Sunday, December 2, 2012

Jeremiah J. Brower and Sarah J. Woods "Oops" Baby?

According to the Cass County, Indiana record of marriage for Jeremiah Brower and Sarah Jane Woods, she would have been already 6 months pregnant with John Wesley Brower. Now it makes me wonder if Jeremiah and Sarah had a "shotgun wedding" or if maybe Sarah was a pregnant widow? Sarah was only 21 years old when she married 34 year old Jeremiah.

Jeremiah Brower and Sarah Woods were married on Feb. 4, 1849



1850 Census Record for Clinton, Cass County, Indiana, taken in Sept. 12, 1850 shows John is 1 year old. Census record wrote last name as John W. Brown, instead of Brower.
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name:John W Brown
event:Census
event date:1850
event place:Clinton, Cass, Indiana, United States
gender:Male
age:1
birthplace:Indiana
estimated birth year:1849
dwelling house number:65
family number:60
line number:23
nara publication number:M432
nara roll number:137
film number:7750
digital folder number:004193369
image number:00611
HouseholdGenderAgeBirthplace
James BrownM35New York
Susan I BrownF21Ohio
John W BrownM1Indiana

John Wesley Brower obituary list his date of birth as 19 May 1849.

In addition, the family bible kept by John Wesley Brower's niece Anna Brower reads "Uncle - John Brower, born May 19, 1849".


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