A BRASHEAR(S) FAMILY HISTORY,
VOL. 6:
"Brashears-Breshears Families-TN, MO,
etc."
by Charles Brashear
Volume 6 of A BRASHEAR(S) FAMILY HISTORY, “Brashears-Breshears
Families–TN,MO,etc” is now a reality. I’ve received a proof, corrected the short-comings,
and the company tells me that I can now order books. So, now I’ll accept orders
from interested members of the family. Or strangers for that matter.
The book is hard-bound in blue cloth, 728 pages long (see table
of contents below); xx pp of front matter; 693 pp of text, including 80
pp of index (over 12,000 elements, said my computer, which coughed and sputtered
a little in generating it); and about a dozen pp of advertisements for previous
books in the series). The book contains about 100 pictures (they came out remarkably
well, considering that many of them were seriously faded with age, spattered
with tears or coffee, and sometimes torn through loving use or carelessness,
plus some of them were simple Kodak box camera pictures to begin with (not the
best of focus). The book also contains about a dozen maps and scans of other
documents.
The cost will be $40 + $3 postage, handling, packaging. You can order the book
from me,
Charles
Brashear, Books Etc
2380
NW Estaview Circle
Corvallis,
OR 97330-1066
phone:
541/738-2685
e-mail:
brashear@mail.sdsu.edu
or through your friendly book store (tell them it is a Lightning
Source book, ISBN 0-933362-17-X $40 -- 40% commercial
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This book
is about Basil and Middleton Brashears and their (possible) Brashears, Breshears,
Beshears, Boshears, and other descendants in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; Benton,
Polk, Hickory, and neighboring counties, Missouri; the Boise area of Idaho;
the Okanagan Valley in Washington; eastern Oklahoma; and a few other places.
The family story
is that when a group of brothers, cousins, and nephews left Lawrence Co, TN,
in the 1830s, each of them changed one letter in his surname.
The sons of John Brashears, Sr (married Mary Berry) kept the old spelling.
The sons of Henry Brashears, Sr (married Eleanor Hardin) changed to Breshears.
A brother who moved to Arkansas, William Arthur Brashears (m. Anna Etheridge)
changed his surname to Breashears.
A nephew in Arkansas, Berry Brashears (married Anna ____) changed his name to
Boshears.
The three cousins in Benton, Polk, and Hickory County went by Middleton Brashears,
Nathan Turner Breshears, and Alexander Brashears.
Some of the descendants of the oldest brother, Basil Brashears, Sr, used Beshears,
Boshears, and Brashears as their surname.
Volume
6 - Table of Contents
- Preface iii
- 1. BASIL BRASHEAR(S) and Anne Belt 1
- Basil’s Ancestry 1
- Basil’s Family 5
- Belt Family Connections 9
- BASIL IN MARYLAND 12
- Imprisonment for Debt 14
- BASIL IN NORTH CAROLINA 16
- Land Grants 18
- The Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions 24
- Basil’s Second Bankruptcy 26
- BASIL IN SOUTH CAROLINA: His Third Bankruptcy 27
- 2. MIDDLETON BRASHEARS, The Elder 29
- Middleton in North Carolina 30
- Middleton in South Carolina 31
- Probable Family of Middleton Brashears 32
- 3. BASIL BRASHEARS Sr, b. c1765 35
- Westward Migrations 36
- Family of Basil Brashears Sr 38
