Smith Cemetery ~ John Jay Brown ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Brown, John Jay
LAST: Brown FIRST: John MID: Jay
GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE: 
BORN: 26 Jan 1827 DIED: 18 July 1902 BURIED:  (Smith Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  farmer
BIRTH PLACE:  New York
DEATH PLACE: Polk Co, Oregon
NOTES: 
MARRIAGE - J.J. Brown & Mrs Nancy G. Kenoyer md 13 May 1866, Marion Co, Oregon
1900 OR CENSUS - John J. Brown (b Jan 1827, New York) enumerated with wife of 34 years Nancy (b Jan 1844, Missouri, mother of no children) and adopted son Wallace (b June 1872, California)
PROBATE - J. Jay Brown of Lewisville, Polk Co, Oregon, died 18 July 1902, leaving a will dated 8 Aug 1891; will names wife Nancy G. Brown and foster son Wallace T. Brown; petition for probate of will names heirs as wife Nancy G. Brown (58y, of Lewisville) and adopted son Wallace T. Brown (30y, of Lewisville)
OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 
J. Jay
Brown
Jan. 26, 1827
July 18, 1902
SOURCES: 
Marion Co, Oregon, Marriage Records
1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Luckiamute, ED 176, FA#80)
Polk Co Probate File 790, Oregon State Archives
CONTACTS: 
ROW: 45-3