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Descendants of Edmund Bracewell


28. WILLIAM L.10 BRASWELL (JOHN9, JESSE8, MISSING7, JACOB6 BRACEWELL, RICHARD5, ROBERT4, RICHARD3, ROBERT2, EDMUND1) was born Abt. 1820 in Brunswick County, Va.. He married ELIZABETH JAMES March 11, 1841 in Rutherford County, Tennessee, daughter of WINAFRED JAMES. She was born 1822 in Virginia or Tennessee.

Notes for WILLIAM L. BRASWELL:
From Website at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np57.htm#iin5104

1870 Lawrence county, Arkansas census, p. 304, St. Rawberry township.
Ray Sasser says: William L Braswell is first found in Rutherford Co., Tn, where his grandfather John Pease James and family settled. Later, William is in Fayette Co., Tn, with his brother Jesse J Braswell.
1850 Shelby county, Tn, p 107, 6th district: Also listed in his house are:
Winna James, (f), age 50 b. Va.
Alex Dunn, age 45 b. Pa.
Ancestry.com lists his name as Alexander. It only says Alex on the actual census. There is a listing of marriage of an Alexander Dunn and Cathrine (Catharine) Meadows, 17 Jan 1825 in Essex co, Va. and another to Nancy Finney, 10 Feb 1824 Rocky Mount, Franklin co, Va. (another entry says she was b. 1803, m. 1819, and d. 1819)

More About WILLIAM L. BRASWELL:
Fact 1: Of Fayette County, Tennessee

More About WILLIAM BRASWELL and ELIZABETH JAMES:
Marriage: March 11, 1841, Rutherford County, Tennessee
     
Children of WILLIAM BRASWELL and ELIZABETH JAMES are:
  i.   MARY11 BRASWELL, b. Tennessee.
  ii.   WILIAM BRASWELL, b. Tennessee.


29. MARCUS PETTIGREW10 BRASWELL (JACOB9, JESSE8, MISSING7, JACOB6 BRACEWELL, RICHARD5, ROBERT4, RICHARD3, ROBERT2, EDMUND1) was born Abt. 1818 in Virginia, and died Abt. 1879 in Panola County, Mississippi. He married (1) MARGARET PATTERSON. She was born Abt. 1834 in Alabama, and died 1904 in Bowie County, Texas. He married (2) MARTHA ANN REDDITT. She was born December 09, 1823 in Sumner County, Tennessee, and died November 30, 1899 in Shelby County, Tennessee. He married (3) SARAH NELSON. She was born Abt. 1818 in Maybe in Alabama, and died Bef. 1860 in Probably in Panola County, Mississippi.

More About MARTHA ANN REDDITT:
Fact 1: Had 16 Siblings
     
Child of MARCUS BRASWELL and MARGARET PATTERSON is:
38. i.   JACOB AARON11 BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1861, Mississippi; d. Abt. 1897.


30. ELIZABETH A.10 BRASWELL (JESSE9, JESSE8, MISSING7, JACOB6 BRACEWELL, RICHARD5, ROBERT4, RICHARD3, ROBERT2, EDMUND1) was born Abt. 1833. She married GEORGE H. EDMUNDS January 27, 1859, son of PEYTON EDMUNDS and OLIVE MOORE. He was born Abt. 1829, and died May 1863.

Notes for ELIZABETH A. BRASWELL:
According to "Civil War Soldiers from Brunswick County, Virginia:"

In 1880, Elizabeth, George's widow, was living with her brother Jesse M. Braswell, a veteran of the Civil War. In 1888, Elizabeth was living at Gholsonville Post Office when she applied for an received a Civil War widow's pension from the Commonwealth of Virginia.



Notes for GEORGE H. EDMUNDS:
According to "Civil War Soldiers from Brunswick County, Virginia:"

George enlisted in Coleman's Artillery 1 March 1862 when the company was organized. He served at Norfolk and at Drewry's Bluff on the James River. According to National Archives records, George suffered an injury to his spine from a log falling on him, which rendered him unfit for duty, and they discharged him 10 November 1862. They described his condition as "paraplegia," which is paralysis of the lower half of the body on both sides. Years later his widow stated in her pension application that he died the last of May 1863 of "disease contracted while in service," but his death likely was related to his accident while in service.

Confederate Army records describe George as 5 feet, 5 inches tall, with light complexion, dark hair and dark eyes.



