Looking for George W Brown born around 1857-58 in Illinois and wound up in South Dakota and married Harriet Farrington Barnes - her second marriage. The family shows up on the 1920 and 1930 census but does not show up on any family lines or trees. George would have been 47 at his first marriage which seems a little odd. Could he have been married and widowed or even divorced prior to this 1904-04 union? Let me know at my email of illady45@hotmail.com

Is their marriage date of 1904 from the census? I don't have a record of a BROWN & BARNES marriage in Beadle County in that time period.

Harriet C. BROWN and George W. BROWN were divorced 14 Nov 1935 in Beadle County.
Source:Evening Huronite, 14 Nov 1935, p11.
There may be more information in the actual divorce papers (Clerk of Courts office).

George seems to be quite elusive. There is a second George W. BROWN 1861-1935 in Beadle County, the son of Jacob & Sarah BROWN.

Note: In the 1900 US Census, the next family enumerated after William A. and Carrie BARNES is David H. and Clarinda W. BROWN. However, their birthplaces do not match George W.'s parents' birthplaces (1920:IN & OH; 1930:IL & IL).

Sheryl Hickle
Beadle Co. SD Genealogy & History

THANK YOU so very much for the info! Myself and other researchers wondered about him and Harriet as much was not said or recorded. The 1904/05 wedding date was arrived at from the info provided in the 1920/30 census. George had noted to census taker that he was 47 when married. He was 62 in 1920 which was 15year thus the 1904/05 date. It could have 1903 or even 1902 but in 1901 Harriet and Barnes were married and had their last child. I am not for sure they were married in SD. It could have happened elsewhere. Any info is appreciated. Many of our male members of the tree lack info due to the "brick walls" found in this family and other members.

You can find the BARNES-FARRINGTON marriage at:
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900
www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html

Harriet BROWN died 12 Aug 1943 Beadle co., SD.
Source:Ancestry.com - South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955.

The Wessington Cemetery is just across the border in Hand County. That's probably where she was buried.

Sheryl Hickle
Beadle co. SD Genealogy & History