Attended 1869-1870

Birth: 5 Mar 1852, Iredell County, North Carolina
Death: 2 May 1924, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Parents:
Lewis Tobias Brown (1817-1866)
Phoebe Arey Brown (1824-1903)

Siblings:
Eliza Marie Brown (1842–1852)
Lucetta Jane Brown Barrier (1847–1878)
Mary Catherine Brown Quantz (1850–1909)
William Coleman Brown (1856–1862)
Margaret Ophelia Brown Lester (1861–1896)
Lewis Tobias Brown (1865–1940)

Spouse: Charles Newton Simpson (1851-1920)
Marriage: 16 Oct, 1872, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Children:
Kate A. Simpson Fowler (1873–1938)
William Brown Simpson (1876–1955)
John Ashe Simpson (1877–1882)
Charles Newton Simpson, Jr. (1879–1918)
Mary Ophelia Simpson Peake (1881–1919)
Frank Law Simpson (1883-1896)
Baxter Hilton Simpson (1887–1890)
Louis Arey Simpson (1889–1897)

Burial: Suncrest Cemetery, Monroe, Union County, North Carolina
Source: www.findagrave.com #25349996.

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The Ancestors and Descendants of Abraham (Braun) Brown, The Miller – The Ancestors and Descendants of Jacob (Braun) Brown, the Wagonmaker, by John Burgess Fisher, Dorothy Brown Koller, and Margaret Brown Anderson, 1983, p. 151.

III-4 MARTHA REGINA BROWN, b. Mar 5, 1852, Iredell Cty, N. C., d. May 24, 1924, bu [buried] Simpson Lot, Monroe, N. C., m. Oct 16, 1872, Cabarrus Cty, N. C., Charles Newton Simpson, Esq., b. Feb 6, 1851, Monroe, son of William Henderson Simpson and Lucinda Helms. Both bu Monroe (See: “History of Family of William Simpsons”., The Monroe Enquirer, Monroe, N. C., Thursday, Oct 1, 1953.) Children: III-5 Kate Simpson, b. Aug 4, 1873, Monroe, d. Nov 15, 1938, bu Simpson Lot, Highway #601, North of Monroe, N. C.; William Brown, b. Jan 8, 1876, Salisbury, N. C., d. Apr 14, 1955, bu Simpson Lot; John Ashe, b. Dec 2, 1877, d. Dec 14, 1882, bu Simpson Lot; Charles Newton, Jr., b. Dec 10, 1879, Monroe, d. Dec 16, 1918 of Influenza, bu Simpson Lot; Mary Ophelia, b. Sep 28, 1888, Monroe, d. Aug 28, 1918, bu Simpson Lot; Frank Law, b. Nov 15, 1883, d. Mar 21, 1896; Baxter Hilton, b. Nov 11, 1887, d. Apr 1, 1890, after falling in a well; Louis Arey, b. Jun 20, 1888, d. Aug 6, 1897. Educated M.t Pleasant Female Seminary which was later named Mt. Amoena Seminary. This school was located in Mt. Pleasant, N. C. It’s President was Martha Regina’s uncle, Lewis H. Rothrock. Mr. Simpson educated N. C. College (founded 1854 [1853]) Mt. Pleasant, N. C. Her occupation: Homemaker. Mr. Simpson was Register of Deeds, Monroe, Union Cty, N C., member of House of Representatives 1876, 1882, 1903, 1905. Resided: Monroe, N. C.