- Basil Brashears Jr and Eliza Ann Simpson 43
- William Andrew Beshears and Sarah Elizabeth Crow 45
- Charles William Breshears and Rachel Chastain 47
- 4. JOHN BRASHEARS Sr, and Mary Berry 49
- John’s Paper Tracks 50
- Taking Care of an Older Couple 50
- John and Mary’s Family 52
- Estate Records 53
- John Henry Brashears and Rebecca _______ 55
- 5. ISAAC BRASHEARS/BESHEARS, Sr 57
- Martha Martela Brashears and William John Pryor 58
- Isaac Brashears Jr and Sidney Owl 62
- George Washington Breshears 63
- John Sidney Breshears and Ellen Smith 66
- Marion Franklin Breshears and Lucille Christian 67
- Jacob Isaac Breshears and Bessie M. Minton 71
- 6. JACOB BRASHEARS/BOSHEARS Sr 78
- Thomas Jefferson Brashers and Nancy Law/ Sarah Brashears 80
- Henry Boshears and Tabitha Stewart 82
- Zachary Taylor Boshears 83
- Henry Clay Boshears and Margaret Maynard 84
- James A. Boshears and Lucy Sysco 88
- JACOB BOSHEARS Jr and Martha Ann McGuire 90
- 7. BERRY M. BRASHEARS and Frances Pryor 96
- The Pryor and Tripp Connections 96
- Berry’s Family 98
- Berry’s Blacksmith Records 101
- Berry’s Civil War Records 102
- 8. WILLIAM JAMES BRASHEARS and Elizabeth ________/ Nellie ________, 103
- William Henry “Willis” Brashears and Birl Fry 104
- Berry Franklin Brashears and Eliza F. Simpson 105
- 9. HENRY NEWTON BRASHEARS and Mary Ann Brownlow/ Sarah Ann
Allie 106
- Ozrow W. Brashears and Ada Nancy Hanson 111
- Joseph B. Brashears and Ada Paralee Kirk 116
- William Patrick Brashears and Lester Blackwell/ Mona Browne 119
- Berry Francis Brashears and Oma G. Johnson 122
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10. DICEY ANN BRASHEARS and James M. Brookins 124
- 11. MARTILLA “TEALLIE” BRASHEARS and John W. Penny 128
- 12. REUBEN T. BRASHEARS and Elizabeth “Bettie” Harbour 130
- John William Henry Brashears and Viola White 133
- Thomas Jefferson Brashears and Lula Beck 137
- Frances “Fanny” Brashear and Oyd McKinney 137
- Berry Webb Brashears and Ida Mae Shaw 140
- Eulalie “Lou” Brashears and Dave Hicks/ Ed Barnhart/ Charles Thomas
“Tom” Jobe 143
- Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Brashears and William David Parkhill 149
- Nancy Dovie Brashears and Warner Sandy/ Seb Bird 155
- Sherman Monroe Brashears and Lura Mae Cresswell 160
- 13. HENRY BRASHEARS/BRESHEARS, SR, and Eleanor Hardin 162
- Tennessee Land Grant #21592 164
- Some Lawrence Co, TN, Records 165
- Henry and Eleanor’s Family 166
- Etheridge Family Connections 168
- Estate of Henry Breshears, Sr 169
- 14. WILLIAM BREASHEARS and Anna Etheridge 172
- William and Anna’s Family 173
- 15. MATTHEW BREASHEARS and Elizabeth Parker 175
- Louisa Ellen Breashears and Abram Frank Lamb 179
- John Riley Breashears and Nancy Ann Reed/ Mary Jane Bolton 181
- Lemuel Casziel Breashears and Mary Ellen Hogan 183
- Carroll Cunlee Breashears and Sarah E. Hogan 189
- Leander Breashears and Emma Mae Nix 190
- Elva Cloe Breashears and Leon Lazenby 192
- James Madison “Jim” Breashears and Georgia Chapman 195
- George Alford Breashears and Gertrude Southard 195
- 16. SARAH ANN BREASHEARS and John Humphreys 198
- 17. JOHN BRESHEARS and Naoma Ann Hogg 200
- Some Missouri Records 204
- John’s Military and Estate Records 205
- Family of John Breshears and Naoma Ann Hogg 207
