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Ambrose Washington BROWN b.11 Dec 1843 Green Oak, Livingston Co, MI
d.29 Aug 1895 North Star, Gratiot Co, MI
married:
Mary Jane ILES ( 22 Jan 1848 Knox Co, OH - 2 Mar 1906 Alma, MI)
11 Nov 1869 North Star, MI
parents:
James M. BROWN (6 Aug 1814 Pulteney, NY - 27 Dec 1849 Green Oak, MI)
Betsey BORDEN (10 Aug 1814 Pulteney, NY - Oct 1892 Ithaca, MI)
children:
  1. Altana Burnett BROWN (25 Jul 1871 - 18 May 1958)
  2. George Washington BROWN (2 Sep 1873 - 5 Mar 1945)
  3. Alfred Walter BROWN (2 Nov 1875 - 28 Dec 1934)
  4. Augusta Marian BROWN (26 Feb 1878 - aft 1959)
  5. Frank Ervin BROWN (5 Feb 1880 - 195?)
  6. Milo Oscar BROWN (3 Nov 1883 - bef 1959)
  7. Orlo Ambrose BROWN (16 Dec 1881 - aft 1959)
siblings of: BROWN
  1. Giles Tyler BROWN (28 Jan 1837 - c1903)
  2. Altana Burnett BROWN (1841 - 1865)
  3. Alanson James BROWN (1843 - c1918)
  4. Marilda E. BROWN (1848 -1848)

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Page Info Submitted by: Martha J. Watson aunthoot@comcast.net

Ambrose served in Company G, 3rd MI Cavalry, from 22 Feb 1864 - 1 July 1865. He settled in North Star shortly after his discharge. On 11 Nov 1869, he married Mary Jane Iles in North Star. They lived in a house built by Mary Jane's father, George Washington Iles. He had moved his family to North Star (from Knox Co, OH) around 1864 when Mary Jane was 16. Their land was in section 16 of North Star. All of their children were born in North Star. Ambrose and Mary Jane are buried in the North Star Cemetery. 

Photo of Ambrose Washington Brown
Photo of Mary Jane Iles Brown  
Photo of Ambrose Washington Brown's Family in front of their farmhouse
Photo of Ambrose & Mary Jane Iles Brown's Tombstone North Star, MI


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