Friday, October 26, 2007

Braswell, Martin Luther and Elizabeth




MARTIN LUTHER BRAZZELL and ELIZABETH

Pam Hall doesn't know when this photo was taken, but ELIZBETH died in 1949 at the age of 94-96, so the photo was probably taken about 20 years earlier.

Braswell, Pearl


PEARL ETHEL BRAZZELL

Pam Hall's grandmother, taken in the early 1900s. She was the great-greatgranddaughter of AARON BRASWELL and NANCY WILLIAMS.

Braswell, John and Martha




John Braswell and Martha F. Bearde Braswell with William Braswell
Smith County, Tennessee

These are the great-grandparents of Betty Jo Estes (daughter of Harvey Clifton Estes and Willie Mildred McGee Estes). The boy in the photo is Betty's great-uncle.

Betty's grandmother was Bettie E. Braswell who married James Willie McGee in Smith County, Tennessee, December 9th 1894. They resided then in Cannon County, Tennessee. She had a younger brother William that moved to Texas.

The photo was in Betty's great-grandfather's possessions when he passed away and her mother had written on the back of it who they were in relation to her. She had spelled their last names as Brazell.

Mary Elizabeth Braswell & William Franklin Gentry


Daughter of William Sampson Braswell & Harriet Wade

These are the great-great grandparents of Diana Vantrease Hight (daughter of Chyrus Jackson Vantrease and Ruby Jean Hutchinson Vantrease). The date of the picture is unknown.
Mary Elizabeth Braswell Gentry is the daughter of William Sampson Braswell and Harriett Saddler/Wade. Harriett is the illegitimate daughter of Plummer Wade. Sampson Braswell and Harriett were married 12/25/1858 in DeKalb County, Tennessee. Children of Sampson and Harriett were George, Eliza, William, Mary Elizabeth and Josephus.

Contributed by Diana Vantrease Hight

Anna Eliza Braswell & James Douglas Buck with sons William Lenard & James Luther


Grandaughter of SAMUEL BRASWELL & SARAH J. HART.
James and Annie (Braswell) Buck Family Photo Annie (Braswell) Buck, William Lenard "Lenard" Buck (born 1894), James Luther "Luther" Buck (born 1892) and James Buck. Appears to have been taken about 1897 in Missouri, just before moving to Oklahoma, taken before the birth of Hollie (b. 1899)
Contributed by Ben Franklin

Samuel Harrison Braswell Jr.


SAMUEL HARRISON BRASWELL JR.
Greatgrandson of SAMUEL BRASWELL & SARAH J. HART
Contributed by S. Gregory