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Hi Dennis,
you certainly didn't give us much to go on, like dates, places, names, etc. It's nearly impossible to decipher what you're asking.
I do have some data on an Elijah Brazier, of Jackson Co, AL, and Texas. Do you recognize any of the names? (the generations are labeled a, b, c, d, etc. individuals are numbered 1, 2, 3, x, etc, according to their rank among their siblings. x means unknown.)
cx. Elijah Brazier Sr, b. NC, c1776 (age 74 in 1850 Census, Jackson Co, AL), is a generation too young to be a s/o a2. Elijah Brazier, b. c1726; he's a better age to be a grandson and, for want of better information, I'm going to number him that way. This Elijah Sr had a son, Elijah Jr. A sketch of the life of Elijah Sr was included in the biography of his son, Elijah Jr, in a History of North and West Texas, p. 594:
Elijah Brashear [Sr], was a South Carolina settler and went into Jackson county in early life, was a poor man with a large family and lived off his labor on the farm. He was born in South Carolina and died soon after our subject's birth. His [second] wife was Bettie Stephens...
By his first marriage, Elijah Brashear, Senior, was the father of Betsy, who married Ezekiel Faulkner, died in Alabama; Sarah, died in Alabama as the wife of James Colbert and like her sister left a family; Nancy; Linda, wife of Tom Fears, who died in Alabama leaving a family; Martha, wife of Abe Greenlee, died in Tennessee leaving a family; Velina, died in Tennessee, leaving a family.
Bettie Stephens was his second wife and her children were: William, who died during the war; and Ellis, who also passed away in the Confederate service; Arminda, who died in Alabama; George W.; Rebecka, wife of Joe Fears, died in Illinois, leaving a family; Louisa C., Mrs. A.J. Messers, of Montague County; Elijah, our subject; and Solomon.
Elijah Brazier [Jr] is in the following censuses:
1820 Census, Franklin Co, TN, p.23 (121101-11001)
1830 Census, Franklin Co, TN, p.100
1840 Census, Jackson Co, AL: p.28 Elijah Brazeer (0100010001-111201) old man in H/H, 70-80, b.1760's --
1850 Census, Jackson Co, AL: p.88, #534
Elijah Brasier [Jr], 50, b. SC, c1800, farmer
Elizabeth Brazier 22, b. c1828, AL
Nancy Brazier 18, b. c1832, AL
Hart Brazier 15, b. c1835, AL, laborer
Marha [sic] Brazier, f 13, b. c1837, AL
William Brazier 7, b. c1843, AL
Jane Brazier 4, b. c1846, AL
Ellis Brazier 3, b. c1847, AL
George W. Brazier 1, b. c1849, AL
Elijah Brazier [Sr] 74, b. c1776, North Carolina, cannot read or write
1860 Census, Jackson Co, AL: p.331 #451
Elijah Brazier [Jr], 50 [?! should be 60], b. NC
William Brazier 17, b. c1843, AL
Jane Brazier 15, b. c1845, AL
Ellis Brazier 12, b. c1848, AL
George Brazier 10, b. c1850, AL
Lorenza Brazier, f 4, b. c1856, AL [misreading for Louisa]
Elijah Brazier [III] 2, b. c1858, AL
[one more child: Solomon Brazier, b. May 1861]
Elijah Brazier Sr died in the 1860's. "His wife, Miss Bettie Stephens, brought the children to years of maturity and passed away at the old home in December 1884" (Hist No & West Texas). The four youngest children are in the household of William and Elizabeth Messer in 1870; Elizabeth, the older daughter, m.2. 3 Feb 1869, William Messer. William Messer, m.1. Sarah ________, b. 1824, AL, d. 1862-68; they had children: James, 1843; John, 1845; Mary, 1847; Jesse, 1848; Allen J. Messer, b. Mar 1850, m. 4 Jan 1871, Louisa C. Brazier, d/o Elijah Sr and Bettie Stephens; David, 1859; Susanna, 1855; Martha J., 1857; Sarah, 1860; and Louisa, 1862.
