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Rachel Cornelia “Queen” Glass Brown

Birth	:	1852 Paris, Lamar County, Texas, USA
Death	:	10 Mar 1930 Kern County, California, USA
Burial	:	Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, Kern County, USA
Coordinate	:	35.3646500, -118.9948700
Plot	:	Haven of Rest 928 - 6
Description	:	Note: California Death Index says she died 10 May 1930 but her marker says 3 May 1930. The marriage of Thomas Wiley Brown and Miss Cornelia Glass was solemnized March 11, 1867, and was blessed with two children. The sole survivor, Russell, of Maricopa, married Miss Stella Dunlap of Bakersfield and they have one child, Thomas Calvin Brown. Mrs. Brown was a daughter of Robert and Jane (Miller) Glass, natives respectively of Virginia and Alabama, but residents of Texas from childhood. The Glass family originally came from Ireland, while the Millers were of German ancestry.... Read More	Note: California Death Index says she died 10 May 1930 but her marker says 3 May 1930. The marriage of Thomas Wiley Brown and Miss Cornelia Glass was solemnized March 11, 1867, and was blessed with two children. The sole survivor, Russell, of Maricopa, married Miss Stella Dunlap of Bakersfield and they have one child, Thomas Calvin Brown. Mrs. Brown was a daughter of Robert and Jane (Miller) Glass, natives respectively of Virginia and Alabama, but residents of Texas from childhood. The Glass family originally came from Ireland, while the Millers were of German ancestry. The parents of Mrs. Brown were married in Texas and lived there for many years afterward, her birth occurring in that state. During 1853 they joined an expedition composed of seventy-five families and crossed the plains and deserts through New Mexico and Arizona into California. When near the present site of Deming, N. M., the expedition camped to rest their teams. All around them were Indians and one of the braves seized Mrs. Brown, then a babe of eight months, and endeavored to escape with her in his arms. Evidently the intention was to extort a ransom. The dastardly act was seen by J. P. Ownby, who took aim and fired at the Indian, thus saving the life of the child. No other event occurred to imperil the lives of any and at last they safely landed in Los Angeles, where Mr. Glass bought ten acres one block from the present site of the Downey building. Having no thought of its future value, he sold it later for a small sum. When Mrs. Brown was nine years of age the family removed to Tulare county and settled six miles south of Visalia, where the father took up land and engaged in ranching. Through intelligent and unwearied industry he became well-to-do. His death occurred in California at the age of sixty-nine. When the mother was about seventy-six she went to New Mexico to visit her daughter, Mrs. J. P. Ownby, and during the course of her sojourn there she was taken ill and died. There were seven daughters and two sons in the family. Amanda married J. P. Ownby and they were early settlers of Bakersfield, but eventually located in New Mexico, where Mr. Ownby engaged in raising sheep and also carried on a hotel business until his death; his wife also has passed away, leaving three children. Laura and her husband, Solomon Slinkard of Los Angeles, are both deceased and left nine children. Corley, of East Bakersfield, is engaged in contract teaming. Dora married E. S. Baalam, who has an orange grove at Lemon Cove, Tulare county. Cornelia, the fifth in order cf birth, spent her girlhood principally in Tulare county and there married Mr. Brown. Sarah and her husband, J. C. Turner, formerly a carpenter in Bakersfield, are both deceased and left six children. Barbara Ellen, deceased, was the wife of M. C. Purcell, a sheepman living at Bakersfield, and at her death she left six children. William is a teaming contractor in Bakersfield. The youngest member of the family, Louisiana Beauregard, married Henry Muller and lives on a ranch six miles east of Bakersfield. History of Kern County -Page 752 ___________________

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Rachel Cornelia “Queen” Glass Brown death on 10 Mar 1930 in Kern County, California, USA
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Latitude: 35.3646500
Longitude: -118.9948700

Family Members:

Parent

Robert E Glass

(1805 - 1873)

Spouse

Thomas Wayne Brown

(1842 - 1919)

Siblings

Laura Ann Glass Slinkard

(1841 - 1888)

Children

Russell Brown

(1874 - 1926)

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