Hello Listers: PLEASE HELP!
I have been trying to research the family of Melinda Hafford b. 1805.
Melinda (according to the 1850 Jefferson Co. Census) was born in PA. Her
name on the census is shown as Matilda. She married Samuel Brown on May 5,
1825 in Switzerland Co. I just received Certificate of Death on 2 of their
children, Henry Brown and Thomas C. Brown.
Henry's shows he was 95 when he died 9/16/1929. His parents are Lucinda
Brown and Samuel Brown.
Thomas C(otton) Brown's shows he was 82 when he died Jun 19, 1917 and his
parents were Laura Brown and Samuel Brown.
Surely someone out there knows more about Melinda Hafford! I located an
Ebenezer Hafford that married Lucy Freeman and moved from MA to Vevay, IN.
And I see on the Switz. Web site an Ebenezer did own land there.
Is there anyone that could obtain a copy of a will for me on Ebenezer? He is
on the 1850 Switz Co. census living next door to John F. Cotton. He was born
May 14, 1788 and died Sept. 21, 1855. He is buried in the McKay Cemetery in
Switzerland Co. He married Lucy Freeman of MA on Jan 13, 1824. She died Dec
6, 1846. They had 9 children, but Melinda is not one of them. Could she be?
Doesn't seem likely that she's his sister??
My information is from the History of the Hayford Family.
THANKS!
Karen in Florida
Children of Samuel Brown and Melinda Hafford or Hufford are:
2 i. Julia4 Brown, born Abt. 1827. She married Robert Wortman October
1, 1854 in Jefferson Co., IN; born Abt. 1827 in KY.
Notes for Robert Wortman:
Robert and Julia lived on Turkey Branch in Jefferson County, Indiana, then
moved to Illinois and had 3 girls and 3 boys.
+ 3 ii. Oliver H. Brown, born 1828 in IN; died Abt. 1864 in Jefferson
County, IN.
+ 4 iii. Jonathan Brown +, born Abt. 1829 in IN.
5 iv. Emily Brown, born March 6, 1830; died February 4, 1925 in
Jefferson Co., IN. She married John R. Baker; born March 10, 1828; died
February 4, 1900 in Jefferson Co., IN.
More About Emily Brown:
Burial: February 1925, Springdale Cemetery, Madison Twp., Jefferson Co., IN
More About John R. Baker:
Burial: February 1900, Springdale Cemetery, Madison Twp., Jefferson Co., IN
+ 6 v. Henry Brown, born August 1, 1833; died January 16, 1929 in
Jefferson Co., IN.
+ 7 vi. Thomas Cotton Brown, born May 13, 1835; died June 19, 1917 in
Jefferson Co., IN.
+ 8 vii. Ephraim Huffman Brown, born September 20, 1837 in IN; died
November 24, 1914 in Jefferson Co., IN.
+ 9 viii. Enoch Brown, born April 10, 1840 in IN; died July 15, 1914 in
Jefferson Co., IN.
+ 10 ix. Cyrus Brown, born Abt. 1842 in IN; died in New Albany, Floyd Co.,
IN.
11 x. Ezra H. Brown, born February 20, 1846 in IN; died June 21, 1884
in Jefferson Co., IN. He married Anna Porter.
More About Ezra H. Brown:
Burial: June 1884, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Jefferson Co., IN
12 xi. Angeline "Lina" Brown, born 1844 in IN; died 1900 in Jefferson
Co., IN. She married Robert Gray; born 1844; died 1909 in Jefferson Co., IN.
More About Angeline "Lina" Brown:
Burial: 1920, Springdale Cemetery, Madison Twp., Jefferson Co., IN
More About Robert Gray:
Burial: 1909, Springdale Cemetery, Madison Twp., Jefferson Co., IN