William Henry Brown
(1809-1865)
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At a Glance
Married to Mary Vasseur, William Brown was a tanner and shoemaker in Hillsborough where he moved to in 1840. He had 12 children--two of which attended the Burwell School.
Story
Married to Mary Louisa Vasseur (1813-1868), William Henry Brown(1809-1865) was a tanner and shoemaker in Hillsborough where he moved in 1840. In the US Federal Censuses of 1850 and 1860 his occupation was listed as farmer. His tannery was located West of Hillsborough. He also owned Dimmock's Mill and several properties in the town of Hillsborough. The Ancestry.com public member trees differ as to how many children he and his wife had. One lists 12 children, another lists 15 children. Two of his children Charlotte Ann Brown (1838-1880) and Laura H. Brown (1840-1915) attended the Burwell School.
Biographical Data
Important Dates
William Henry Brown was born on July 6, 1809, in Petersburg, Dinwiddie County. He died on March 26, 1865.
Occupations
- Farmer.
- Shoemaker. According to the US Federal Censuses of 1850 and 1860 his occupation is listed as farmer. In Ancestry.com and in Mary Claire Engstrom's work The Book of Burwell Students his occupation is given as a tanner and shoemaker in Hillsborough, Orange County, NC.
- Tanner.
Relatives
- Spouse: Mary Louisa Vasseur (1813-1868), married September 16, 1830. Halifax, Halifax County, NC [1] They had two daughters, Charlotte Ann Brown (1838-1880)
[1] and Laura H. Brown (1840-1915) [1].
- Other children: seven sons (Henry Nicholas Brown, [Sr.] (1831-1908), Ferdinand Brown (1833-1836), Morry J Brown (b. 1835) [2], William Pearmain Brown (1836-1837), Oliver B. Brown (1846-1870), Edwin Lewis Brown, [Sr.] (1850-1919) and Leigh Olin Brown (1856-1932)) and six daughters (Mary Jane Brown (1834-1906), Louisa Brown (b. 1834), Julia Frances Brown (1842-1925), Lucy Rebecca Brown (1844-1907), Olivia Bosanquit Brown (1845-1911) and Arabella William Brown (1848-1880)).
- Other: Charlotte Ann Layssard (mother-in-law, d. 1856).
References
- Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).
- Ancestry.com.