Margaret Melissa Jane Trett^[1]

1864 - 1942  (78 years)

• Name	Margaret Melissa Jane Trett
  Birth	8 Jun 1864	Missouri
  Gender	Female
  Death	Jul 1942	Vidette, Fulton County, AR
  Person ID	I1890	Halbstein_Parrish Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2011

  
  

  Family	John Waggonfield Brown,   b. 23 Sept 1860, Monroe County, OH d. 21 Jul 1944, Vidette, Fulton County, AR (Age 83 years)  [2]
  Marriage	Abt 1884
  Children	+ 1. Mathew Brown,   b. 21 Sep 1884, Vidette, Fulton Co., AR d. 11 Feb 1969, Newport, Jackson County, AR (Age 84 years) + 2. Artie Bell Brown,   b. 04 Sep 1887, Vidette, Fulton Co., AR d. 1970, Vidette, Fulton Co., AR (Age 82 years) + 3. Della Brown,   b. 10 Mar 1889   d. 16 Dec 1975 (Age 86 years)   4. Annie Margaret Brown,   b. 03 Feb 1891, Vidette, Fulton Co., AR bur. Mount Calm Cemetery, Viola, Fulton Co., AR   5. Rathburn Brown,   b. 16 Jul 1892, Oklahoma d. 6 Nov 1969, Oklahoma (Age 77 years)   6. Ira Edward Brown,   b. 04 Apr 1894   d. 06 May 1971 (Age 77 years) + 7. Bert Alvy Brown,   b. 15 Nov 1895   d. 3 Aug 1975 (Age 79 years)   8. Stella Mae Brown,   b. 09 Apr 1898   d. 16 Aug 1994 (Age 96 years)   9. Thomas Brown,   b. 1900   10. Floyd Allen Brown,   b. 10 Jan 1905   d. 06 Sep 1975 (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2009
  Family ID	F564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 Jun 1864 - Missouri Death - Jul 1942 - Vidette, Fulton County, AR  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  John Waggonfield Brown and Margaret Melissa Jane (Trett) Brown Headstone

  
  

• Sources

  [S119024] Baxter County Historical Society, Baxter County, Arkansas: History & Families, (Turner Publishing Company), 72. Mae Bell Foster's great-great-grandparents were Matthew Brown (March 12, 1818-April 10, 1876) and Hannah Okey (July 30, 1819-March 25, 1896). Matthew and his family moved to Fulton County from Ohio in 1866 after the Civil War. He was of German and Irish descent. He built the Brown's Chapel Methodist Church at Vidette, AR. In 1914, it become known as the Vidette Pentecostal Church until 1981. It was also used as a one-room schoolhouse until 1940. The Brown's Day Family Reunion has been held there on the Sunday before Labor Day every year since the 1960s. Matthew Brown moved from Fulton County to Baxter County, where he was appointed by the governor to public office. Matthew and Hannah Brown are buried in the Flutie Cemetery in Baxter County at Gamaliel, AR. He was a captain in Company F116 of the Ohio Infantry during the Civil War. Their son, Edward Brown (May 1, 1837-Feb. 9, 1908) married Margaret Clawce (May 11, 1837-April 2, 1915). Edward was a private in Company H36 of the Ohio Infantry during the Civil War. They are both buried in the Flutie Cemetery. Mae Belle's grandparents are buried at the Pickern Hall Cemetery in Fulton County near Gepp, AR. John Wagonfield Brown (Sept. 21, 1860-1944) married Melissa Trett (June 8, 1864-July 1942). Their son, Bert Alvy Brown (Nov. 15, 1895-Aug. 3, 1975), married Nora Johnson on Dec. 19, 1919. She was born April 19, 1901 at Cedar Point, AR and died March 31, 1978. They are buried at the Shrable Cemetery. Bert was a WWI veteran. They had seven children, one of whom was Mae Belle Brown Foster. She married Roy Foster and had three children: Laroy Foster, Freda Foster Taylor and Tony Foster. [S118980] Year: 1900; Census Place: Bennett's Bayou, Fulton Co., AR; Sheet Number and Letter: 1A; Enumeration District: 21; GSU Film Number: 1240059; Image: 00138.