Mary Emma Barber, daughter of Joseph and Arsenia Barber, was born in October 1846 in Barbour County, Alabama and died on 27 February 1919 in Sulpher Springs, Hopkins County, Texas. She was buried in the Como Cemetery in Como,Texas. At the time of her death, she was living with her daughter Emma Arcenia Brown, wife of Silas O. Brown.
[source: Texas Confederate Widow’s Pension]
Mary Emma Barber married John C. BROWN on 6 August 1863 in Barbour County, Alabama.
Children of John and Mary Emma (Barber) Brown:
1. John Robert Brown born 18 Jan 1868 in Alabama
2. Emma Arcena Brown born 17 March 1870 in Titus County, Texas
3. Lenora H. Brown born 17 Aug 1871
4. Thomas Jefferson Brown born 21 Jan 1873
5. Toy Mansel Brown born 26 Aug 1875 in Texas
Mary Emma (Barber) and John C. Brown have not been located on the 1870 census. He died in 1875 in Texas. Mary Emma (Barber) Brown has not been found on the 1880 census although one child, Emma Arcena Brown has been located living with her aunt Rebecca (Barber) Temple in Cass County, Texas:
14 June 1880, Pct 7, Dist. 16, Cass Co., TX:
62-63
Temples, William W M 70 Shoemaker b. NC fb. NC mb. NC
----Rebecca W F 45 Wife Keeps house b. GA fb. GA mb. GA
Brown, Arthena W F 10 Niece b. TX fb. NC mb. SC
Mary Emma (Barber) Brown married as her second husband, Leroy W. Lain, on 12 September 1880. Leroy W. Lain died on 31 March 1908 in Fisher County, Texas. He served in Co. H, Young’s 8th Texas Infantry of the Confederate States Army.
[source: Texas Confederate Widow’s Pension]
Children of Mary Emma (Barber) and Leroy W. Lain:
6. Turie Lee Laine born 13 January 1882 in Titus Co., TX
7. Morris Cleveland Laine
8. Jewel Reese Laine
Census records for Mary Emma (Barber) Brown Laine and Leroy W. Laine:
Pct# 2; Titus County, Texas; 4 June 1900:
25-25
Lane, L W Head W M b. June 1823 76 M20 b. AL fb. SC mb. SC
---Emma Wife W F b. Oct 1846 52 M20 8-8 b. AL fb. SC mb. SC
---Turie Dau W F b. Jan 1882 18S b. TX fb. TN mb. AL
---Morris Son W M b. May 1884 16S b. TX fb. TN mb. AL
---Jawel Son W M b. Oct 1886 b. TX fb. TN mb. AL
[Household located between the households of S.O. Brown and J.M. Lain]
Pct #3, Rotan, Fisher County, Texas, 19 April 1910:
56-58
Stevenson, John Head M W 30 M-1 5 b. TX fb. TX mb. TX
---Turie Wife F W 28 M-1 1-1 b. TX fb. TX mb. TX
---Madge Dau F W 2S b. TX fb. TX mb. TX
Lane, Mary Mil F W 64 Wd b. AL fb. SC mb. SC
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| Left to right: Mary Emma (Barber) Brown Laine and sister-in-law Lula A. (Whiteforce) Barber |
I am very interested in Mary Emma Barber, as 1) I descend from Leroy W Lain by another wife, and 2) I descend from a line of Barbers who also intermarried with people from Barbour County, Alabama, and 3) I descend from John McDonald of Jefferson County, Georgia who has some kind of a connection to Joseph, Samuel, William and Aaron Barber of Burke and Jefferson Counties, Georgia who are also some way related to Thomas Street. My maternal line of Barbers were from Bertie County, North Carolina, and moved into Georgia, Houston, Pulaski and other counties. I feel my maternal line and the Burke and Jefferson Counties GA line may be the same line. Rachel McDonald Albritton's daughter Mary Ann Albritton James moved to Barbour County, Alabama before moving to Rapides Parish, Louisiana, then on into Texas. soquili61@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWell, this is interesting on several levels. Do you descend from Leroy W. Lain's wife Rhody? I am interested in the repetition of the named Joseph and Samuel in the Georgia Barbers. What I have on my Joseph Barber is on his blog post. Mary Emma (Barber) Brown Lain was my great-grandmother. I am a Brown descendant.
DeleteLisa - I will email you this evening or tomorrow. Something to think about in the meantime: I have been very interested in the Lains because there is a lot of intermarrying into my Brown family. Mary Emma Barber's son Thomas Jefferson Brown had a Lain for a mother-in-law. She was Alice Lain who married Jess Smith. Then Mary Emma Barber's daughter Lenora H. Brown married John W. Lane. Could it be possible that these Lains are NOT related to each other? It does not seem likely.
DeleteDo you have any information on Lenora H. Brown? I an interested in her first child. W.E. Chapman. Greg Riley rileyg63@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteYikes! I've been intending to add information about Lenora Brown, but I see that I have not. I have added sources for her on Family Search, though. It is possible that I am related to her Chapman husband, but I don't know who he was. I have their son was W. Erastus Chapman who died in 1910 and is buried at Cuthand in Red River Co., TX. He married R. Eddie Thomason. They had a daughter Florene. Lenora's second husband was John W. Lane. They had three children: John Oscar Lane, Durwood Andrew Lane, and Annie Lane. Leonara (Brown) Chapman Lane died in 1932 and is buried in Ft. Worth, Texas.
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