{"id":1918,"date":"2024-11-30T22:04:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T04:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2025-08-22T19:47:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:47:53","slug":"brown-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cousin-collector.com\/blog\/brown-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brown Cemetery
AKA Selix Cemetery
Monroe Township, Section 11 West
Andrew County, Missouri<\/h3>\n

Directions: South on Fourth Street of Cosby, Missouri off State Route O, past Leidy Street. Cemetery is on private property, accessible with permission.<\/p>\n

Credits: These pictures were taken by Betty Halvorsen, 2006. (c)THE Transcriptions (Taylor, Halvorsen, Eshelman).<\/p>\n

These pictures were taken by Betty Halvorsen, 2006. ©THE Transcriptions (Taylor, Halvorsen, Eshelman).<\/p>\n

* Indicates African-Americans
+ Indicates obituary available<\/p>\n

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Updates, corrections and additions:<\/td><\/tr>
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Name<\/th>\nInscription<\/th>\nPhotograph(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown Cemetery <\/td>\n <\/td>\n 04<\/a> 45<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B, L. Y. <\/td>\n [footstone L. Y. B.] <\/td>\n 38<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, Andrew J. <\/td>\n Andrew J. Brown
Born July 4, 1836
Died Jan. 10, 1864
Aged 27 Ys 6 Ms 6 Days <\/td>\n		 23<\/a> 24<\/a> 25<\/a> 36<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, George <\/td>\n (north)
George Brown
Died Jan. 16, 1876
Aged 74 y’s 7 ms
(east)
Farewell <\/td>\n		 39<\/a> 40<\/a> 41<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, infant <\/td>\n Infant of
Andrew J. & Lydia Brown <\/td>\n		 30<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, Isabel <\/td>\n (east)
Farewell
(south)
Isabel Brown
Died Feb. 5, 1888
Aged 85 y’s 8 m’s <\/td>\n		 41<\/a> 42<\/a> 43<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, James H. <\/td>\n James H. Brown
Died Dec. 31, 1848,
Aged 23 y’rs 11 mo’s 17 [d]’s <\/td>\n		 26<\/a> 27<\/a> 28<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, John <\/td>\n John Brown
Died May 20, 1855,
Aged 28 y’rs 4 Mo 10 Ds <\/td>\n		 33<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, Louisa <\/td>\n Louisa Brown
Born July 17, 1841,
Died Sep. 16, 1868 <\/td>\n		 16<\/a> 17<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, Samuel Jr. <\/td>\n Samuel Brown Junior
Died Feb. 2, 1852
aged 19 Y’rs 4 Mo 1 Day <\/td>\n		 31<\/a> 32<\/a> 22<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, Samuel Sr.+ <\/td>\n Samuel Brown Sr.
Died Aug. 9, 1875
Aged 72 y’rs 1 mo 23 d’s
Emmigrated to Mo. in 1840 <\/td>\n		 07<\/a> 08<\/a> 09<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, Sarah E. <\/td>\n Sarah E. infant daughter of
Alfred & Nancy Brown
Died Nov. 1, 1856
aged 4 mo’s 4 d’s <\/td>\n		 18<\/a> 19<\/a> 20<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, Syntha Jane <\/td>\n Syntha Jane Brown
Died Aug. 9, 1864,
Aged 33 Ys 8 M 8 Ds <\/td>\n		 34<\/a> 21<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, Zilpha <\/td>\n Zilpha
wife of Samuel Brown
Died Jan. [19,] 1872
Aged 67 y’rs 11 mo’s 17 d’s <\/td>\n		 13<\/a> 14<\/a> 15<\/a> 35<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cadel, infant <\/td>\n Infant
dau. of Wm. & Sarah J. Cadel <\/td>\n		 37<\/a> 44<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Selix, Jethro <\/td>\n Jethro, their son
Mar. 16, 1870
Selix
—
Jethro
son of James & Caroline Sealix
Died Mar. 16, 1870 <\/td>\n		 05<\/a> 06<\/a> 11<\/a> 12<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Selix, Martha C. <\/td>\n Martha C.
wife of James Selix
Oct. 5, 1829 – Apr. 9, 1904 <\/td>\n		 05<\/a> 06<\/a> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Also reportedly buried here, but no tombstones found in 2006:<\/p>\n

Brown, Felix Gordon <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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