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Descendants of RICHARD BRACEWELL

Generation No. 3

3. JAMES J.³ BRASEL (JOHN², RICHARD¹ BRACEWELL) was born Abt. 1811 in White County, Tennessee*or Kentucky, and died 1854 in Illinois or Missouri. He married PERSILLA SWEAZEA Unknown in Unknown, daughter of MATTHEW SWEAZEA and SUSAN.

Notes for JAMES J. BRASEL:
From "The New OZARK COUSINS" by Bud Phillips, 1984:
...This early Brasel settler [John] had a son, James Brasel, born in Kentucky about 1811. This James Brasel married Persilla Sweazea (some spell it Swazey-Sweazey, etc.) A census listing made October 4, 1850, lists this couple in District 16 of Jackson County, Tennessee.
...Later James and Persilla Sweazea Brasel moved westward. It is thought that James died in Illinois in 1854 (some say his death occurred in Southeast Missouri).

Other research indicates that James Brasel was born in White County, Tennessee.

The Jackson County, Tennessee 1840 U.S. Census lists
      JAMES J. BRAZELL, 1 male 20-30, occupation in agriculture
      1 female 20-30 (Persilla?)
      1 male 5-10 (unknown child)
      1 female (Louvina?) 0-5

The Jackson County, Tennessee 1850 Census- District #16 lists: (note the spelling variations)
      JAMES BASELL: age 32, white male, born KY
      Permela: age 39, white female, born TN
      Luvena: age 11, white female, born TN
      John R.: age 8, white male, born TN
      Matthew: age 8, white male, born TN
      Clearsey: age 3, white female, born TN
      Delitha Buswell: age 65, white female, born NC
      Lethe Rigsby: age 8, white female, born TN



Notes for PERSILLA SWEAZEA:
From "The New OZARK COUSINS" by Bud Phillips, 1984:
...[after the death of her husband] His widow and other family members seem to have somewhere joined in with the Phillips and other families on their way to North Arkansas, in late 1859 and early 1860. In the Ozarks of Arkansas, the Brasels settled somewhere in the vicinity of present Deer in Newton County. The widow died there on November 22, 1867 and is buried on the Clyde Atkinson farm at Deer.

More About PERSILLA SWEAZEA:
Fact 1: 1867, buried in Atkinson Cemetery

Children of JAMES BRASEL and PERSILLA SWEAZEA are:

	i.	LOWENA⁴ BRASEL, b. Abt. 1839, Jackson County, Tennessee?; d. 1839, Jackson County, Tennessee?.
4.	ii.	LOUVINA BRASEL, b. Abt. 1840, Jackson County, Tennessee?; d. Unknown, Newton County, Arkansas.
5.	iii.	JOHN R. BRASEL, b. April 08, 1842, Jackson County, Tennessee?; d. December 1909, Newton County, Arkansas.
6.	iv.	MATT BRASEL, b. April 08, 1842, Jackson County, Tennessee?; d. October 28, 1903, Newton County, Arkansas.
7.	v.	CLARISSA BRASEL, b. April 08, 1847, Jackson County, Tennessee?; d. August 15, 1910, Newton County, Arkansas.

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