BROWN FAMILY HISTORY

The Brown family history traces back to the mid-1800s to Julia Patterson. Julia was born in 1847 and died in December of 1940 at the age of 94.  Since it was the defeat of the South in the Civil War that resulted in abolition of slavery as a result of the Amendment to the Constitution in 1865, it is safe to assume that Julia was born a slave. Julia had a daughter, Anna (better known as Grandma Tish). Grandma Tish was born February 15, 1878 and died May 17, 1959.