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Martha Stephens was born 12 October 1806 in Davidson County, North Carolina [Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina]. She was the third child, second daughter, of Alexander Stephens and Mary (Polly) Dailey or Daley. Alexander Stephens was born in Hillsborough, Chatham County, North Carolina in 1775 as the son of Richard Stephens and Martha Ann Roberts [or Robards]. Mary Dailey was born on the 19 November 1778 in Rowan County, North Carolina, to William Dailey (1750-1840) [from Ireland] and Mary Palmer (1757-1819) . Alexander and Mary were married in Rowan County, North Carolina . They were members of the Baptist Church all their lives. They raised a family of eleven children. After Alexander's death February 2, 1834 in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, Mary Dailey Stephens married (2) George Naught or Knaught or Knott on April 1, 1841.
Martha Stephens married Captain James Brown on March 2, 1823. in Flat Swamp, Rowan County, North Carolina the marriage was performed by Ranson Harris.
Martha has the distinction of being the wife of James Brown's youth and helping in his ambitious business undertakings. Martha bore him eight sons, and one daughter, all living to adult age, except one, marrying and rearing large families, all of them a credit to her. Most of her children resembled her in physique and inherited her evident calmness and contented outlook on life. When her last son, Moroni, was born in her thirty-fourth year, she passed away on the 28th day of Septmber 1849 in Kingston, Adams County, Illinois. She had received the Gospel when her husband did, as also did her brother and other of the Stephens family, who later came to Utah and settled in Ogden. Her sister, Elizabeth Stephens, who married James Brown's brother Daniel Brown, also came to Utah and lived to a good old age and died and were buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah
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Born: 29 June 1824 at Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, North Carolina Married: (1) Ann Foutz 25 January 1841 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois (div); (2) Lovina Wilson 24 Oct 1854, (3) Louisa Wilson 23 Oct 1854 (div) (4) Almeda Daley Wilson 13 Oct 1888 Died: 13 Oct. 1888 West Weber, Weber, Utah |
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Born: 3 March 1826 at Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, North Carolina Married: Amanda McMurty 31 May 1850 at Greenwood Valley, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California Died: 22 April 1910 at 306 Second Street, Ogden, Weber, Utah |
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Born: 26 March 1829 at Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, North Carolina Married: Caroline Stewart 16 Jul 1857 Yankee Jim's, Placer, California Died: 29 January 1905 at Ogden, Weber, Utah |
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Born: 27 December 1830, at Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, North Carolina Married: (1) Eleazer Davis 1845 (div); (2) David or John A. Price Sanford after 1860 Rexburg, Madison, Idaho Died: February 19, 1895 in Iowa, she is buried in the Ogden City Cemetery, Utah |
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Born: 7 December 1832, at Flat Creek Swamp, Davidson County, North Carolina Unmarried: Died: 1850/1864 in Ogden, Weber, Utah |
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Born: 17 November 1834, at Versailles, Brown County, Illinois Married: Adelaid Exervid/Exervia 24 Jul 1855 Fort Supply, Uinta, Wyoming (Utah Territory) by James Stephens Brown Died: 26 December 1924 at Ogden, Weber, Utah. |
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Born: 21 August 1836, at Beverly, Adams County, Illinois
Married: Mary Elizabeth Bybee c. 1861 Ogden, Weber, Utah Died: 19 October 1904 |
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Born: 9 May 1838, at Beverly, Adams County, Illinois Married: Susan A. Wright Died: 24 December 1863 at Ogden, Weber, Utah . |
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Born: 25 September 1840, at Beverly, Adams County, Illinois Married: (1) Evaline Cindralla Conover 6 Mar 1863 SLC; (2) Frances Mariah Porter 22 Mar 1875; (3) Alice Barnes bef. Aug 1916 Died: 14 August 1916 Ogden, Weber, Utah. |
Back Row: Moroni Brown [1840], Wilson Brown [1830, son of Daniel], William Brown [1836], Willis Brown [1834, son of Daniel], James Morehead Brown [1834], William Brown [1824, son of Daniel], Jesse Sowell Brown [1828].
