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BROWN Genealogy includes BROWN, GWINN, YATES, and TURLEY information. We are related to saints, scoundrels, royalty, and, of course, regular folk. We are from West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia, and we are of Irish, English, German, French, Welsh, Scottish, Scandinavian, and Native American descent. Advanced testing says our BROWN (I-M253 y-DNA) paternal line from Scotland is of Viking origin. Our GWINN (R1b-M222 yDNA) solves an old origins debate between Wales and Ireland by highly suggesting Ireland, which matches our oldest family records. Our YATES (R1b-U152 yDNA) suggests before Southern England our ancestors could very well have been Roman (Legionaires?) after migrating from the Hallstat/La Tene Cultures near the Alps about 3500 BC. Our TURLEY (W5 mt-DNA) maternal line of German Mennonites can be traced to the Neolithic Indus Valley, which is present day India-Pakistan. Our lineage also includes surnames RAMEY, LEMASTER, CARSON, TREVEY, HILL, MYERS, SLONE, YOUNG, FOX, O’CONNOR, VICKERS, BRIDGE, TABOR, HOLBROOK, JONES, EHRHART, DANIEL, SEXTON, CHANDLER, HIGGINBOTHAM, BRAGG, LASBY, SULLIVAN, GILLESPIE, PRICE, SHAW, KING, DAVIDSON, BECKELHYMER, ROBBINS, FUGATE, CASSIDY, MAUZY, NIXON, RUPPERT, GHENT, WHEELER, ARNOLD, GIBSON, CASTLE, WILSON, LOWERY, HARRAH, RICHMOND, SMITH, MCELWEE, BECK, BROOKINGS, HIGGINS, PARKER, LEE, and EAST, among others.

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Our BROWN Family History by John K Brown

BROWN-GWINN 16-Generation Family Tree

Our Civil War Ancestors – 1860
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Samuel Harrison BROWN’s family:
1. Low BROWN (65) Mary (TABOR) BROWN (42) and Thomas BROWN (2)
2. Stephen TABOR (70)
3. Wylie HILL (32) Malinda (HOLBROOK) HILL (29) and Nancy HILL (2)
4. Wesley HILL (57) and Mary (ROBBINS) HILL (63)
5. Buck HOLBROOK (60)

Daisy (RAMEY) BROWN’s family:
6. Harrison RAMEY (46) Mahala (JONES) RAMEY (33) and John RAMEY (11)
7. Martha (CASSIDY) RAMEY (80)
8. Benjamin MYERS (54) Rachel (EHRHART) MYERS (49) and Helen MYERS (9)
9. David EHRHART (75)

James Franklin YATES’ family:
10. John YATES (26) Anna (DANIEL) YATES (27) and James Marion YATES (b. 1864)
11. James DANIEL (59) and Elizabeth (WHEELER) DANIEL (53)
12. Polly (BORDERS) DANIEL (70)
13. Harkman SLONE (49) Mary (SEXTON Green) SLONE (20) and Caroline SLONE (b. 1863)
13b. David SEXTON (63) and Lucrecia (GIBSON) SEXTON (57)
13c. George GIBSON (76) and Ruth (LINDLEY) GIBSON (60)
14. Margaret (GHENT) YATES (53)

Sarah Elizabeth (LEMASTER) YATES’ family:
15. Daniel LEMASTER (25) Nancy (CHANDLER) LEMASTER (24) and Henry LEMASTER (1)
16. William LEMASTER (45) and Sally (GHENT) LEMASTER (41)
17. Eleanor (JAYNE) LEMASTER (61)
18. Robert Hood YOUNG (20) Fanny (LEMASTER) YOUNG (19) and Anna YOUNG (b. 1865)
19. William YOUNG (50)
20. William JAYNE (85) and Dorcus (RAMEY) JAYNE (85)
21. Mahala (CASTLE YOUNG) JOBE (51)
22. Benjamin CASTLE (69) and Sarah (SALYER) CASTLE (75)
23. Henry CHANDLER (45) and Jemima (WHEELER) CHANDLER (42)
24. James WHEELER (61)

Samuel William GWINN’s family:
25. Enos GWINN (43) Frances (HIGGINBOTHAM) GWINN (31) and Andrew GWINN (10)
26. Elizabeth (WILSON) GWINN (73)
27. Samuel HIGGINBOTHAM (55) and Rebecca (LOWERY) HIGGINBOTHAM (56)
28. Frances (LINTON) LOWERY (78)
29. James Perry FOX (35, POW, d. 1864) Margaret (BRAGG) FOX (35) and Louisa FOX (10)
30. William FOX (59) and Margaret (HARRAH) FOX (63)
31. Elizabeth (DURHAM) FOX (80)
32. Nancy (RICHMOND) BRAGG (65)

Mary Ellen CARSON GWINN’s family:
33. John CARSON (27) Catharine (O’CONNOR) CARSON (29) and Mary CARSON (b. 1871)
34. William CARSON and Catharine (LASBY) CARSON
35. James O’CONNOR and Catharine (SULLIVAN) O’CONNOR.

Jesse TURLEY’s family:

36. Christopher TURLEY (31) Susan (GILLESPIE) TURLEY (30) and William TURLEY (8)
37. John TURLEY (56) and Susan (SMITH) TURLEY (54)
38. Samuel GILLESPIE (63)
39. Joseph VICKERS (41) Frances (PRICE) VICKERS (38) and Virginia VICKERS (6)
40. Lucy (BECK) VICKERS (67)
41. Benjamin PRICE (65) and Salinda (BROOKINGS) PRICE (65)
42. Elizabeth (MORRIS) PRICE (71)

Alma Lillian TREVEY TURLEY’s family:

43. Robert TREVEY (44) Margaret (SHAW) TREVEY (49) and Edward Bascom TREVEY (2)
44. Alexander BRIDGE (25) Harriet (KING) BRIDGE (25) and Virginia Angeline BRIDGE (3)
45. James BRIDGE (52)
46. Elizabeth (EAST) KING (57)
47. Maria (LOUDERMILK) EAST (90)

BROWN-GWINN Wedding
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Edith (YATES) BROWN and Marvin BROWN, Anne (GWINN) BROWN and John Marlin BROWN, Lillian (TURLEY) GWINN and Joseph Kenneth GWINN, 1962.

Our BROWN-GWINN Family Album

John K. Brown was born in Charleston, West Virginia, in 1962, the son of John M. and Anne (Gwinn) Brown. A 1980 graduate of Charleston High School, he earned all-state honors in soccer and played collegiately at the University of Charleston and Marshall University, where he served as president of Pi Kappa Alpha and earned a B.A. in Journalism in 1984, with minors in English and History. A retired investment broker of 33 years, John is the author of Love Theory of Everything—Metagapism, which presents his philosophical framework grounded in love. He is the owner of Brown’s Antique Mall in Nitro, W.Va. Long active in civic and church life, he has served in political leadership roles and directed religious education for several years. He also coached youth sports and built most of the local youth leagues’ websites. A genealogist since the age of thirteen, John has lived in Hurricane, Saint Albans, and Marietta, Ohio. He is the father of three children — Allison, Michael, and Christopher — and grandfather of five. He lives in Scott Depot, W.Va., with his wife, Tammy, and their dogs, Penny and Daisy, and enjoys family time, sports, antiques, the outdoors, and reading.