- Albert (Elbert) Breshears and Allie Madewell 211
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18. MARY ALBANY BRESHEARS and Abraham James Baker/ Noah Jackson
Bray 214
- 19. HENRY HARDIN BRESHEARS and Catherine Baker 216
- 20. REUBEN DOBBIN BRESHEARS and Mary H. Batten 218
- John M. Breshears and Rhoda Ann Keith 222
- James Batten Breshears and Harriet Bass 231
- 21. WILLIAM ARTHUR BRESHEARS and Abigail Jane Batten 232
- John Morrison Link Breshears and Safrona Tuckness/ Laura Engle 234
- Susan Ellen Breshears and Joseph Anderson 240
- Sarah M. Breshears and John Tuckness 242
- Reuben Joseph Breshears and Margaret Buckles 243
- William Jackson “Jack” Breshears and Minnie Lois Brooks 245
- 22. JESSE CARROLL BRESHEARS and Rhoda Catherine Jump 250
- James Knox Polk Breshears, II and Rebecca J. Anderson 251
- John Henry Breshears and E.T. Gent 252
- Mary Lucinda Breshears and Charles Leslie Gladden/ George W. Holt 256
- Matoka Erickson Breshears and Ida Rush 258
- 23. JOHN WESTLEY BRESHEARS and Lucy Baker 260
- William Henry “Buster” Breshears and Ocee Opal Wells: 264
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24. MARGARET NAOMI BRESHEARS and Joseph Henry Jump 266
- 25. JOSEPH W. BRESHEARS and Isabell Brashears/ Prudence Tipton 269
- 26. JAMES KNOX POLK BRESHEARS, I and his three wives 274
- Hattie Mae Breshears and Clarence “C.L.” Gray 276
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27.THOMAS HART BENTON BRESHEARS and Nancy Ann Potter 283
- 28. ANDREW JACKSON BRESHEARS and Martha Hammack 285
- 29. JESSE BRASHEARS and Elizabeth Bell/ Mary Ellen Franklin 288
- Robert Hiram “Bob Hiram” Breshears and Anna Breshears 290
- James Monroe Breshears and Mary Elizabeth Southard 291
- Hiram “Hi” Breshears and Mary Dickerson 296
- Amanda “Mandy” Breshears and Steven B. Breshears 298
- Nancy Ellen Breshears and George Washington Hill 302
- 30. HENRY BRESHEARS JR, Atsa “Atsey” Etheridge, and Their Older
Children 306
- Tennessee Land Grant #25610 307
- Henry’s Estate in Missouri 308
- Family of Henry Breshears Jr and Atsa “Atsey” Etheridge 309
- 31. JAMES ALEXANDER BRESHEARS, Sr, and Sarah Ann Jordan 312
- 32. LEVI ROBERT “LEE” BRESHEARS and Mary Anna Garner 316
- James Taylor Breshears and Fanny Antwiler 317
- Atsey D. Breshears and William Joseph Rodgers 319
- 33. MADISON GOLMAN BRESHEARS and Elizabeth M. Brown 322
- Mary Jane Breshears and George Nimrod Ihrig 324
- William Thomas “Wild Bill” Breshears and Rachel Ihrig/ Anna Ihrig 327
- Cora Etta Breshears and Marion Southard 331
- Steve Franklin Breshears and Florence Elizabeth Hunter 333
- John Wesley Breshears and his Four Wives 336
- Alice Bertha Breshears and Charlie Rogers 337
- Marvin Breshears and Martha Wells/ Elizabeth Millinger 339
- Francis Marion Breshears and Sallie Wells 341
- Levi “Prairie Levi” Breshears and Sarah E. Thornton 344
- Ollie Goldman Breshears and Susan Cosby Cook 345
- George William “Bill” Breshears and Harriet Eudona “Dona” Breshears 348
- Henry Belsis Breshears and Sarah Elizabeth Breshears/ Ida Elsie Button 350
- Levi Ransom Breshears and Hettie Noble Button 358
- Dona Lea Breshears and “Ted” Brooks 366
- Jacob “Jake” Breshears and Ruby Virginia Dietz 370
- John Francis “Little Frank” Breshears and Sarah H. Hodges 372
