Porter Toombs Brown
Searching for ancestors of my 2nd grt grandfather Porter Toombs born ca 1818/19 NY. Family tradition says his parents (Irish) died and he was adopted by a Brown family. According to the 1880 Clark Co. Wis. census his father was born NY mother born MA. This could have been his biological parents or adoptive parents. He went by Porter Toombs Brown or P.T. Brown. He married Cynthia Emily Allen in Elmira, Chemung Co. NY in 1850. They and her parents and siblings and their families of nearby Bradford Co. PA moved to Wis. For a time they were in Alamakee Co. IA. Children of Porter were Emma, Flora, Allen Silas (my grt gf), Nora Anna and Fred.
I have never found the Brown family who adopted Porter and wonder if legally adopted or taken in by a Toombs relative. Porter was a carpenter and architect. Has anyone heard of a Toombs family of NY who died in the early 1800's? Ellnora