Alexander Selkirk Brown b. 7 Mar 1845 Braxton Co., VA d. 18 Jan 1918 Hacker Valley, Webster Co., WV: Meadow Bluff Meanderings

1845 - 1918 (72 years)

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Name	Alexander Selkirk Brown
Birth	7 Mar 1845	Braxton Co., VA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Military	Civil War: Pvt., 25th Virginia Infantry [3]
Death	18 Jan 1918	Hacker Valley, Webster Co., WV [2]
	Cause: tuberculosis
Burial	Radabaugh Cemetery, Hacker Valley, Webster Co., WV [3]
Person ID	I51883	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
Last Modified	21 Jan 2026

Father	George Brown, b. 1816, VA d. Between 1870 and 1880 (Age 54 years)
Mother	Elizabeth "Betsy" Lough, b. 1818, Pendleton Co., VA d. Aft 1880 (Age 63 years)
Marriage	19 Aug 1841	Braxton Co., VA [4]
	Married by Rev. Henry T. Lawson.
Family ID	F18269	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Jane Curtright, b. 1861, Braxton Co., VA d. Yes, date unknown
Marriage	10 Feb 1901	Webster Co., WV [5]
Family ID	F18291	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Jan 2026

[S1856] Virginia, Braxton County, FCR: Braxton Co., VA 1850, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), M432, roll 937, District No. 4, p. 184B, dwelling 155, family 155, Alexander C. Brown, accessed 17 Jan 2026 (Reliability: 3).
[S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), death certificate 8 (1918), Alexander Selkirk Brown, accessed 21 Jan 2026. (Reliability: 3).
[S1741] Historical Data Systems, Inc., U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, ((http://www.ancestry.com : 2009)), accessed 21 Jan 2026), entry for Alexander S. Brown (1840-1918). (Reliability: 3).
[S1256] West Virginia. Braxton County., Braxton Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register, 1: 14, Brown-Lough, 1841; accessed 17 Jan 2026. (Reliability: 3).
[S1270] West Virginia. Webster County., Webster Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage regiter, 4: 86, Brown-Cutright, 1901; accessed 21 Jan 2026. (Reliability: 3).