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34. SUSANNA “SUKEY” BRESHEARS and Shandy Jordan/ Jesse Miller 374
- 35. WILLIAM MARION BRESHEARS and Mary Jane Pippin 376
- 36. SARAH MALISSA BRESHEARS and William Nute Jordan 379
- 37. HENRY THOMAS BRESHEARS and Sabrina J. Murray 381
- John Henry Breshears and Virginia Delilah Salisbury 385
- William Jasper “Jas” Breshears and Martha Ann “Mattie” Holley 386
- Orval Glen “Bus” Breshears and Lola Mae Breshears 389
- James Thomas Breshears and Malinda Catherine Southard 393
- Emma Leanna Breshears and George Washington Wright 394
- 38. JOHN MARTIN VAN BUREN BRESHEARS and Susannah Ihrig 397
- George N. Breshears and Rebecca Jane Butler 400
- William Marion Breshears and Sarah Francis Southard 402
- Elizabeth Ellen “Lizzie” Breshears and Henry M. Colbert 406
- Burr Emerson Breshears and Mary Rebecca “Becky” Rash 406
- 39. ANDREW JACKSON BRESHEARS and Mary Jane Parsley 407
- Goulsberry “Gulie” Breshears and Etta Frances Breshears 410
- Eli Breshears and Lucinda Jane Murray 412
- Samuel Breshears and Ettie Baugh 414
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40. MARCUS MONROE BRESHEARS and Leanna Murray 416
- 41. ATSEY ADALINE BRESHEARS and Joel Ihrig 418
- 42. WILLIAM CARROLL (GREEN) BRESHEARSand Mary Orleana Rice 419
- Isaac David “Ike” Breshears and Elva Jane Breshears 421
- William Carroll Breshears Jr and Victoria E. Cox 423
- 43. JAMES BRASHEARS and THREE BROTHERS of Missouri: 426
- James’s Family 427
- 44. MIDDLETON BRASHEARS (the Younger),and Jane _____ 430
- John Breshears and Emily J. Skidmore 434
- 45. NATHAN TURNER BRESHEARS and Elizabeth Catherine Keele 436
- John K. Robert Breshears and his Three Wives 439
- Robert D. Breshears and his Two Wives 441
- John Carroll Breshears and Clora Ann McKee 443
- James Keele Breshears and Mary Ann McDonald 447
- Nathan Joseph Breshears and Martha Elizabeth Montgomery 450
- James Harley Breshears and Jessie Maude Stafford 452
- Zadock Calvin “Zade” Breshears and Susan Livonia Stratton 453
- Calvin Breshears and Missouri Jane Davidson/ Malissa Catherine Silkey 457
- Nathaniel John Breshears and Martha Lou Silkey/ Sarah Jane Hoover 462
- James Price Breshears and Mary Ellen Gaunt 465
- 46. ALEXANDER BRASHEARSand MARGARET BRESHEARS 467
- Louisa Breshears and Moses Southard 471
- John Alexander Brashears and Nancy Jane Tipton 473
- Edward Franklin Breshears and Annie M. Dickey 478
- Robert E. Lee Brashears and Mary Frances “Fannie” Holley 479
- William Wesley “Will” Breshears and Eliza Ellen Butler 481
- Lowis William Breshears and Inice Marie Breshears 484
- Hugh Walter Brashears and Bernetta A. Maxwell 487
- James H. Breshears and Sarah Lizabeth Henderson 490
- William Thomas Breshears and His Three Wives 492
- Everett Dean Breshears and Huetta Laverne Newell 494
- 47. BERRY BRASHEARS (BOSHEARS) and Anna _______, of Arkansas 496
- Berry's Paper Trail 499
- The Clan in Arkansas 502
- Berry Boshears’ Family 505
- ANDREW “DRURY” “DREW” BOSHEARS and REBECCA BRASHEARS 508
- ELLEN BRASHEARS and Samuel McHughes 510
- ELIZABETH H. BRASHEARS and John Harmon Wyatt 511
- ROBERT HENRY "UNCLE BOB" BOSHEARS and Rebecca E. _____/
Mary Ellis 513
- Kirkpatrick and Brashears Connections 515
