I am looking for any information regarding John R. and Rebecca Brown.

John Brown was born in Missouri in 1834 and died in Phelps Co., Missouri in 1899. The 1880 census indicates his parents were born in Kentucky.

Rebecca was born March 23, 1834 in Ohio and died March 30, 1892 in Phelps Co., Missouri. The 1880 census indicates her parents were born in Ohio.

John and Rebecca had at least 7 children - Ida (born abt 1862), Olive (born abt 1866), Florence (born abt 1868), Minnie (born abt 1872), Inez (born Jan, 1876), Clarence E. (born Aug, 1879) and Alanzo E. (born May, 1883). Florence is listed in the 1870 census but not the 1880 census.

Other than the entries on the 1870 and 1880 Phelps Co., Missouri census and John and Rebecca being listed as being buried at Macedonia Cemetery, I have hit brick wall after brick wall. A second cousin of mine is also researching them and relatives in Missouri that she contacted know nothing about this family.

If you have John R. and Rebecca Brown in your line, please contact me. Thanks.

I also show their daughter was buried at Macedonia.Her birthdate on the stone 02 April 1861 or2..died 19 Sept 1905..They have her name as Ida I while it was Ida...There is another Ida I buried near the same time...She is buried in a plot surrounded by a concrete frame. Her husband and two infant children is also in the plot....There are many Browns buried at Macedonia they are in two differwnt plots...When I was there in 2004 I notice in front of Arrinda Brown Heady is a large number of Browns..Arrinda's father was John Henry....In the north west section in front of some more Heady stones is another Brown plot...Ida was the child of John R and Rebecca. she had no children that survived to adulthood...I do not know how to connect the Browns. They are present on the 1850 census in Crawford co.. I also find a connection with Edgar co. Ill..where some of the Ingrams,Headys and Parkers lived at the same time..most are from Ky but some list Va...If I go to Mo latter this year I will photograph both sections....Jim Heady

I live close to Macedonia Cemetery. If you would like pictures I can send them to you. We have visited this cemetery a few times. I have done some research on a Brown line. I am interested in seeing if any of this connects.

