Selected Person
This page focuses on Tabitha Ann Brown, born 10 August 1838 in Hall, Morgan County, Indiana, United States, and died 27 April 1915 in Hall, Morgan County, Indiana, USA. This is part of a working genealogy project connected to Morgan County, Indiana family history, Brown family research, Wilhite family research, Lambert family research, and Bowman family research.
Relationship Context
The working relationship path being studied is: Tabitha Ann Brown → mother of Nancy Jane Lambert → mother of Polly Myrtle Bowman → mother of Noma Vade Smith → mother of Doug O'Neal → father of Jeremiah O'Neal.
This relationship path is being treated as working genealogy unless each parent-child link is supported by direct records, reliable compiled sources, or DNA-supported cluster evidence.
Known and Related People
- Tabitha Ann Brown — selected person for this page.
- John W Brown — listed as father of Tabitha Ann Brown.
- Nancy Jan Wilhite — listed as mother of Tabitha Ann Brown.
- Aaron Lorenzo Lambert — listed spouse of Tabitha Ann Brown.
- Nancy Jane Lambert — listed child of Aaron Lorenzo Lambert and Tabitha Ann Brown.
- Polly Myrtle Bowman — later descendant in the working relationship path.
Research Notes
Online genealogy references support the basic identity of Tabitha Ann Brown as connected to Aaron Lorenzo Lambert and the Lambert family group. The current working profile places Tabitha Ann Brown in Hall, Morgan County, Indiana, with a life span from 1838 to 1915. Additional family research connects her to the Brown, Wilhite, Lambert, and Bowman surnames.
A separate research note states that Tabitha Ann Brown was born in Hall, Morgan County, Indiana, to John Wilson Brown and Nancy Jane Wilhite, married Aaron Lorenzo Lambert, and was part of an early Morgan County, Indiana family network connected to Gregg Township and Kentucky-to-Indiana migration. In this page, that statement is used as a research lead unless confirmed by original or high-quality secondary sources.
The historical-source path to check includes Charles Blanchard's Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical and Noah J. Major's The Pioneers of Morgan County. These sources may help place the Brown, Wilhite, Lambert, and related families into the broader settlement context of Morgan County, Indiana.
The current evidence goal is to separate clearly proven details from working assumptions. Birth, death, spouse, child, and migration details should be checked against census records, marriage records, cemetery records, probate files, land records, church records, county histories, and DNA match clusters.
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Evidence Placeholders
- Birth evidence: Need original or indexed record confirming 10 August 1838 and Hall, Morgan County, Indiana.
- Death evidence: Need death, burial, cemetery, probate, or obituary record confirming 27 April 1915 in Hall, Morgan County, Indiana.
- Parent evidence: Need record support linking Tabitha Ann Brown to John W Brown and Nancy Jan Wilhite.
- Spouse evidence: Need marriage or family record support connecting Tabitha Ann Brown to Aaron Lorenzo Lambert.
- Child evidence: Need record support connecting Nancy Jane Lambert as child of Aaron Lorenzo Lambert and Tabitha Ann Brown.
- DNA evidence: Need cluster notes showing Brown, Wilhite, Lambert, Bowman, Smith, and related matches.
Suggested Next Records
- Search Morgan County, Indiana marriage records for Tabitha Ann Brown and Aaron Lorenzo Lambert.
- Search Hall and Gregg Township cemetery records for Tabitha Ann Brown Lambert.
- Search census records from 1850 through 1910 for Brown, Wilhite, Lambert, and Bowman household links.
- Review probate and land records for John W Brown, Nancy Jan Wilhite, and Aaron Lorenzo Lambert.
- Check county histories, including Blanchard and Major, for Brown, Wilhite, Lambert, and Gregg Township references.
- Compare DNA match clusters tied to Nancy Jane Lambert, Polly Myrtle Bowman, and related descendants.