Friday, April 30, 2010

William Francis Braswell


WILLIAM FRANCIS BRASWELL
1870 - 1951

William married Ada Bertha Waggoner on August 29, 1895.
Ada was the daughter of Thomas Harvey Waggoner & Melvina Ellen Hightower.
Melvina's nickname was Millie.
William was the son of Bennett Braswell & Virginia T. Scruggs.
Bennett is sometimes referred to as Burnie Bennett. No doubt his name is Barnaby Bennett, named after his maternal Grandfather, Barnaby Hart.

William & Ada were the parents of 16 children. Harvey Leonard, Julia Elsie, twins Maggie Mae & Sallie Virginia, Roy Bennett, William Franklin, Mary Edna, Audrey Lee, Lela Etta, Clovis Walter, Nathaniel Ross, Arthur Beale, Erma Ruth, Byron Vance, Anna Marie & Ada Mildred.
William Francis Braswell is my Great grandfather. Harvey Leonard Braswell is my Grandfather.

RECORDS & DNA PROVE THAT WILLIAM IS NOT A DESCENDANT OF ROBERT BRACEWELL JR & SUSANNAH BURGESS. 3 OF SUSANNAH'S CHILDREN WERE NAMED IN THE WILL OF RICHARD TOWLE, 1692, ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VIRGINIA

Ann Braswell