Text: Linganore, Frederick, Maryland USA Charles W. Brown 47 Lydia E. Brown 40 Charles W. Brown 19 Mollie L. Brown 17 Harriet V. Brown 13 Julia A. Brown 11 Lusitta B. Brown 7 David B. Brown 6 Walter B. Brown 3 Guy Brown 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: 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.
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: William Brown Birth: unknown Death: Jun. 9, 1936 Baltimore County Maryland, USA died in Silver Springs, Maryland Family links: Spouse: Mary E Brown (1862 - 1897)* Burial: Prospect Cemetery Mount Airy Frederick County Maryland, USA Find A Grave Memorial# 48890267
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: William Brown Birth: unknown Death: Jun. 9, 1936 Baltimore County Maryland, USA died in Silver Springs, Maryland Family links: Spouse: Mary E Brown (1862 - 1897)* Burial: Prospect Cemetery Mount Airy Frederick County Maryland, USA Find A Grave Memorial# 48890267