Lucretia Brown
Lucretia Brown (maiden name: Simpson) was born around 1809 in Hollis, Maine, to Thomas Simpson. She married Samuel Brown on April 14, 1835, and they had at least seven children: Mary, born around 1836; Jane, born around 1839; James, born around 1841; John, born around 1843; Sarah, born around 1845; Anna, born around 1847; and Eliza, born around 1851. They lived in Hollis, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1850, they owned $700 of real estate. Her husband died in 1853.
 
Her son John served in the Union army, and he died on November 13, 1863. She applied for a mother’s pension in July 1865 and eventually secured one. By 1870, she owned $300 of real estate and $250 of personal property. She died of consumption in Hollis on March 19, 1896.
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(3423)Brown, Lucretia ~ Simpson, Lucretia18091896-03-19
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 15

  • (9273) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, 15 December 1861
  • (9274) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, 23 January 1862
  • (9275) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, 27 May 1862
  • (9276) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, 7 August 1862
  • (9277) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, 19 August 1862
  • (9278) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, 31 September 1862
  • (9279) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, 20 January 1863
  • (9280) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, 1 March 1863
  • (9281) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, 8 June 1863
  • (9282) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, 24 June 1863
  • (9283) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, 25 August 1863
  • (9284) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, 26 September 1863
  • (9285) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, 6 October 1863
  • (9286) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, 9 November 1863
  • (9287) [recipient] ~ John Brown to Lucretia Brown, August 186X

People - Records: 1

  • (3423) Brown, Lucretia is the [parent of] (3422) Brown, John

Places - Records: 1

  • (3037) [birth, death, residence in 1860, residence in 1870] ~ Hollis, York County, Maine

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Mother’s Pension Records of Lucretia Brown, available from Fold3.com; Maine Death Records, 1761-1922, available from Ancestry.com