Manerva Brown ¹

   FamilySearch ID: LVGG-VSQ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN. ² The 1850 census recorded William Brown, farmer, 37, living with wife May, 33; Loiusa, 9; Minerva, 8; Jasper, 5, Matilda, 3, and Samuel, 1. Everyone was born in Indiana except William in Pennsylvania. William's real estate was valued at $3000.

2. Census in 1860 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN. ³ The 1860 census recorded William Brown, farmer, 45, living with wife Mary, 40; Manerva, 18; Jasper, 16; Matilda, 14; Samuel, 11; Benjamin, 9; Beeker, 7; and Mary, 1. Everyone was born in Indiana except William in Pennsylvania and his wife Mary in Virginia. William's real estate was valued at $10,000 and personal estate $2500. The post office was Robroay & Portland.
Next door is William and Mary's daughter, Louisa, 19, living with her husband Smith Coffing, farmer, 23, and their son Jasper M., 4 months old. They were born in Indiana. Smith's real estate is $1800 and personal estate $250.
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3. Census in 1870 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN. ⁴ The 1870 census recorded William Brown, farmer, 56, living with wife Mary, 50; Benjm, 17, Minerva, 28; Beeker, 15; and Mary, 12. Wiliam was born in Pennsylvania, the others in Indiana. His real estate was valued $9600 and personal estate $2100. The post office was Attica.

4. Census in 1880 in Logan Township, Fountain, IN. ⁵ The 1880 census recorded Daniel Young, farmer, 65, living with wife Manerva, 38. Alsoin the home is Mary Stembaw, single, 18, who did housework. Daniel and his parents were born in Maryland. Manerva and her father were born in Indiana and her mother in North Carolina.

Manerva married Daniel Young on 17 Sep 1875 in , , IN. (Daniel Young was born about 1813 in La Plata, Charles, MD and died after 1880 in Attica, Fountain, IN.)