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Brown Justina Sophiah[1, 2, 3]

Female 1848 - 1879  (30 years)


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  • Name Brown Justina Sophiah 
    Birth 20 Dec 1848  Torrey, Long Point, Yates Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 08 Jan 1879  Conquest, Cayuga County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial City Hill Cemetery, Wright Brown, Sr. Plot, Dresden, Yates County, Ny Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Justina died at age 30 years, 19 days, perhaps from complications of pregnancy. She gave her son, Nealy, (Cornelius) who was just nine days old when she died, to her sister, Sarah (Mrs. Henry Beard) to raise. This is according to the family bible in the possession of Margelia Chubb.

      Justina is buried in the Wright Brown, Sr. cemetery plot in City Hill Cemetery, Torrey, Yates County, NY.


      December 20th 1848. Sophiah Brown daughter of Wright Brown and Emily Brown was born.
    Person ID I52717  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2024 

    Father Brown Wright S.,   b. 01 Jun 1796, Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1874, Torrey, Yates Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother King Emily B.,   b. 12 Jan 1813, Port Byron, Cayuga Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 May 1889, Torrey, Long Point, Yates Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1832  New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F24065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elting Louis B.,   b. 23 Aug 1833, Conquest Cayuga County, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1898, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jul 1877  Torrey, Yates Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    • Her marriage certificate says she was wed at her home with brother, Richard King Brown and cousin, Wells King as witnesses. Rev. Allen Traver, paster of the Presbyterian Church of Dresden officiated.
    Children 
     1. Elting Cornelius Wright,   b. 30 Dec 1878, Conquest, Cayuga County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [Stepchild]
    Family ID F24067  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1369] Merged from BrianFreeman on 01-Jan-13 at 22:09.

    2. [S1370] 1870 Federal Census for Torrey, Yates County, NY.
      Wright Brown, 74, b. NY, Farmer with a real estate value of $ 10,240. and $2000. in his personal estate. He can read and write.
      Emily, 57, b. NY, Keeping house. Can read and write.
      Richard, 27, b. NY, farmer, can read and write.
      Justina, 20, b. NY, At home, can read and write.
      Eugene Wolftailing, 13, farm laborer. can read and write. Mother of foreign birth and attended school.

    3. [S1376] Frances E. Dumas and Sherry E. Conybeare, Cemeteries of Yates County, (Oliver House, Penn Yan, Yates Co. NY).

    4. [S1390] Copy of her wedding certificate.


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