Matilda Brown ¹

   FamilySearch ID: L4WG-316.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN. ³ 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. ⁴ 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. Obituary: Journal and Courier: obituary of Mrs. John Coffing on 20 Aug 1972 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ² Mrs. John Coffing
Mrs. John Coffing died at 11 o'clock this noon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Freeman Knowles, seven miles south of Attica; she had been in ill health for several years. The daughter and two sons -- Samuel and John -- survive.

Matilda married John Andrew Coffing, son of Andrew Coffing and Abigail Crane. (John Andrew Coffing was born on 12 Mar 1842 in Stone Bluff, Fountain, IN,⁵ died on 7 Oct 1921 ⁵ and was buried in Attica: Riverside Cemetery, Fountain, IN ⁵.)