Brown Family Bible, Bowie County, Texas

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        Date: Oct 2000
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NOTE: This Bible record was published in Volume X, Number 3 (Fall 1983) 
Quarterly of the Texarkana USA Genealogical Society.

The Family Bible of Dr. Alexander Brown and wife, Sarah Marshall Brown.  
Year published 1834.  Stereotyped and published by C. Alexander & Co.  
Bible in Possession of Mrs. M. L. Black, 1408 Larkin Ave. Mt. Pleasant, Texas.

 "This Bible left to my grandmother, Serepta Jane Brown Young, the daughter of 
Dr. Alexander Brown.
She left the Bible to my father, Alexander Black Young, the son of Benjamin Franklin Young 
and Serepta Jane Brown Young." Mrs. Clyde (M. L. ) Black.

Marriages:
Dr. Alexander Brown and Sarah H. Marshall, Oct. 8, 1868.
Calven Harper and Isabella Zidana Brown, April 18, 1850.
B. B. Hughes and Isabella Z. Harper, Nov. 5, 1858.
J. M. Brown and Mary C. Akin, Nov. 26, 1856.
Osker M. Brown and Tempy A. Dorsey, July 18, 1860.
S. S. Cock and Ann C. Brown, Sept. 2, 1851.
John H. D. Brown and Mary M. Hughes, Oct. 9, 1855.
Benjamin F. Young and Sarepta J. Brown, Oct. 25, 1866.
J. L. Holder and G. A. Brown, Aug. 26, 1879.

Births:
Elmer Young, November 7, 1885.
Alex. Young, April 13, 1803.
Sarah H. Brown, Nov. 27, 1802.
Am. Catherine Brown, Aug. 7, 1829.
John H. D. Brown, Feb. 4, 1831.
Issabella T. Brown, June 6, 1833.
James M. Brown, March 9, 1835.
Samuel O. Brown, May 1, 1837.
Oscar Meriadcoh? Brown, Aug. 8, 1839.
Irene Amaneini? Brown, Dec. 6, 1842.
Serepta Jane Brown, July 15, 1844, Married Leon ?, Oct. 5, 1866.
Marshall Brown, 1857/1859, both years listed.
Samuel Marshall, Feb. 15, 1805.
James Marshall, Jan. 5, 1830, (son to S. U.) James middle name is Uphues.
Sarah E. Cock, Dec. 27, 1853.
Mary Y. Cock, Jan. 22, 1885.
William G. Harper, Sept. 22, 1826.
Blakely B. Hughes, June 26, 1830.
William A. Brown, August 2, 1856.
Marshall L. Brown, Aug. 30, 1857.
Sary Capitola Brown, Jan. 27, 1868.
Christopher Columbus Harper, April 25, 1857.
Enis Alexander Harper, March 24, 1853.
Mary Cock, Jan. 22, 1855.
Mary A. Harper, Nov. 17, 185?.
William J. Hughes, Jan. 2, 1858.
Tempy A. Brown, Dec. 12, 1839.
Arammta ? Jane Brown, Jan. 23, 1868.
Virginia Y. Cock, June 14, 1856.
Charles W. Cock, Jan. 4, 1858.
Harmon D. Cock, April 2, 1859.
Alexand Croy Cock, Jan. 15, 1861.
Martha A. Cock, March 8, 1862.
Alexander Black Young, Jan. 10, 1875.
Mary Ida Young, Oct. 3, 1877.
Benjamon Grifon Young, March 20, 1880.
Sarah Ann Este? Gertrude Holder, Nov. 1, 1880.

Deaths:
Mary V. Brown, Feb. 12, 1860.
Samuel Marshall, Jan. 22, 1860.
Dr. Alexander Brown, Aug. 26, 1875.
Sarah H. Brown, Dec. 10, 1889.
Oskar M. Brown, March 20, 1877.
Ancathem Cox, July 16, 1887.
W. Calvon Harper, Feb. 15, 1855.
B. B. Hughes, March 16, 1858.
William J. Hughes, March 1, 1858.