lillian
Lillian b. 1922-1922 infant sister of Lila
James was killed two years after last daughter was born.
Family story is that he was killed in an altercation with the young man that had just eloped with his very young daughter.
An article dated August 21, 1925, from the "Belmont Times" in Belmont, Mississippi is as follows:
Jim Brown Killed
Jim Brown, formerly of Prentiss County, but for some time has resided near Maud, Alabama, was shot and killed Monday, August 17th, by his son-in-law, Willie Holland. The full particulars of the tragedy could not be ascertained, but the following report was the best obtainable. Willie Holland and a young daughter, aged 13 years, of Mr. Brown were married Sunday night. Monday morning they met in the road near the Brown home. Each had a single barrel shotgun and both shot once, but it is not known which fired first. Mr. Brown was shot in the breast and died in a few minutes. One of Holland's hands was shot off. Holland was carried to Tuscumbia, Alabama, by the officer.
It is supposed to be 1888 and death year 1925.
Husband of Sarah Idella Morgan Brown.
Father of all daughters born in AL,
Minnie Mae b. 1909 married Charles Albert Cotner
Estelle b. 1912 married William Otis Holland
Annie b. 1914 married Clarence Gibson Barnett
Maude b. 1916 married Herman H. Floyd
Lila b. 1922 twin sister of Lillian
Lillian b. 1922-1922 infant sister of Lila
James was killed two years after last daughter was born.
Family story is that he was killed in an altercation with the young man that had just eloped with his very young daughter.
An article dated August 21, 1925, from the "Belmont Times" in Belmont, Mississippi is as follows:
Jim Brown Killed
Jim Brown, formerly of Prentiss County, but for some time has resided near Maud, Alabama, was shot and killed Monday, August 17th, by his son-in-law, Willie Holland. The full particulars of the tragedy could not be ascertained, but the following report was the best obtainable. Willie Holland and a young daughter, aged 13 years, of Mr. Brown were married Sunday night. Monday morning they met in the road near the Brown home. Each had a single barrel shotgun and both shot once, but it is not known which fired first. Mr. Brown was shot in the breast and died in a few minutes. One of Holland's hands was shot off. Holland was carried to Tuscumbia, Alabama, by the officer.
Birthdate on headstone is off by ten years.
It is supposed to be 1888 and death year 1925.
Husband of Sarah Idella Morgan Brown.
Father of all daughters born in AL,
Minnie Mae b. 1909 married Charles Albert Cotner
Estelle b. 1912 married William Otis Holland
Annie b. 1914 married Clarence Gibson Barnett
Maude b. 1916 married Herman H. Floyd
Lila b. 1922 twin sister of Lillian
Lillian b. 1922-1922 infant sister of Lila
James was killed two years after last daughter was born.
Family story is that he was killed in an altercation with the young man that had just eloped with his very young daughter.
An article dated August 21, 1925, from the "Belmont Times" in Belmont, Mississippi is as follows:
Jim Brown Killed
Jim Brown, formerly of Prentiss County, but for some time has resided near Maud, Alabama, was shot and killed Monday, August 17th, by his son-in-law, Willie Holland. The full particulars of the tragedy could not be ascertained, but the following report was the best obtainable. Willie Holland and a young daughter, aged 13 years, of Mr. Brown were married Sunday night. Monday morning they met in the road near the Brown home. Each had a single barrel shotgun and both shot once, but it is not known which fired first. Mr. Brown was shot in the breast and died in a few minutes. One of Holland's hands was shot off. Holland was carried to Tuscumbia, Alabama, by the officer.
It is supposed to be 1888 and death year 1925.
Husband of Sarah Idella Morgan Brown.
Father of all daughters born in AL,
Minnie Mae b. 1909 married Charles Albert Cotner
Estelle b. 1912 married William Otis Holland
Annie b. 1914 married Clarence Gibson Barnett
Maude b. 1916 married Herman H. Floyd
Lila b. 1922 twin sister of Lillian
Lillian b. 1922-1922 infant sister of Lila
James was killed two years after last daughter was born.
Family story is that he was killed in an altercation with the young man that had just eloped with his very young daughter.
An article dated August 21, 1925, from the "Belmont Times" in Belmont, Mississippi is as follows:
Jim Brown Killed
Jim Brown, formerly of Prentiss County, but for some time has resided near Maud, Alabama, was shot and killed Monday, August 17th, by his son-in-law, Willie Holland. The full particulars of the tragedy could not be ascertained, but the following report was the best obtainable. Willie Holland and a young daughter, aged 13 years, of Mr. Brown were married Sunday night. Monday morning they met in the road near the Brown home. Each had a single barrel shotgun and both shot once, but it is not known which fired first. Mr. Brown was shot in the breast and died in a few minutes. One of Holland's hands was shot off. Holland was carried to Tuscumbia, Alabama, by the officer.
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