Ruben Jefferson Brown

1878 - 1957  (78 years)

• Name	Ruben Jefferson Brown  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	14 Apr 1878	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military Draft Registration	1917	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  	Draft Registration - WWI; Married to Mandy
  Death	11 Mar 1957	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2]
  	Age: 78
  Burial	Good Springs Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Pleasant View, Cheatham, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I21349	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Wilson Hurt Brown,   b. Feb 1853, Tennessee, USA d. 25 Feb 1907, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha J Pulley,   b. 16 Dec 1858, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA d. 9 Aug 1937, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	16 Apr 1874	Cheatham County, Tennessee, USA   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F8258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amanda Dorothy Knight,   b. 31 Jan 1889, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA d. 17 Apr 1967, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1905  [6]
  Family ID	F8211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Apr 1878 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWI; Married to Mandy - 1917 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Death - 11 Mar 1957 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959 [S5067] Find a Grave: BROWN Ruben J 1878-1957, Ruben Jefferson Brown. BIRTH: 14 Apr 1878 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee DEATH: 11 Mar 1957 (aged 78) Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee BURIAL: Good Springs Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Pleasant View, Cheatham County, Tennessee MEMORIAL ID: 100948636 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100948636/ruben-jefferson-brown [S28] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Registration State: Tennessee; Registration County: Davidson. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Registration State: Tennessee; Registration County: Davidson [S104] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2008;). Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [S8450] Find a Grave: PULLEY Martha Brown 1858-1937, Martha Jane Pulley Brown. BIRTH: 16 Dec 1858 Davidson County, Tennessee DEATH: 9 Aug 1937 (aged 78) Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee BURIAL: Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee MEMORIAL ID: 70675380 Martha Jane Pulley and Wilson Hurt Brown were married April 16, 1874 in Cheatham County, Tennessee https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70675380/martha-jane-brown [S572] Find a Grave: KNIGHT Amanda Brown 1889-1967, Amanda Dorothy Knight Brown. BIRTH: 31 Jan 1889 Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee DEATH: 17 Apr 1967 (aged 78) Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee BURIAL: Webb Cemetery, Joelton, Davidson County, Tennessee MEMORIAL ID: 79869461 ______________________________________________________ Daughter of Louise Melissa Reeder and Louis Franklin Peter Knight. Married Ruben Jefferson Brown 26 Nov 1905 Davidson, TN. Children: Madell, Louis Thomas, Robert Frank, Lula Mai, Sam and Ernest. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79869461/amanda-dorothy-brown