Karen,
Thanks again for your help. Like most things in genealogy, it answers some
questions and poses new ones!
Just another thought on Mary Maranda Brownfield being the daughter of John
Brownfield from a first marriage: In her marriage application in Monroe
County (1886 or 1887) Mary Maranda lists her mother as Elizabeth Bales and
her father as John Brownfield. I wonder if Elizabeth is not her mother, if
perhaps her mother died when she was just a baby and she considered
Elizabeth as her mother? But if John and Elizabeth didn't marry until 1874
and then were divorced by 1880 (and Mary Maranda was not living with her),
it doesn't seem she would have had that close of an association with
Elizabeth?
Connie
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Not related, but found some info that may help:
Indiana Marriage Collection 1800-1941
Elizabeth Bales
m: Dec 15, 1853 - Brown Co., IN (Bk. 2, pg. 168)
Andrew Fry
Elizabeth Bales
m: August 9, 1874 - Brown Co., IN (Bk. 4, pg. 38)
John Brownfield
This is at least a second marriage for John Brownfield. In the 1880 census
Elizabeth's household consisted of her son Perry and stepson James
Brownfield (age 24, KY - John's son??).
I am just wondering if Mary Maranda is also John's daughter from a previous
marriage. In the 1910 census Mary M. (Brownfield) Young states she has been
married 23 yrs. (abt. 1887), her age at the time of the census is 40 (b:
abt. 1870) John and Elizabeth were not married until 1874.
(1900 census listed Mary's b'date at Dec. 1871)
In the 1880 Bloomington, Monroe Co., IN census there is a "Mollie"
Brownfield, age 8 yrs., living with the Lewis Wymer family and listed as a
servant. Could be this is Mary M. Brownfield.
Both James Brownfield and Mary M. Brownfield state in the census they were
born in Indiana and their parents were born in Kentucky.
Didn't locate any info on John Brownfield. I hope this little bit
helps...............Karen
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