I39889: Mary BRADFORD (ABT 1780

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CONFLICT: Alfred was a Colonel in the Southern Army. He owned a plantation near Birmingham, Alabama. The Yankees burned his house down with his family inside of it during the war. Alfred was 30 years older than Molly.

Kay Brasher Nelson, P.O.Box 1516, Greenwood, AR 72936 (1989)
Alford Thomas Brasher, b. 10 Apr 1841, d. 11 May 1925; m.1. ________; m.2. Louella Finley; m.3. Mary Elizabeth Bonor, from AL.

Family of Alford Thomas Brasher and Louella Finley:
1. Samuel Harrison Brasher, b. 11 Apr 1890, d. 20 Dec 1969 (Kay's father)
2. Ella Brasher,
3. May Brasher,

Family of Alford Thomas Brasher and Mary Elizabeth Bonor:
4. Claude Brasher, b. 2 Nov 1896, d. 5 Jun 1970
5. Pearl Brasher,
6. Ethel Brasher,
7. Estelle Brasher,
8. Jessie Brasher,
9. Dessie Brasher,
10. Bertha Brasher, b. 1902, d. 1982
Alford T. Brasher supposedly had 27 children; so we're a long way from a complete list.

The triangulation of three different records would make the story about being born near Birmingham and being burned out in the Civil War and being a Col in C.S.A. pure poppycock. Alfred was born out of wedlock, probably in MS, during the move to AR; he or some of his descendants may have invented a colorful story to disguise his background. And he's much too young to have been a Col in the C.S.A. Anyway, here are a few paragraph from A BRAZIER/BRASHER SAGA:

RACHEL BRASHER and HER SON, ALFRED
*Rachel Brasher, d/o Hiram Brashear and "Betsy" Long," b. c1819, AL; at home in 1850, unm. age 31; had a son named Alfred Brasher.

In 1850, Scott Co, AR Census, there is an Alfred Brasher, b. c1838, AL (12 in hh of Hiram and Betsy Brasher, along with Rachel and three of her siblings)
In 1870 Columbia Co, AR Census, Alfred, 28, b. c1842, MS, and wife Brancy, 25, b. c1845, AL, chil:, John S. 8, b. c1862 AR; Mary, 4; Nancy H. age 8/12; also in hh, Rachel Brasher, age 50, b. c1820, AL.
In 1880 Scott Co, AR Census, Alfred ?J. Brasher, 37, b. c1843, MS and wife Brancy, 35, b. c1845, AL, chil: Ballzora, 10; Susan C. 8; Julia Lou, 5; Thomas F. 2; and Rebecca L. age 8/12; also in hh, Rachel Brasher,
**mother,** age 60, b. c1820, AL, her father and mother b. SC, and Susan Holloway, 72, mother-in-law.

These three records seem to make this Alfred look like the s/o Rachel Brasher, d/o Hiram and Betsy. Hiram and Betsy's son, Allen, and his wife, Rachel, had no child named Alfred; they had a child, Albert, called "Birt," b. 1845. Allen's 1887 obituary says his 1st wife, Rachel Brasher, d. 1862; so the Rachel in 1870 and 1880 is not Allen's wife. But a Rachel is the mother of this Alfred. The Rachel of the right age is Rachel Brasher, b.c1819, d/o Hiram Brasher and Betsy Long, who was unmarried, 31, and "at home" in 1850.

Alfred Brasher, b. c1838-43, MS, s/o Rachel Brasher; m.1. 13 Sep 1860, AR, Brancy Holloway, b. c1845, mother of at least eight children; m.2. 9 Jun 1889, AR, Eucinda Ella Finley,
John S. Brasher, b. c1862, AR
Mary R. Brasher, b. c1866, AR
Nancy D. Brasher, b. c1869, AR
Bellgrace (or Ballzora) Brasher, b. c1870, AR
Susan C. Brasher, b. c1872, AR
Julie Lou Brasher, b. c1875, AR
Thomas F. Brasher, b. c1878, AR
Rebecca L. Brasher, b. c1879/80, AR

I'd guess that it's an altogether different family from the Brashear(s). I've researched that family also (the Brasher) and published a book on it, A BRAZIER/BRASHER SAGA. (Brasher is pronounced BRAY-shur, as well as BRASH-er.) They descend from one William B. Brashier Sr, who died in Baltimore Co, MD (area now Harford Co) in 1708 at age 34 and the court put his orphans in foster homes. The youngest son, Thomas Brazier (that's how he spelled the surname) moved to Orange Co, NC, about 1753, where he wrote a will in 1770 (probate 1784).