I have seen your postings and I would appreciate any pictures you might get a Macedonia....Let me tell you my sad but true story...I visited Macedonia in October 2004. I had my digital camera and I shot away...When I got home I downloaded my photos and put the memory sticks in a yellow envelope on a file box...My computer crashed and the repair man with one click of the computer sent my files to the recycle bin..Needless to say he is no longer my repair man..I had planned the trip for Oct. as I remember the vivid colors of the Missouri autumn. That year you had not had much rain and what was usually red was instead brown..I forget how beautiful the countryside is in that part of Mo. I live in Texas where the hills and trees are few..I thought I would never get use to the landscape of this arid south Texas view..WE often have winters where there is not a killing freeze. It has to be 28 degrees for at least four hours to achieve that feat. This morning I was pulling weeds from my yard that are normally non existent. We are way ahead of schedule and spring flowers have been blooming since January>...wait until May and we will be overrun with insects....particularly fleas and water bugs..If you are not familiar with the term waterbugs they are huge cockroaches that live in the grass and sewer system. When you walk on the lawn you can her crunch crunch.as you are stepping on them...I have pets, two cats and three dogs...mosquito is the host for heart worms and fleas the h ost for tape worm...back to my yellow envelope with the memory sticks...two of my puppies found the yellow enveloped and chewed my three memory sticks to smitherines...I have minature Schnauzers which are in the Terrier class...They chew and dig...I did not punish them as they started owing when I picked up the pieces...Sometimes we pay a price for being pet owners..and I am quite stricht with animals and children but then I allow them to be dogs and children...So much for obedience school...Macedonia is the burying ground for the Headys who settle in that area in the 1840's...In the 1850 census they are found in Crawford co. They did not move but that area was turned into Phelps co. in 1860. One map I have shows Macedonia being in Maries co before the final county lines were formed. They received their mail at Macedonia, Mo...When I was there I visited with a Mr Hays(could be Hayes) who is the present caretaker..His wife told me Macedonia was really a general store where people got their mail and not really a town....He also told me that there had been lots of vandalism over the years and when tombstones were broken or turned over theey had no money to repair them. He said the broken pieces were discarded by throwing them accross the fence....I thought I had a record of where all the Headys were buried but when I surveyed the Northwest part of the cemetery I found the plot for John S and Lilly Heady...directly south of there were a row of Heady graves but not one stone was left standing....I know of only one Heady that did not have a tombstone(I am recalling this from my childhood in the 1940's.) Sarah Heady is buried next to my grandfather Ulysses S Heady..She died shortly after he did and the family had waited for her husbanc to put up a stone..he never did...I do not wish to take advantage of your offer. Do you have a digital camera?....Since I was there I have learned more about the surnames that the Heady women married into...In addition to the Browns and Headys there are the Overleases....Elen Overlease had married Jacob Heady..She had I believe 4 brothers in Phelps co. Jim,George and Abraham are listed on her father's will but I found earlier a Joseph Overlease...By the time her father died there appears to be only three surviving children...All three of the Overlease brothers served in the Mo 9th and 10th Calvary during the Civil War as did Thomas(my g grandfather) and his brother Elisha...There is also a Jacob listed from Phelps co. and the only Jacob I know of is my gg grandfather. I had written to the National Archives and they have no records...I already have Thomas' record but had some questions...It is interesting that they are listed on line but yet no records//? Alexander Heady's first wife Phebe is interred in Macedonia and his second wife Martha Overlease(daughter of Jim) is suppose to be there but I found no record..Alexander and Martha were first cousins...There is also a Della Heady who married Cain Bailey ..they are buried in front of my grandfather east and north. Cain's stone reads Calvin Cain but his name was Cain E....Next to my grandfather is his mother Ida I Heady but the stone readys Ida J..George's wife was Ida A but her stone reads Isa I...I really love the way they spelled Ulysses......Could you tell me where Elisha's grave is? I completely missed it when I was there...There is a child named Lena Grace...could you tell me who she is buried next to..it might help me link her....It is possible that I don't have all the information and Alexander could be at some other cemetery...I have letters from 1865 to 1902..They were all written to Rebecca Heady by her siblings and other relatives...One is from George Tune who married an Overlease girl..George Heady who was an enterprising and a wheeler dealer has a plot that is surrounded by a concrete curb...For years we had wonder where he was buried and it was a great relief to find him..All of these Headys seemed to have a short life. Elisha had T B. Arrinda Brown also died of that disease as did her daughter Cordelia..I suspect that John A and George may also have had that disease...In 1877 in March I have Martha Heady dying. She was first married to D D Guren(the marriage licence say Garen) second she married C Robert Adams...He was born in 1810 and was older than her father..I checked on line Adams Cemetery but did not see them..They are on the 1870 census in Commanche co....I suspect he died sometime between 1870 and 1877...because Martha is back in Phelps co...C Robert is on the 1850 and 1860 census but beyond that I have no information....Denise I have CLL it is a chronic leukemia..while clinically I am doing well I have had complications from a minor sinus and ear surgery I had last Sept...It was suppose to take a week to recover and I am still recovering. To further complicate my plans I was told I may need more surgery...I have a great nephew who is a public defender for Phelps co. and while I tried to intrest him in doing this he has no intrest..He is fixing to marry this summer and building a house at Vichy..It seems strange after all these years that I have relatives back in Phelps and Maries co...When I am home they will go to the cemeteries with me, but when I ask them to go and survey one they drag their feet..I think deep down cemeteries make them uncomfortable...Denise any assistance that you can offer will be much appreciated..Thankyou Jim Heady.....I also wanted to say about the Browns in Phelps co. It appears that they stopped over in Edgar co., Ill...I am having trouble connecting the dots..I don't know if they gave different DOB or if they are different Individuals...The Browns seemed yo have some kind of association with my g g grandmother Minerva J Ingram who married Abiah Thornton...In 1870 I see Ing as a neighbor to the Headys and in 1880 in Polk co....I wonder if they could have shortened their name????/

Sorry for not seeing your posts sooner. My Browns are connected to the Heady and Overlease families.

George Washington Brown (abt 1804-abt 1871) and Mary "Polly" Newberry (1807-abt 1871) had 11 children. The oldest was James Henry Brown (1831-1894) who was the father of Arrinda Bell Brown (1859-1888). GW & Mary's third eldest was my John R. Brown (1834-1899) and he is the father of Ida I. Brown (1861-1905) who married George Heady.

