 David Oliver Brown and Amanda Melvina Graham  David
Oliver Brown was born June 17, 1845 in Tennessee to John Brown and
Francis "Fanny" Glass. David entered the CSA at Camp Turesdale,
Tennessee on August 24, 1861, He was sixteen years of age. He was
wounded at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862 and received a medical
discharge on July 7, 1862 in Alexander, Mississippi. After his
marriage in 1863, David enlisted in the U.S. Army in Shelbyville,
Bedford County, Tennessee. He served in Co. I, 4th TN Mounted Infantry.
He was mustered into the Union Army on March 10, 1865.
David Oliver Brown married Amanda Melvina Brown November 19, 1863 in Tennessee. Between 1870 and 1890, David Oliver Brown and his family were living in Missouri and Tennessee. It is apparent that he moved his family to Texas by 1892, when he declared on his pension request that he is an invalid. His daughter, Jessie Dee Brown, was born in Ellis County, Texas.  The
Brown family was living in Grayson County, Texas by 1900.
Originally the physical address was Collinsville, Texas but
changed to Tioga, Texas by 1920.
Amanda Melvina Brown was born April 17, 1845 in
Tennessee. She was the daughter of James Richard Graham and
Martha "Patsy" Glass.
It has not been documented as to whether David's mother, Francis Glass and Amanda's mother, Martha, are biological sisters. Martha Glass was one-half Cherokee; her father is believed to have been a white man.  Children of David Oliver Brown & Amanda Melvina Graham Julianna Brown 1864 - 1921 William Seymore Brown 1870 - 1937
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