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Rev Edward Thomas “Tom” Brasher

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Rev Edward Thomas “Tom” Brasher

Birth
Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Death
18 Aug 1909 (aged 78)
Ratcliff, Houston County, Texas, USA
Burial
Kennard, Houston County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 31.4154357, Longitude: -95.18946
Plot
Plot 46
Memorial ID
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Reverend Edward Thomas Brasher, born September 1830 Greenville District, South Carolina. Died 1920 Houston County, Texas Burial: Old Zion Hill Cemetery, Houston County Spouse: Lucinda Priscilla "Cilla" Patton Son of Micajah Moses "Cager" & Hannah (Jett) Brasher. Pension #15586 Service: Company C, 13th Texas Cavalry until transferred in September 1863 to CO I, 28th Texas Cavalry. Enlisted 11 June 1862; discharged on May 1865 at Crockett,Texas. Was a Methodist Minister since 1848.

Sources: Houston County Cemeteries,p 829; 1900 Houston County Census, p 140; Confederate State Roster I, p 56; Confederate State Roster IT, p 199; Ancestry.com; Confederate Pension Appliation. Does he need a Civil War Marker?

Our family migrated from Shelby County, Alabama and Mississippi to Houston and Harrison Counties in early 1848. They were there when it was the Republic of Texas. Many killed off by Indian raids and such, but we just kept hanging on and continue to do so today.



Reverend Edward Thomas Brasher, born September 1830 Greenville District, South Carolina. Died 1920 Houston County, Texas Burial: Old Zion Hill Cemetery, Houston County Spouse: Lucinda Priscilla "Cilla" Patton Son of Micajah Moses "Cager" & Hannah (Jett) Brasher. Pension #15586 Service: Company C, 13th Texas Cavalry until transferred in September 1863 to CO I, 28th Texas Cavalry. Enlisted 11 June 1862; discharged on May 1865 at Crockett,Texas. Was a Methodist Minister since 1848.

Sources: Houston County Cemeteries,p 829; 1900 Houston County Census, p 140; Confederate State Roster I, p 56; Confederate State Roster IT, p 199; Ancestry.com; Confederate Pension Appliation. Does he need a Civil War Marker?

Our family migrated from Shelby County, Alabama and Mississippi to Houston and Harrison Counties in early 1848. They were there when it was the Republic of Texas. Many killed off by Indian raids and such, but we just kept hanging on and continue to do so today.




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Co I 28 Tex Cav CSA



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