Ann E. (Eliza in the 1850 census of Ouachita, LA) Brown lived with an 89-year old John Butler and a 56-year old Anna along with a John L (16 yrs.) and Stephen (21 yrs.) in 1850 according to the Ouachita, LA census on page 495.
Allen had eight female children.
John enlisted on May 10, 1862 Monroe, Louisiana and served in the Confederate Army between May 1862 and ~1865 - discharge date unknown. He served in Gray's Company, 28th Louisiana Infantry as a Private.