Richard Trousdale Brown

b. 22 October 1850, d. 6 February 1925
  • Richard Trousdale Brown was born on 22 October 1850 in Wilson County, Tennessee.
  • Richard Brown and Mary Elizabeth Preston Scruggs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Lebanon PO, Wilson County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Richard Trousdale Brown. Also in the household were children Harriet F. (age 20), William (17), James K. (15), Danl H. (13), Franklin P. (9), Lilly A. J. (5) and Luisa D. (2), and two male boarders (a carpenter and a teacher).
  • Richard Brown and Mary Elizabeth Preston Scruggs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Lebanon PO, Wilson County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Richard Trousdale Brown. Also in the household were children Letta (age 15), Louisa (11), Danll H. (21), and Frank (17).
  • He was working on the farm, according to the 1870 census.
  • He married Vallie Victoria Patton, daughter of Robert Washington Patton and Mary F. Kirkpatrick, on 21 October 1875 in Wilson County, Tennessee, by license issued on the 20th, with J. B. Jackson, MG, officiating.
  • Richard Trousdale Brown and Vallie Victoria Patton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Wilson County, Tennessee, enumerated on the same page as the Joseph H. Smith household.. Other members of the household included Mary Elizabeth Brown.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
  • Richard Trousdale Brown and Vallie Victoria Patton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Wilson County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included James Alvin Brown. Also in the household were children Robert T. (age 18), John W. (15), Joe B. (9) and Kate M. (4).
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
  • Richard Brown and his family have not yet been found in the 1910 census.
  • Richard Trousdale Brown and Vallie Victoria Patton appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Wilson County, Tennessee. Also in the household was their son Robert (widower, age 37), and grandeaughters Minnie? (7) and Louis (4) Brown.
  • Richard Trousdale Brown became a widower at the 9 March 1921 death of his wife Vallie Victoria Patton.
  • Richard Trousdale Brown died on 6 February 1925 at age 74 in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee.
  • Last Edited: 28 Sep 2013

Family: Vallie Victoria Patton b. 30 August 1858, d. 9 March 1921