Seated: John Martin Brown [1824], James Stephens Brown [1828, son of Daniel], Alexander Brown [1826].
 This cradle first belonged to Martha Stephens Brown. In 1849 Abigail Abbott Brown brought it across the plains by wagon to Brownsville. Continued use by Phebe Abbott Brown and later by Phebe's daughter Cynthia Fife Layton. ECLJ |
Hooded Wood CradleSquare wood nails hold sides, rockers are attached by mortise and tenon joint. |
 In 1982 Erin G. (Brown) Murphy is the last baby to sleep and play in this cradle. This Cradle is in the Ogden City, Weber County, Utah D.U.P Museum.Donated by Orson Pratt Brown's granddaughter. |
Erin Murphy sleeping in the Brown Family cradle on March 18, 1982
PAF - Archer files = Captain James Brown + (1) Martha Stephens < dau of Alexander Stephens and Mary Daley.
PAF - Archer files = Captain James Brown + (7) Phebe Abigail Abbott > Orson Pratt Brown
See: The Stephens' Family Ancestral Line
Stalwarts of Mormonism
Story on James Brown in the Ogden Standard Examiner, 31 AUG 1970
http://www.bowlbyfamily.org/ancestor/d19493.htm
http://www.vangundy.net/familytree/index.htm
http://www.brownhistory.org/CJBWives_Children.htm#Wiscombe's CJB Wives By Erold C. Wiscombe
Book of Remembrance written by Hattie Critchlow Jensen and Louella Brown Tanner prior to 1948
Picture of Ten Sons of Captain James Brown and Daniel Brown was contributed by Erold Clark Wiscombe.
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ORSON PRATT BROWN WEBSITE HOMEPAGE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BIOGRAPHIES 
OPB FAMILY BLOG SITE
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ADDRESS LIST FOR BROWN FAMILY
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ORSON PRATT BROWN FAMILY REUNIONS
... Easter 1986 through October 2005
... ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION - BY-LAWS
COMMENTS AND INPUT ON ARTICLES
... Published December 2007:
"ORSON PRATT BROWN AND HIS FIVE WONDERFUL WIVES VOL. I and II"
By Erold C. Wiscombe
... Published March 2009:
"CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN AND HIS 13 WIVES"
(unfortunately the publisher incorrectly changed the photo
and spelling of Phebe Abbott Brown Fife's name
after it was proofed by this author)
Researched and Compiled by Erold C. Wiscombe
... Published 2012:
"Finding Refuge in El Paso"
By Fred E. Woods [ISBN: 978-1-4621-1153-4]
Includes O.P Brown's activities as Special Church Agent in El Paso
and the Juarez Stake Relief Committee Minutes of 1912.
...Published 2012:
"Colonia Morelos: Un ejemplo de ética mormona
junto al río Bavispe (1900-1912)"
By Irene Ríos Figueroa [ISBN: 978-607-7775-27-0]
Includes O.P. Brown's works as Bishop of Morelos. Written in Spanish.
...Published 2014:
"The Diaries of Anthony W. Ivins 1875 - 1932"
By Elizabeth Oberdick Anderson [ISBN: 978-156085-226-1]
Mentions O.P. Brown more than 30 times as Ivins' companion.
