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James Ely Brasfield

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James Ely Brasfield

Birth
Death
12 Apr 1864 (aged 81)
Burial
Athens, Menard County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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T.H. Brasfield, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 10; P.O. Sweetwater; was born in Madison Co, KY; 4 Dec 1829; son of James and Tabitha (Moberly) Brasfield; the former was a native of Virginia and the latter of South Carolina; they were the parents of thirteen children, ten of whom are now living; they removed to Menard Co, in 1834, and settled near Athens; the father departed this life in 1864, and the mother, in 1858. T. H. Brasfield passed his youth and early manhood on his father's farm and received a good common-school education. He was united in marriage with Laura F. Camp 13 Feb, 1856; she died 22 Aug 1865; he was married, 19 Sep, 1876, to Miss Cynthia M. Camp; from this union there is one child - John E. born 10 Mar 1879. Soon after his first marriage, he came to Sugar Grove Precinct, where he has since resided; he owns 320 acres of well-improved land. Mr. Brasfield is a stanch Republican and an earnest advocate of its principles/ his sympathies were always warmly enlisted in the cause of Antislavery.

T. H. Brasfield. Sugar Grove Precinct. The History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois. O.L.Baskin & Co., Chicago, IL, 1879. p. 737. Google Books

Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
T.H. Brasfield, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 10; P.O. Sweetwater; was born in Madison Co, KY; 4 Dec 1829; son of James and Tabitha (Moberly) Brasfield; the former was a native of Virginia and the latter of South Carolina; they were the parents of thirteen children, ten of whom are now living; they removed to Menard Co, in 1834, and settled near Athens; the father departed this life in 1864, and the mother, in 1858. T. H. Brasfield passed his youth and early manhood on his father's farm and received a good common-school education. He was united in marriage with Laura F. Camp 13 Feb, 1856; she died 22 Aug 1865; he was married, 19 Sep, 1876, to Miss Cynthia M. Camp; from this union there is one child - John E. born 10 Mar 1879. Soon after his first marriage, he came to Sugar Grove Precinct, where he has since resided; he owns 320 acres of well-improved land. Mr. Brasfield is a stanch Republican and an earnest advocate of its principles/ his sympathies were always warmly enlisted in the cause of Antislavery.

T. H. Brasfield. Sugar Grove Precinct. The History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois. O.L.Baskin & Co., Chicago, IL, 1879. p. 737. Google Books

Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)


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