MARY L. (LOGEE) BROWN
    w/o ALEXANDER C. BROWN
Generation Six

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41. Mary L. Logee6 (Caleb Jr.5, Caleb Sr.4, Philip3, Abraham2, Philip1) 
Born: abt. 1830 or 1832 Rhode Island
Died: 24 Feb 1908 City of Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Married: Alexander C. Brown 25 Nov 1852 Blackstone, Worcester County, Massachusetts
He Born: 1830 Rhode Island
He Died: 11 Feb 1922 City of Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Children:

  1. i. Walter L. Brown b. abt. 1860 Massachusetts; [possibly] d. 1944; buried Historic Cemetery PV001, North Burial Ground, City of Providence, Providence County, R.I. (Transcription from this cemetery of: Walter L. Brown 1860-1944. possible death date based on this inscription, IF THIS IS THE CORRECT  Walter L. Brown)

  2. ii. Minnie B. Brown b. abt. 1861 Massachusetts; d. 1944; buried Historic Cemetery PV001, North Burial Ground, City of Providence, Providence County, R.I.

 

Personal Information:

Mary Logee was born abt. 1830/1832 in Rhode Island, the daughter of Caleb and Sarah (Paine) Logee. Following the separation of her parents in the 1840s she stayed with her mother. The 1850 census listed Mary and her sister, Laura, in Sarah Logee's household1.

On 25 Nov 1852 Mary Logee married Alexander C. Brown in Blackstone, Worcester Co., Mass.2 Alexander was born in 1830. The couple continued to reside in Blackstone through 1870, providing a home for Mary's mother, Sarah Logee3/4. That record listed Alexander's occupation as Carpenter.

Alexander and Mary eventually moved to the City of Providence, R.I.5 On 24 Feb 1908 Mary Brown died of cancer of the kidney6. In 1920 Alexander was still living in the City of Providence with his un-married daughter, Minnie B. Brown, age 597. Alexander died 2 years later on 11 Feb 1922 in the City of Providence8. He was buried beside his wife, Mary, in the North Burial Ground of that city9/10.

Sources:

1. Sarah Logee household, 1850 U.S. Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Blackstone, pg 344

2. Paul Delisle and Robert Charpentier, Janice Burkhart editor, Marriages Recorded in the Town of Blackstone, Massachusetts 1845-1900, (A.F.G.S. Library Committee, 1994)

3. A.C. Brown household, 1860 U.S. Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Blackstone, pg 337: A.C. Brown 30 RI, Carpenter; Mary L. 28 R.I.; Sarah Logee 63 R.I.; Mary A. Tilden 25 Mass., Weaver

4. Alexander Brown household, 1870 U.S. Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Blackstone, pg 442/443 (N.A. film M593 roll 651): pg 442 lns 39/40 - Alexander Brown 40, Carpenter, $500 personal, born RI; Mary 38 RI; (pg 443 lns 1-3) Walter L. Brown 7, attend school, born Mass; Minnie 9, attend school, born Mass; Sarah Logee 72, $1000 land, born RI

5. Alexander C. Brown household, 1900 U.S. Census, Providence County, Rhode Island, population schedule, City of Providence, Ward 6, ED 55 Sht 4B ln 87, At 1066 Eddy, Alexander C. Brown b. Jun 1830 R.I. parents R.I., carpenter; Mary L., wife, b. Nov 1832 R.I. parents R.I, 2 children, 2 living.; Minnie B., dau., b. Nov 1860 Mass, parents R.I., music teacher (National Archives microfilm T623 roll 1507; from Genealogy.com)

6. Mary L. Brown death entry; Charles V. Chapin, M.D., City Registrar, Alphabetical Index of the Births, Marriages and Deaths Recorded in Providence, Vol XV Deaths from 1901-1910, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham Company, 1915) pg 108; reference listed as 23:14 and name listed as Mary L. Brown wf of Alexander C. aged 76yrs [in actual record residence address listed as 1066 Eddy, cause of death Cancer of Kidney]

7. Alexander C. Brown household, 1920 U.S. Census, Providence County, Rhode Island, population schedule, City of Providence, ward 6, ED 240 Sht 9A ln 27, taken 9 Jan 1920: Alexander C. Brown head, 89 RI, wd, parents RI; Minnie B. Brown dau, 59 Mass, single, parents RI

8. Alexander C. Brown death entry; Dennett L. Richardson, M.D., City Registrar, Alphabetical Index of the Births, Marriages and Deaths Recorded in Providence, Vol XXI Deaths from 1921-1930, (Providence, Rhode Island: The Oxford Press, 1932), pg 99; reference given as 27:296 and name listed as Alexander C. Brown of Chad aged 91 years

9. Alexander C. Brown tombstone, Rhode Island Historic Cemetery PV001, North Burial Ground, City of Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, Transcription by Rhode Island Historical Society. Transcription: Alexander C. Brown 1830-1922

10. Mary Logee Brown tombstone, Rhode Island Historic Cemetery PV001, North Burial Ground, City of Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, Transcription by Rhode Island Historical Society. Transcription:  Mary Logee Brown 1830-1908