- Nancy Henrietta E. Beshears and John Lewis Kirkpatrick 517
- NANCY H. BRASHEARS and Simpson Burks/ Richard Isom Brazil 518
- “LITTLE BERRY” BRASHEARS and Mary Jane Smith 522
- HENRY CLAY BRASHEARS, and his Seventeen Children 524
- HENRY BRASHEARS and Martha Godwin 541
- DeKalb Brashears and Nancy Arminda Meredith 543
- William Henry Breshears and Cynthia Jane Robbins 546
- Martha Breshears and Hugh Gaston Anderson 547
- Moses Taylor Breshears Sr and Rose Lee Noles 550
- Robert Monroe Brashears and Almedia Bates 552
- Avie Artimus Breshears and John F. Covey 554
- Sadie Breshears and Virgil Edward Housley 555
- Lola Ethel Breshears and Jim Covey 556
- Mary Elizabeth Brashears and Frederick A. Meredith 558
- Alice Lou Brashears and Will Cass 560
- 48. JOHN BRASHEAR (Berry’s Brother?) and Betsy Randall/ Elizabeth
Chambers 561
- Philip Randal Brashears and Mary Elizabeth Brown 562
- William Franklin Brashear and Evelyn Fredonia Deere 563
- Orlando Brashears and Fannie Bladgett 566
- 49. Nancy Elizabeth Brashear and Andrew Wilson 567
- 50. BRASHEARS FAMILIES OF ANGELINA CO, TEXAS 570
- JAMES M. “JIM” BRASHEARS and Mary Elizabeth Maribe Jones 570
- James Brashears in Arkansas 571
- The Move to Texas 572
- James and Maribe's Sons 574
- JOHN M. “JACKSON” BRASHEARS and Nancy Clementine Treadwell 583
- John Clisby Brashears and Rosa Louella McClendon 585
- Richard Filmore Brashears and Esther Havard 588
- Robert Calloway “Cal” Brashears and Maggie Elizabeth Lott 590
- James Jackson Brashear and Nora Elizabeth Parrott 592
- Carlton Dole Brashears and Malissie C. Sims 595
- Artilla Mable Brashear and Ellie Jeptha Douglass 596
- JESSE MARION WALTER BRASHEAR and Frances Elizabeth Forest 597
- Robert Calvin Brashear, II, and Jennie McMullen/ Pearl Wade 600
- Robert Calvin Brashear, III, and Mississippi Hubbard 601
- William Anthony Brashear and Georgia Scarborough 603
- LUCINDA MARIE BRASHEARS and James S. Neyland 604
- Some Texas Strays: 610
- INDEX 613
- APPENDIX (some advertisements for my books) 694
- Plan for a 9-volume “A BRASHEAR(S) FAMILY HISTORY” 694
- Vol 1: THE FIRST 200 YEARS OF BRASHEAR(S) IN AMERICA 697
- Vol 2: ROBERT C. BRASHEAR OF NORTH CAROLINA and Some Descendants
in TN, KY, MO, TX, etc, 698
- Vol 3: Robert Samuel Brashears, “The Rolling Stone,” and Some Descendants
in TN and KY. 700
- Vol 4. Brashear(s) Families of the Ohio Valley 701
- Vol 5. Two Brashears Families of the Lower Mississippi Valley, their
Choctaw and other Descendants. 702
- Vol. 6 Brashears/Breshears (Beshears, Boshears) Families of TN,
MO, ID, WA, OK, etc, 704
- MY HISTORICAL FICTION: 704
- Killing Cynthia Ann, a novel, 704
- Comeuppance at Kicking Horse Casino, and Other Stories, 705
- Brain, Brawn, and Will: The Turmoils and Adventures of Jeff
Ross 705
- Contemporary Insanities: Short Fictions, 706
- FIVE BOOKS ON WRITING 707
- ELEMENTS OF CREATIVITY 707
- ELEMENTS OF DIALOG, DIALECT, and CONVERSATIONAL STYLE 708
- ELEMENTS OF THE NOVEL: An Update on Forster 709
- A WRITER’S TOOLKIT 709
- ELEMENTS OF FORM AND STYLE IN EXPOSITORY ESSAYS 710
Charles
Brashear, Books Etc
2380
NW Estaview Circle
Corvallis,
OR 97330-1066
phone:
541/738-2685
e-mail:
brashear@mail.sdsu.edu
Visit the Charles Brashear website: www.charlesbrashear.com