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John Brown was born on December 27th, 1816 in North Carolina.1   John Brown's father was John McFarland and his mother was Mary Keahey.  His maternal grandparents were John Keahey and Martha Jackson. He had two brothers and a sister, named George Jackson, William Smiley and Sarah.  He was the second oldest of the four children.  He died at the age of 72 on August 1st, 1889 in Heidelberg, Jasper Co., Mississippi.  He was buried in McFarland Cemetery, Heidelberg, Jasper Co., Mississippi.1 1 


John Brown's family with Flora McCraney

‌John Brown and Flora were married in a religious ceremony in June 1854 in Heidelberg, Jasper Co., Mississippi.1   They had four sons and seven daughters, named George Calvin, William Jackson, John Roderick, Kenneth Virgil, Sarah Jane, Mary Isabelle, Margaret Jeannette, Ida Katherine, Martha Ella, Vivian Evelyn and Flora Edith.

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