Mary Ann Rewan

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Cherokee Township, Cherokee, KS, USA. ² The 1880 census recorded Lenard Brown, works on smelter, 25, living with wife Mary Ann, 26; daughter Nora, 5; and son Cletus A., 2. Everyone was born in Indiana. Lenard's father was born in Indiana and mother in Pennsylvania. Mary Ann's father was born in Ieloner [sic, should be Ireland?] and mother in New York.

2. Census in 1900 in Otterbein, Benton, IN, USA. ³ The 1900 census recorded renting a home: Leonard Brown, carpenter, 48, born Aug 1852, living with wife Mary A., 47, Dec 1853, and son Cleotus, farm laborer, 23, Dec 1877. The census columns record Mary and Leonard were married for 27 years and she had birthed 3 children, 1 alive in 1900. Leonard and his parents and Mary were born in Indiana. Mary's father was born in New York and her mother in Ireland. Cleotus was born in Kansas.

3. Census in 1910 in Coffeyville, Montgomery, KS, USA. ⁴ The 1910 census recorded renting a home at 1519 Maple Street: Lenord Brown, flattner in glass factory, 58, living with wife Mary A., 57; and son Cletis A., divorced, filler in glass factory, 33. The census columns record Lenord and Mary were born in Indiana and married 38 years ago and she had birthed 1 child. Cletis was born in Kansas. Lenord's parents were born in Pennsylvania. Mary's father was born in Ireland and mother in New York.

Mary married Leonard Brown, son of David Henry Brown and Anna Beeker, on 21 Jan 1874 in , Tippecanoe, IN.¹ (Leonard Brown was born on 1 Aug 1852 in Oak Grove Township, Benton, IN, USA.)