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Our Brown Family Roots began sometime in the late 1800’s when our family tree was planted from the union of Henry Brown and his wife, Annie.\u00a0 It is believed that Henry and Annie Brown traveled from the West Indies and settled in Arkansas.\u00a0 By 1906 Henry and Annie Brown’s tree had produced a second generation of Brown’s.\u00a0 This second generation made up the six wonderful branches known as:<\/p>\n
CAPONIA BROWN Since then our family tree has blossomed six more generations.\u00a0 Our family now has well over six hundred family members.<\/span><\/p>\n Henry and Annie Brown’s children each went their own way to establish their own families, yet they did not stay in close contact.\u00a0 After years of small family get-togethers, the Brown family began having bi-annual family reunions in the late 1980’s.\u00a0 In September 1994 an unusual course of events occurred.\u00a0 The Brown Family Reunion went on as planned, but there were two reunions occurring at the same time in two different states.\u00a0 The descendent’s of Caponia (Babe) Brown and Arzonia (Zony) Brown were getting together in Little Rock, AR.\u00a0 The descendent’s of Oler Brown and Immanuel Brown were getting together in Chicago, IL.\u00a0 Word began to spread through the branches of the family that each had relatives of whom they were unaware.<\/span><\/p>\n In 1996 a remnant of the participants from the 1994 Chicago Brown reunion and the 1994 Brown Little Rock reunion came togehter in Little Rock.\u00a0 What a time they had!\u00a0 In 1998 the reunion was supposed to be in Chicago, but it did not occur, so a small group decided to put on a small Family Picnic where the Brown Family Crest was adopted.\u00a0 In 2000 the “Brown Family Reunion Exploding into the New Millennium” was held in Little Rock.\u00a0 The next reunion was to occur in Oakland, CA however it did not occur.\u00a0 in 2004 we got together again after 4 long years.\u00a0 Many of those present in the earlier reunions was there today with new family members coming and being discovered.\u00a0 This year, 2008 we are meeting once again.\u00a0 We continue to endeavor to bring all of our family together.\u00a0 May God Bless Our Efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Our Brown Family Roots began sometime in the late 1800’s when our family tree was planted from the union of Henry Brown and his wife, Annie.\u00a0 It is believed that Henry and Annie Brown traveled from the West Indies and settled in Arkansas.\u00a0 … Continue reading Heritage<\/span>
\nARZONIA BROWN
\nEMANUEL BROWN
\nEARLIE BROWN
\nESSIE BROWN
\nOLER BROWN<\/span><\/p>\n