... To be Published Soon:
"CAPTAIN JAMES BROWN 1801-1863:
TEMPER BY NATURE, TEMPERED BY FAITH"
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ORSON PRATT BROWN FAMILY UPDATES... FAMILY GROUP PHOTOS
... FAMILY REUNIONS
... Lily Gonzalez Brown 80th Birthday Party-Reunion
July 14, 2007 in American Fork, Utah
...Gustavo Brown Family Reunion in October 2007
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ORSON PRATT BROWN 1863-1946...... Wives and 35 Children Photo Chart
...... Chronology
...... Photo Gallery of OPB
...... Letters
ORSON'S JOURNALS AND BIOGRAPHIES...... Biographical Sketch of the Life Orson Pratt Brown
...... History of Orson Pratt Brown by Orson P. Brown
...... Journal & Reminiscences of Capt. Orson P. Brown
...... Memories of Orson P. Brown by C. Weiler Brown
...... Orson Pratt Brown by "Hattie" Critchlow Jensen
...... Orson Pratt Brown by Nelle Spilsbury Hatch
...... Orson Pratt Brown by W. Ayrd Macdonald
ORSON PRATT BROWN'S PARENTS...... Wives and 29 / 43 Children Photo Chart
...... Captain James Brown's Letters & Journal
...... Brown Family Memorabilia
...... Mormon Battalion 1846-1847
...... Brown's Fort ~ then Brownsville, Utah
...... Chronology of Captain James Brown
ORSON'S GRANDPARENTS- James Brown of Rowan County, N.C. 1757-1823
- Mary Williams of Rowan County, N.C. 1760-1832
- Stephen Joseph Abbott of, PA 1804-1843
- Abigail Smith of Williamson, N.Y. 1806-1889
- John Fife of Tulliallan, Scotland 1807-1874
- Mary Meek Nicol, Carseridge, Scotland 1809-1850
ORSON PRATT BROWN'S 5 WIVES- Martha "Mattie" Diana Romney Brown 1870-1943
- Jane "Jennie" Bodily Galbraith Brown 1879-1944
- Elizabeth Graham MacDonald Webb Brown 1874-1904
- Eliza Skousen Brown Abbott Burk 1882-1958
- Angela Maria Gavaldón Brown 1919-1967
ORSON PRATT BROWN'S 35 CHILDREN- (Martha) Carrie Brown (child) 1888-1890
- (Martha) Orson Pratt Brown, Jr. (child) 1890-1892
- (Martha) Ray Romney Brown 1892-1945
- (Martha) Clyde Romney Brown 1893-1948
- (Martha) Miles Romney Brown 1897-1974
- (Martha) Dewey B. Brown 1898-1954
- (Martha) Vera Brown Foster Liddell Ray 1901-1975
- (Martha) Anthony Morelos Brown 1904-1970
- (Martha) Phoebe Brown Chido Gardiner 1906-1973
- (Martha) Orson Juarez Brown 1908-1981
- (Jane) Ronald Galbraith Brown 1898-1969
- (Jane) Grant "Duke" Galbraith Brown 1899-1992
- (Jane) Martha Elizabeth Brown Leach Moore 1901-1972
- (Jane) Pratt Orson Galbraith Brown 1905-1960
- (Jane) William Galbraith Brown (child) 1905-1912
- (Jane) Thomas Patrick Porfirio Diaz Brown 1907-1978
- (Jane) Emma Jean Galbraith Brown Hamilton 1909-1980
- (Elizabeth) (New born female) Webb 1893-1893
- (Elizabeth) Elizabeth Webb Brown Jones 1895-1982
- (Elizabeth) Marguerite Webb Brown Shill 1897-1991
- (Elizabeth) Donald MacDonald Brown 1902-1971
- (Elizabeth) James Duncan Brown 1904-1943
- (Eliza) Gwen Skousen Brown Erickson Klein 1903-1991
- (Eliza) Anna Skousen Brown Petrie Encke 1905-2001
- (Eliza) Otis Pratt Skousen Brown 1907-1987
- (Eliza) Orson Erastus Skousen Brown (infant) 1909-1910
- (Eliza) Francisco Madera Skousen Brown 1911-1912
- (Eliza) Elizabeth Skousen Brown Howell 1914-1999