More About GEORGE H. EDMUNDS:
Fact 1: Confederate Soldier

More About GEORGE EDMUNDS and ELIZABETH BRASWELL:
Marriage: January 27, 1859
     
Children of ELIZABETH BRASWELL and GEORGE EDMUNDS are:
  i.   ROSETTA11 EDMUNDS, b. Abt. 1860.
  More About ROSETTA EDMUNDS:
Fact 1: Likely Died Young
  ii.   ELIZABETH L. EDMUNDS, b. Abt. 1862; m. DAVID C. CLARY.


31. WARREN DAVID10 BRASWELL (JESSE9, JESSE8, MISSING7, JACOB6 BRACEWELL, RICHARD5, ROBERT4, RICHARD3, ROBERT2, EDMUND1) was born February 1830, and died September 26, 1911. He married MARGARET F. MOORE January 10, 1855 in Northampton County, North Carolina. She died Abt. 1915.

Notes for WARREN DAVID BRASWELL:
According to "Civil War Soldiers from Brunswick County, Virginia:"

Warren enlisted in Coleman's Artillery 1 March 1862 in Brunswick County. He served through the war and seems to have escaped the typhoid fever that afflicted others of his company. On The Retreat, he surrendered at Appomattox Court House and was released at Lynchburg in April, 1865.

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Warren D. Braswell lived and farmed near Wyche Post Office. He received a Civil War pension for several years and died 26 September 1911. His widow, Margaret, was on the pension list after Warren died and passed away about 1915.


More About WARREN DAVID BRASWELL:
Burial: Braswell Family Cemetery on Highway 602
Fact 1: Confederate Soldier
Fact 2: Confederate Tombstone Marks His Grave

More About MARGARET F. MOORE:
Burial: Braswell Family Cemetery on Highway 602

More About WARREN BRASWELL and MARGARET MOORE:
Marriage: January 10, 1855, Northampton County, North Carolina
     
Children of WARREN BRASWELL and MARGARET MOORE are:
  i.   WINIFRED ANN11 BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1856; d. February 15, 1886; m. ELIAS R. DELBRIDGE, November 25, 1871.
  More About ELIAS DELBRIDGE and WINIFRED BRASWELL:
Marriage: November 25, 1871
  ii.   CHARLES W. BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1857; m. MARY W. HOWARD, March 27, 1883.
  More About CHARLES W. BRASWELL:
Fact 1: Moved to Missouri

  More About CHARLES BRASWELL and MARY HOWARD:
Marriage: March 27, 1883
  iii.   JOHN J. BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1859; m. MARY REBECCA DELBRIDGE, December 09, 1884.
  More About JOHN J. BRASWELL:
Fact 1: Moved to North Carolina

  More About JOHN BRASWELL and MARY DELBRIDGE:
Marriage: December 09, 1884
  iv.   LOUISA BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1860.
  More About LOUISA BRASWELL:
Fact 1: Died Young
  v.   WILLIAM L. BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1861; d. April 1861.
  vi.   VIRGINIA BERTHA BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1863; m. DANE M. BRASWELL, October 28, 1880.
  More About DANE M. BRASWELL:
Fact 1: Of Greensville County

  More About DANE BRASWELL and VIRGINIA BRASWELL:
Marriage: October 28, 1880
  vii.   SALLIE R. BRASWELL, b. February 25, 1867; d. March 20, 1940; m. JOHN M. TAYLOR, December 29, 1885.
  Notes for JOHN M. TAYLOR:
They lived in Greensville County.


  More About JOHN M. TAYLOR:
Fact 1: Of Mecklenburg County

  More About JOHN TAYLOR and SALLIE BRASWELL:
Marriage: December 29, 1885
39. viii.   WILLIAM T. BRASWELL, b. April 1867.
  ix.   HICKS R. BRASWELL, b. March 1869.
  More About HICKS R. BRASWELL:
Fact 1: Living With Family in 1880
  x.   THOMAS W. BRASWELL, b. March 11, 1871; d. November 23, 1948; m. MARY ALICE MOORE.
  More About THOMAS W. BRASWELL:
Burial: Reedy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
  xi.   LONNIE W. BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1872.
  xii.   FRANCES ROBERTA BRASWELL, b. December 27, 1873.
40. xiii.   RICHARD E. BRASWELL, b. September 19, 1875; d. March 13, 1950.

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