Caleb Sheperd Brown
(1811-1866)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rhoda Peters Straw

Caleb Sheperd Brown

  • Born: 6 May 1811
  • Marriage (1): Rhoda Peters Straw on 12 Feb 1835 in Moultonboro, New Hampshire
  • Died: 3 Dec 1866 at age 55
  • Buried: Wadsworth Cemetery in Danvers, Massachusetts
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bullet  General Notes:

POM DOM per IGI files

1850 Danvers, Essex, MA Caleb S. Brown 38 Rhoda 37 Augustus 14 Franklin 9 Lucelia 3 Horace Straw 32 Martha Straw 28 Mary Straw 1 yr

1855 Danvers, Essex, MA Caleb S. Brown b1813 NH Rhoda 1814 NH Augusta 1837 NH Franklin 1841 MA Laulia 1847 MA

1860 Danvers, Essex County, MA Caleb Brown age 47 Rhoda P age 46 Augusta J. age 25 Franklin age 19 Lucille age 13 R.T. age 20

1865 Danvers, MA Caleb is 54, Rhoda is 53 and son Frank 24 and dau Lucille is 18

There was at least one son born before 1843

Burials in Wadsworth Cemetery in Brown plot:

Sarah wife of Nathaniel Brown who died at age 37 (born c1742) on 1 May 1779. She died before Caleb was born so is not his mother. Nathaniel not buried there. Then there are 2 children of Louis Brown and Abigail ____ and they are: George F. who died 11 Oct 1852 at 5 mos 19days and Willie L. who died 28 Sept 1864. Who is Louis Brown? Was he a child of Caleb's? Then there is an Albert G Brown listed as son but with no dates. So it is not determined whose son he is. Could he be the son of Rhoda's in the letters who was sick? Then we have Sarah E. Brown born c1833 who died 5 Jan 1863 age 30 yrs. Her husband is Ansel H. Webster born c1829 and died 12 Mar 1861 age 32 with a son Willie who died 10 april 1856 no age given. Then there is Susan born c1826 who died 7 July 1874 age 48 the wife of Aaron F. Danforth. He born 1867 and died 1891 the s/o Wm T. Danforth and Lydia Jane LNU. Aaron Danforth also married Hannah P. ____ who died 29 Feb 1848 age 32 so she would have been his first wife and bur with him in same plot and Susan Brown his second wife? bur in Brown plot. A s/o Danforth's Joseph born c1863 who died 21 Sept 1887 age 24y 5m is buried in Danforth plot but is a probable s/o Susan's based on the dates.


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Caleb married Rhoda Peters Straw, daughter of Samuel Straw and Rhoda Chase, on 12 Feb 1835 in Moultonboro, New Hampshire. (Rhoda Peters Straw was born on 20 May 1812 in Sandwich, Carroll County, New Hampshire, died on 12 Feb 1885 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts and was buried in Wadsworth Cemetery in Danvers, Massachusetts.). The cause of her death was pyelonephritis.




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