GW Brown's fourth eldest was Catherine (abt 1837-?) who was the second wife of James Overlease. Also in the 1850 census, A. Overlease is listed with G.W. Brown and his family.

As for this Brown family being in Edgar Co., Illinois, I have no record of that. GW was originally from Kentucky and Mary was originally from Virginia before migrating to Missouri. They were married in Crawford Co., Missouri in March, 1830 and all of their children were born in Phelps Co., Missouri.

As for Minerva Ingram Thornton, she is listed in the 1880 census for District 116, Benton Twp., Polk Co., Missouri as being the mother-in-law of Thomas Heady. I'm not sure how Thomas Heady is connected to John and George Heady mentioned above (are all 3 brothers?) but I can tell you that the Ida that was married to Thomas Heady is NOT the same Ida who was married to George. On the 1880 census for District 159, Miller Twp., Phelps Co., Ida I Brown was still listed with her parents (my John R. and Rebecca Brown) while George Heady was living with his brother John and Arrinda Bell (Brown) Heady

Thankyou so much for this information. I have seen G W, Wash. and George Washington in yhat area. In Crawford co in 1850 the Browns were neighbors to the Headys. Jacob and Elenor. However Jacob must have been running from something as he leaves a paper trail with a interesting past. Jacob married Elen Overleas a siter to the Overleas in Phelps co. Three of her brothers served in the Calvary from Phelps co.(the 9th then the 10th). I am in touch with a lady name Hilma. Her first husband was a Tune(Teune). His ancestor had also married a daughter of James Overleas. In 1863 I find a law suit where Jacob sued his brother in law in 1863. It was an interesting civil suit. Thomas Heady had John, Alexander.George and Elisha as brothers. Thomas and Elisha were in the Civil war also. One of Thomas' letters says the 5 of us is still in one piece. I believe he may have been refewrring to his uncles. Jacob was also in the War. He started in the 9th but was with another group when he was discharged for medical reasons. Elisha, George and John A are buried in Macedonia. Alexander's first wife is there ...Many tombstones have been destroyed. I found when Alexander died it just said he was buried in a cemetery near Rolla. I noticed after John and Bell(as she was known) died the children were living with their grandparents. Cordelia died as a teen ager of T B. I have no record of what happened to the remaining children. I was not suggesting Ida Isabeele Thornton Heady was George's wife. She would have been his sisterinlaw. She is buried next to my grandfather in the same row as John and Belle.....She was born in 1816 but married in 1839. I do not know when she died. I believe it was before 1885. The Thomas Heady family are found in 1885 on the Kansas census. Thomas died in 1886 when digging a well. I can't remember the county but want to say hodgeman?

John and Rebecca Brown are my Greatgrandparents, my Grandfather was Lonzo Brown, I am just starting this search
and was like any information you have.
Jacqueline Showers Friedl, my mother was Elinor Brown Showers, Lonzo's daughter.

I have Walter and Priscilla Brown listed as Parents of John R. Brown Walter Brown was born 1805nin Virginia, and Priscilla was born 1806, I can't find them going back any farther, my grandfather was Alonzo Brown, John's youngest son.

I have a little more information on the family since my original post. I had ordered a copy of John R. Brown's Civil War pension file and found out that his wife was Rebecca Vance. The file also indicates that Alonzo was born 29 May 1882. If that matches with your Alonzo then it looks like we have a match. I'm connected to Alonzo through two branches of my line. Alonzo's first wife was Nettie Belle Patterson who died in 1907. Alonzo's sister, Inez (my great-grandmother) was married to Jasper Orval Patterson who was Belle's brother.

The information I have (land and census records) definitely points to my John R. Brown being the son of George Washington Brown and Mary "Polly" Newberry. I have quite a bit of documenation showing John and Rebecca living in the Rolla, Missouri area. I also have some guardianship documents relating to Alonzo. Since he was under 21 when John died, Inez was named his guardian. Those documents were filed in Phelps County and reference the land that John had farmed. This same land was once part of a parcel of land owned by GW Brown.

I'll send you a message using Ancestry's contact system so we can exchange email addresses. I would definitely like to exchange information with you. I know next to nothing about Alonzo's family with his second wife.

Quite a coincidence that we both have the first name Jacqueline too don't you think.