- (Angela) Silvestre Gustavo Brown 1919-
- (Angela) Bertha Erma Elizabeth Brown 1922-1979
- (Angela) Pauly Gabaldón Brown 1924-1998
- (Angela) Aaron Aron Saul Brown 1925
- (Angela) Mary Angela Brown Hayden Green 1927
- (Angela) Heber Jedediah Brown (infant) 1936-1936
- (Angela) Martha Gabaldón Brown Gardner 1940
ORSON'S SIBLINGS from MOTHER PHEBE- Stephen Abbott Brown 1851-1853
- Phoebe Adelaide Brown Snyder 1855-1930
- Cynthia Abigail Fife Layton 1867-1943
- (New born female) Fife 1870-1870
- (Toddler female) Fife 1871-1872
ORSON'S 28 SIBLINGS from JAMES BROWN- (Martha Stephens) John Martin Brown 1824-1888
- (Martha Stephens) Alexander Brown 1826-1910
- (Martha Stephens) Jesse Stowell Brown 1828-1905
- (Martha Stephens) Nancy Brown Davis Sanford 1830-1895
- (Martha Stephens) Daniel Brown 1832-1864
- (Martha Stephens) James Moorhead Brown 1834-1924
- (Martha Stephens) William Brown 1836-1904
- (Martha Stephens) Benjamin Franklin Brown 1838-1863
- (Martha Stephens) Moroni Brown 1838-1916
- (Susan Foutz) Alma Foutz Brown (infant) 1842-1842
- (Esther Jones) August Brown (infant) 1843-1843
- (Esther Jones) Augusta Brown (infant) 1843-1843
- (Esther Jones) Amasa Lyman Brown (infant) 1845-1845
- (Esther Jones) Alice D. Brown Leech 1846-1865
- (Esther Jones) Esther Ellen Brown Dee 1849-1893
- (Sarah Steadwell) James Harvey Brown 1846-1912
- (Mary McRee) George David Black 1841-1913
- (Mary McRee) Mary Eliza Brown Critchlow1847-1903
- (Mary McRee) Margaret Brown 1849-1855
- (Mary McRee) Mary Brown Edwards Leonard 1852-1930
- (Mary McRee) Joseph Smith Brown 1856-1903
- (Mary McRee) Josephine Vilate Brown Newman 1858-1917
- (Phebe Abbott) Stephen Abbott Brown (child) 1851-1853
- (Phebe Abbott) Phoebe Adelaide Brown 1855-1930
- (Cecelia Cornu) Charles David Brown 1856-1926
- (Cecelia Cornu) James Fredrick Brown 1859-1923
- (Lavinia Mitchell) Sarah Brown c. 1857-
- (Lavinia Mitchell) Augustus Hezekiah Brown c. 1859
ORSON'S 17 SIBLINGS from STEPFATHER FIFE- (Diane Davis) Sarah Jane Fife White 1855-1932
- (Diane Davis) William Wilson Fife 1857-1897
- (Diane Davis) Diana Fife Farr 1859-1904
- (Diane Davis) John Daniel Fife 1863-1944
- (Diane Davis) Walter Thompson Fife 1866-1827
- (Diane Davis) Agnes Ann "Aggie" Fife 1869-1891
- (Diane Davis ) Emma Fife (child) 1871-1874
- (Diane Davis) Robert Nicol Fife (infant) 1873-1874
- (Diane Davis) Barnard Fife (infant) 1881-1881
- (Cynthia Abbott) Mary Lucina Fife Hutchins 1868-1950
- (Cynthia Abbott) Child Fife (infant) 1869-1869
- (Cynthia Abbott) David Nicol Fife 1871-1924
- (Cynthia Abbott) Joseph Stephen Fife (child) 1873-1878
- (Cynthia Abbott) James Abbott Fife (infant) 1877-1878
ORSON PRATT BROWN'S IN-LAWS- (Diana) Caroline Lambourne 18461979
- (Diana) Miles Park Romney 1843-1904
- (Jane) Emma Sarah Bodily 1858-1935
- (Jane) William Wilkie Galbraith 1838-1898
- (Elizabeth) Alexander F. Macdonald 1825-1903
- (Elizabeth) Elizabeth Atkinson 1841-1922
- (Eliza) Anne Kirstine Hansen 1845-1916
- (Eliza) James Niels Skousen 1828-1912
- (Angela) Maria Durán de Holguin 1876-1955
- (Angela) José Tomás Gabaldón 1874-1915
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