Thomas's sons moved after the Rev. war to Greenville, SC, where they all spelled the surname Brasher. After about 1800, some of them moved to KY, some to AL, some to GA and then to IL, some to AR (including Scott Co).
Central Alabama is still lousy with Brasher and Brazier families.
I've tried and my cohort has tried and tried, but we can't find any connection between these two families, altough they lived in the same areas in MD, NC, SC, KY, MO, and TX. ^[S43] ^[S951] ^[S951]

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2 Margaret BROWNLEE b: ABT 1782 + Michael TRENOR

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"his couple was known to be residing in 1794 in the County of Woodford,
Kentucky, in 1812 they had a family of ten, of who we have a record of eight.
In his will, Robert Brydon, of 1827, mentions his wife Mary, and the above
named children, also he mentions a grand-daughter by the name of Katherine. "

Children:
Dorothea Brydon b. Wft Est. 1789-1808
John Brydon b. Wft Est. 1791-1812
Margaret Brydon b. Wft Est. 1791-1814
William Brydon b. Wft Est. 1791-1814
Robert Brydon b. Wft Est. 1791-1814
Barbara Brydon b. Wft Est. 1791-1814
James Brydon b. Wft Est. 1791-1814
Stevenson Brydon b. Wft Est. 1792-1823

Src: [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 15, Ed. 1, Tree #0917, Date of Import: Jan 20, 2001]
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1703, Date of Import: Oct 26, 1996]
[Slaughter.FTW]
[George Platt.FTW]

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(dau of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas)

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Simon enlisted 18 June 1863. He was taken prisoner of war and was released at Washington, LA in June of 1865. "Records of Confederate Soldiers and LA Confederate Commands".

They had four children: Elizabeth Agnes, Abner "Nap", Joseph Edward, and Louise Higginbotham.

Volume 2
H.
page 300
Higginbotham, Simon,Pvt. Co. K, 18th La. Inf. En. June 18, 1863, Camp Morgan. Roll dated June 30, 1863, Present. Roll for July and Aug., 1863, Present. Also appears in Co. C, Consolidated 18th Regt. and Yellow Jacket Battn. La. Inf. En. June 15, 1863, Morgan's Ferry.
Roll dated Feb. 29, 1864, Absent, sick, since the retreat from Bisland. Appears on Roll of Prisoners of War, Paroled at Washington, La., June 21, 1865. Res. St. Landry Par. La.

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V. Anna Arnold Key, b. 2d March, 1811; d. March, 1884; m. 25th February, 1829, Daniel TURNER of Warrenton, N. C., b. 26th September, 1796; d. 21st July, 1860;

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Children: m infant Ware, Edward Meekin Ware, William Gilbert Ware, Augusta Green Ware, Bennett Clinton Ware, Asa Jones Ware, Sarah Harriet Ware, Britton Sanders Ware, Nicholas Crawford Ware, and Frances Serena Ware.

My Southern Family

Mary BRADFORD

ABT 1780 - ____

ID Number: I39889

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Alfred Thomas BRASHER

10 Apr 1841 - 11 May 1925

ID Number: I553

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Margaret BROWNLEE

ABT 1782 - ____

ID Number: I105092

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Robert BRYDON

ABT 1772 - ABT 1827

ID Number: I87868

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Mary Louisa BUCKNER

ABT 1790 - ____

ID Number: I65981

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MARGARET DOUGLAS

____ - ____

ID Number: I78585

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MARGARET ELPHINSTONE

30 May 1684 - ____

ID Number: I101771

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Ed GOWEN

13 Feb 1901 - ____

ID Number: I2083

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Simon HIGGINBOTHAM

28 Oct 1840 - 19 Jan 1876

ID Number: I16231

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Ezekiel Wayles HUDNALL

ABT 1770 - ____

ID Number: I41435

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Anna Arnold KEY

2 Mar 1811 - Mar 1884

ID Number: I80131

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Polly Ann SWARTZ

ABT 1854 - ____

ID Number: I37519

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Henry WARE

1 Feb 1788 - 2 Nov 1822

ID Number: I24915

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Moses WATKINS

ABT 1760 - ____

ID Number: I32152

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