Text: 1870 US Census
Urbana, Frederick, Maryland
PO Urbana
Henry Utz 33
Deborah Utz 31
Mary Utz 7
Anna Utz 5
Hannah Utz 3
Minnie Utz 4/12

  Text: 1880 US Census
New Windsor, Carroll, Maryland
Henry Utz 44
Deborah Utz 42
Mary E. Utz 17
Annie Utz 15
Hannah Utz 13
Minnie Utz 11
Jonas Utz 9
Daniel Utz 7
Rosa Utz 2

  Text: 1900 US Census
Election District 3, Anne Arundel, Maryland USA
Marriage year: 1880
Charles Brown 40
Mary Brown 42
Christiana Brown 16
Joseph Brown 12
Frank Brown 15
Alice Brown 11

  Text: 1910 US Census
Election District 6, Howard, Maryland
Charles T Brown 50
Mary Brown 47
‎[42]‎
Henry Brown 19
William Brown 15

  Text: 1920 US Census
Baltimore Ward 14, Baltimore ‎(Independent City)‎, Maryland USA
Charles Brown 61
Mary A Brown 59
Emma Brown 39

  Text: Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899 Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899
Name: CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN
Spouse: MARY E. UTZ
Marriage Date: 9 Feb 1884
County: Carroll
State: MD

  Text: The American Sentinel
Westminster, Maryland
Friday Afternoon
August 18, 1905
Frontpage
MARRIED BY ELDER FRANKLIN
Three Hundred and Eighty-Six White and Colored Couples were Married by Him.
Following is a list of persons married by Elder Wm. H. Franklin, of Sam's Creek,
this county, who died week before last.
The list was taken from his register.

1884, Feb. 20, Charles W. Brown and Mary E. Utz

Directory of Ministers and the Maryland Churches They Served
1634-1990, Volime I: A-K, by Edna Agatha Kanely
Page 235
"Franklin, William H. ‎(3 Feb 1830-31 July 1905)‎
‎(Brethren)‎‎(German Baptist or Dunkards)‎
Sams Creek, after 1869 no date; Pipe Creek, no date."

They were married at Sam's Creek Church parsonage,
with Elder Franklin officiating, and Casper Baker and Mary L. Brown as
witnesses.


Sam's Creek COB, MD, located four miles se, of New Windsor in Carroll Co. Brethren began settling on Sam's Creek about 1740. Elder Martin Urner, Sr. and Martin Urner, Jr. ministered to the Brethren on Sam's Creek after 1751. Meetings were held in homes and the Brown meetinghouse after 1900, then in the Friendship schoolhouse after 1836. The present meetinghouse was built in 1860. Members began asking to separate from the Pipe Creek congregation in 1850, but the Sam's Creek congregation was not independently organized until 1885, with seventy members. A meetinghouse was also built by Sam's Creek and Pipe Creek in 1907. The Sam's Creek congregation had fifty-four members in 1980.

  Text: Mary Ellen died when her 5 living children were very young and were parceled out to farmers in the area.

Publication: Ancestry.com. Web: Find A Grave Index, 1788-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave.
  Text: Mary E. Brown
Birth: Dec. 27, 1862
Death: May 12, 1897

Family links:
Spouse:
William Brown ‎(____ - 1936)‎
Burial:
Prospect Cemetery
Mount Airy
Frederick County
Maryland, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 95656343

Publication: Ancestry.com. Web: Find A Grave Index, 1788-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave.
  Text: Mary E. Brown
Birth: Dec. 27, 1862
Death: May 12, 1897

Family links:
Spouse:
William Brown ‎(____ - 1936)‎
Burial:
Prospect Cemetery
Mount Airy
Frederick County
Maryland, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 95656343