1870 Census, Jackson Co, AL: p. 116b, #686,
William Messer, 52, b. TN, Big Coon Post Office:
Elizabeth, 47, b. AL,
---[Messer children; see later]
George Brasher 21, b. AL, c1849, laborer
Louisa C. Brasher 15, b. AL, c1855
Elijah Brasher 11, b. AL, c1859
Solomon Brasher 9, b. AL, c1861
Elijah Brazier Sr and Bettie Stephens
cx. Elijah Brazier [Sr], b. SC, c1800 (age 50 in 1850, Jackson Co, AL); d. 1860-70; m.1. _____; m.2. Bettie Stephens, b. 1824; d. Dec 1884; who was aunt to Solomon Stephens (who m. Nancy Brazier, d/o Elijah by his first marriage). Children, first seven by first wife, others by second. (from Census and History of North and West Texas; data collected by Dan Yarbrough):
Family of Elijah Brazier Sr and his first wife, _____:
d1. Elizabeth "Betsy" Brazier, b. AL, c1822 (28 in 1850 Jackson); m.1. 20 Mar 1847, Ezekiel Faulkner, "by W.H. Laurence, JP (Morgan Co, AL, Marriage Records, Bk A, p.527); m.2. 4 Aug 1864 (Jackson Co, AL, p.711), William Messers,
d2. *Sarah Brazier, b. Al, c1823; m. James Colbert, b. GA, c1816.
d3. *Nancy Brazier, b. 3 May 1831, AL; d. 20 Jan 1909, Sunset, Montague Co, TX; m. 13 Oct 1851, Solomon S. "Dick" Stephens, b. 25 Jun 1833, Jackson Co, AL; d. 23 Jul 1915, Sunset, TX. See list of children below.
d4. Hart Brazier, b. Al, c1835 (15 in 1850 Jackson)
d5. Martha Brazier, b. AL or TN, c1837 (13 in 1850 Jackson); m. Abel "Abe" Greenlee, (Franklin Co, TN Marriages: Abel Greenlee to Martha Brazier, by John Nugent, J.P., 3 Mar 1853)
d6. Linda Brazier, b. AL; m. Tom Fears,
d7. Velina Brazier, b. TN or AL
Family of Elijah Brazier Sr and Bettie Stephens:
d8. William Brazier, b. AL, 1843, first child of Bettie Stephens, Elijah's second wife; d. in Civil War
d9. *Amanda Jane Brazier, b. AL, 1846; m. 4 Aug 1864 (Jackson Co, AL, p.288), Andrew Worthem,
d10. Ellis Brazier, b. AL, 1847; d. in Civil War
d11. *George W. Brazier/Brashear, b. Al, Jan 1849; m. 4 Apr 1884 (Jackson Co, AL), Ida Lu Lovelace, living in Montague Co, TX in 1900
d12. Rebecca Brazier, b. 1852, Jackson Co, AL; m. 18 Jan 1870 (Jackson Co, AL, p.835), Joe Fears,
d13. *Louise C. Brazier, b. May 1855; m. 4 Jan 1871 (Jackson Co, AL, p.948), Allen J. Messer, b. Mar 1850, s/o William Messer and his first wife, Sarah _____. William Messer's second wife was Elizabeth Brazier, Louisa's oldest sister.
d14. *Elijah Brazier, [Jr], b. 1 Aug 1858; m. 2 Dec 1877 (Jackson Co, AL, p.188), Rebecca Cornielson,
d15. Solomon Brazier, b. May 1861, AL; m. 11 Jan 1885 (Jackson Co, AL, p.458), Martha S. Precise,
If you have additions or corrections, please send them to me:
Charles Brashear
5025 Old Cliffs Road
San Diego, CA 92120-1151
PH; 619/265-7674
e-mail: brashear@mail.sdsu.edu
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