additional information

THIS IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SENT BY CAROLE:

 

I did a quick research on Alfred Brashear last night on Ancestry.com and discovered his first name is Absalom. I have added it below in the email to you. His wife's name was listed as Eleanor (Nellie), not Ellender, but they did have a daughter named Ellender, so I don't know which is right.

I changed the spelling in Absalom McKenzie Brashear to match his grandfather, Alfred's, first name. I think the sa rather than so is probably correct.

Ola Belle's full name was Lula Ola Belle. The Lula and Ola obviously came from her two grandmothers' nicknames. Granddaddy Brashear's grandmother was nicknamed "Belle" from Isabella, so I'm assuming that is from where Ola Belle's name also was taken.

Publish the email below in which I have made additions and corrections since last night. My head is swimming right now with all of these Brashears to keep up with!

Carole

Robert George Brashear

 THIS INFORMATION ON GRANDADDY BRASHEAR'S SIDE (Robert George Brashear - husband of Mary Celeste). Carole is busily tracking all the details about the lineage of Mary Celeste. Would anyone like to work on the ancestry of Robert George?  Be sure to comment on this blog so that I will know who is able to receive information through it.
HERE IS A NOTE FROM CAROLE.

Cheyl


Cheryl Ann:

We found this family tree info in your archival material when I was in Arlington. You made copies for me.

Absalom Alfred Brashear was born in Tennessee on Dec. 20, 1799. In about 1820 he married Ellender Ross in Hardin County, Tennessee. She was born on Jan. 10, 1801 or '04 and died in 1875. He died in about 1847 in Decatur County, Tennessee.
*After Absalom's death, Ellender lived for a time in McNairy County, Tennessee, with son George Ross Brashears. She migrated with a group of relatives to Crockett, Houston County, Texas, arriving on Christmas Day 1852.

One of their 7 children was George Ross Brashear, born Nov. 9, 1823 in Decaturville, Tennessee. He married Isabella Parilee "Belle" McKenzie, born in Purdy, Tennessee on June 25, 1830. They were married in Purdy on Dec. 5, 1848. George died in Crockett, TX in 1866.

George and Isabella produced 8 children, one of whom was Absalom McKenzie "Mack" Brashear, born on Sept. 23, 1851 in Tennessee and died Nov. 10, 1936 in Texas at age 85.

Mack married Susan Tallulah "Lula" Gossett, born in 1858 in S. Carolina. They are the parents of our grandfather, Robert George Brashear born on Oct. 10, 1876.


If we go back 2 generations from Absalom Alfred Brashear, we possibly will find a connection to the American Revolution on this side of the family, too.

Maybe someone would want to start tracking the Brashears while we're concentrating on Mary Celeste Shepperd's family lineage.

Later,

Carole

OK . . .try this . . . enter Brashearfamilyblog1.blogspot.com in the URL space. Then maybe you can sign in.

Everyone can post.

When you enter the sitemyou will see "new posts" in the upper right corner. Everyone should be able to post.

Cheryl

Sally & Ed are signed up

Sally Brashear & Ed Stevens are now signed up!

Thanks, Angela!

Thanks Angela for making our BLOG look really neat! We have 4 members so far.

Cheryl

Welcome Brashear Family!

Hi All . . .I've created this site in hopes that we can all communicate through it. Try it . . .send a message to all your Brashear relatives.

Cheryl