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from Sprague, 1858:78


 * On the 9th of October, 1798....Mr. Brown was married to Mary Moore, who was distinguished not only for her intelligence, energy, an dgeneral excellence of character, but for having spent several years of her hlife in captivity, and for belonging to a family, most whom, shortly ater the Revolution, fell victims to Indian barbarity....She was a lineal descendant of the celebrated Rutherford, who was a member from cotland of the Westminister Assembly of Divines, and of the scarcely less celerated Joseph Alleine, the author of the "Alarm to the Unconverted." Rutherford's pocket Bible is still in possession of one of the family who resides in Kentucky.

Sprague cites four sources for his information about Rev. Brown.
 * MS from Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexander
 * MS from Mr. Brown's family
 * Foote's Sketches of Virginia, 2nd series
 * Brown,