Emmaline (Smith) Brown was born 13 September 1831 in Pike County, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Wyatt Smith & Euseba (Fortenberry) Smith. She was one of 9 children. Her siblings were: Saryntha, William, Jasper, Newton, Rankin, Eliza Jane, Adolphus & Walter.
On 28 April 1858 she married Allen Moses Brown. In 1870 Allen and Mary were in Osyka where he was a farmer. Their three children were at home: Jasper, Alvira & Mary.
Allen died between the 1870 & 1880 US Censuses. Allen is buried in the Wyatt Smith Cemetery. Emmaline is buried in Silver Springs Cemetery.
Family:
….. 1 Emmaline Smith b: 13 Sept 1831 in Pike, MS, d: 03 Aug 1920 Pike, MS
….. + Allen Moses Brown b: 26 Jan 1836 Liberty, Amite, MS, m: 28 April 1858, d: Aft. 1870
……….. 2 Mary E. Brown b: 13 August 1861
……….. 2 Jasper Pascal Brown b: 15 May 1865 in Pike, MS, d: 08 June 1950 in McComb, Pike, MS
……….. + Rose Ella Brumfield b: 18 July 1867 in MS, m: 21 Dec 1887 in Pike, MS, d: 02 Oct 1948 in Magnolia, Pike, MS
…………….. 3 Lucy Viola Brown b: 16 Oct 1888 in MS, d: 23 March 1942
…………….. + Tate Edward Fortenberry b: 14 Jan 1885 MS, m: 17 Dec 1908 MS
…………….. 3 Ina Lucille Brown b: 29 Dec1890 MS, d: 25 July 1972
…………….. + Dewitt William Alford b: 29 Oct 1874 LA m: 08 Dec 1910 LA, d: 24 May 1942
…………….. 3 Junius Earl Brown b: 12 May 1892 MS, d: Jan 1956
…………….. + Armetha Brown
…………….. 3 Hubert Allen Brown b: 1 Oct 1894 in MS, d: 25 Nov 1971 Jackson, Hinds, MS
…………….. + Freddie Smith b: 19 Nov 1899, m: 10 Jan 1920 Pike, MS, d: 21 April 1988 in MS
…………….. 3 Mavis Marie Brown b: 18 Aug 1897 MS, d: 28 June 1928 MS
…………….. + Denny Herbert Smith b: 3 March 1892 Tylertown, Walthall, MS, d: 18 March 1966 in MS
…………….. 3 Lyda Mearl Brown b: 24 Dec 1900 in Pike, MS, d: 06 Dec 1979 MS
…………….. + Arlie Pierce b: 27 January 1898 in Walthall, MS d: 1993
…………….. 3 Roy Jesse Brown b: 08 March 1902 in Osyka, Pike, MS, d: 12 May 1956 in Magnolia, Pike, MS
…………….. + Ivy Regina Mark b: 08 June 1908 Medina, Medina, Ohio, m: 02 Aug 1927 in Seville, Medina, Ohio, d: 18 Sept 2003 Dutchess Co, NY
…………….. + Mary Thelma Ellzey b: 22 Feb 1906 Pike, MS, d: Jan 1974 Magnolia, Pike, MS
…………….. 3 Mildred Olga Brown b: 23 June 1904 MS
…………….. + James Alton Ball b: 22 March 1902 in Angie, Washington, LA, m: 24 Dec 1921 in Vernado, LA
…………….. 3 Thelma Lady Brown b: 27 Feb 1908 MS, d: 15 Nov 1979
…………….. + Reynolds
……….. 2 Alvira E. Brown b: 5 Aug 1868
Selected Sources:
- 1860 US Census. Amite, Mississippi. Post Office, Liberty. M653-577. Allen & Emmaline Brown.
- 1870 U.S. Census, Pike Co., Mississippi; 1870; Township #1 Range 9, East Pike County, Post Office: Osyka, Mississippi; Page 3, Line 19. Allen M Brown family.
- 1880 U. S. Census, Pike Co., Mississippi; 1880; First District, Beat #1; Page 56, Line 467. Emmaline Brown family.
- Adrianne Fortenberry Criminger, THE FORTENBERRY FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI; 1677-1984; South Carolina, Southern Historical Press, Inc, 1984.
- ‘Cemetery Inscription Pike County, Mississippi 1750 – 1978’ by Ray & June Sartin Parish. Page 610. Emmaline S. Brown in Silver Springs Baptist Church cemetery.