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Walter Watt Brashears (1814 - 1863)

Walter Watt Brashears
Born in Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , , and
Husband of — married 17 Dec 1829 in Tennessee United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died at age 48 in McKinley, Lawrence, Missouri, United Statesmap
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Biography

Walter was the son of Robert Brashears and Sally Hankins

Walter Brashers married Elizabeth Basham on December 17, 1829, in Lawrence County, Tennessee. They moved, with their four older children, to Lawrence County, Missouri in 1836. There they continued to increase the size of their family. Elizabeth died in Feb. 1863. It is said that Walter was killed by bushwhackers a few days after witnessing a gang of them stealing the neighboring horse

United States Census, 1850 Name Walter Brashears Event Type Census Event Year 1850 Event Place Lawrence county, Lawrence, Missouri, United States Gender Male Age 38 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1812 House Number 214

Walter Brashears M 38
Elizabeth Brashears F 41 Tennessee
Drochelison Brashears M 20 Tennessee
Elizabeth Brashears F 18 Tennessee
Robert W Brashears M 16 Tennessee
Artinsa Brashears F 14 Tennessee
Sally J Brashears F 12 Missouri
Martha A Brashears F 11 Missouri
John R Brashears M 9 Missouri
William W Brashears M 7 Missouri
Lucinda Brashears F 6 Missouri
Catharine Brashears F 5 Missouri
Polly A Brashears F 5 Missouri
James Brashears M 4 Missouri
Isaac I Brashears M 3 Missouri
Catharine Brashears F 2 Missouri
Citing this Record "United States Census, 1850," database with images, [1] : 12 April 2016), Walter Brashears, Lawrence county, Lawrence, Missouri, United States; citing family 218, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

United States Census, 1860 Name Walter Brashers Event Type Census Event Date 1860 Event Place Turnback Township, Lawrence, Missouri, United States Gender Male Age 45 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1815 Birthplace Tennessee Page 55

Walter Brashers M 45 Tennessee
Elizabeth Brashers F 49 Tennessee
Martha Brashers F 21 Missouri
Jesse Brashers M 19 Missouri
William Brashers M 18 Missouri
Lucy Brashers F 17 Missouri
Adeline Brashers F 16 Missouri
Angeline Brashers F 16 Missouri
James Brashers M 14 Missouri
Caroline Brashers F 12 Missouri
Isaac Brashers M 10 Missouri
Reuben Brashers M 9 Missouri
Melinda Brashers F 8 Missouri
Citing this Record "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ4-H2X : 14 December 2017), Walter Brashers, 1860.

Find A Grave Index Name Walter Brashers Event Type Burial Event Date 1863 Event Place McKinley, Lawrence, Missouri, United States of America Photograph Included Y Birth Date 23 Jan 1814 Death Date 16 May 1863 Affiliate Record Identifier Find A Grave: Memorial #15400050 Cemetery Brashers Cemetery Citing this Record "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV6-9LJ9: 13 December 2015), Walter Brashers, 1863; Burial, McKinley, Lawrence, Missouri, United States of America, Brashers Cemetery; citing record ID 15400050, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Sources

  1. ↑ [FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ8-RGC
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #15400050
  • "US Census, 1850", database online. District 47, Lawrence, Missouri, USA; Roll: M432_404; Page: 284A; Image: 38; Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls) records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  • "US Census, 1860", database on line. Turnback, Lawrence, Missouri, USA; Roll: M653_628: Page: 757; Family History Library Film: 803628 https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog

DNA Confirmation

triangulated segment on Chromosome 6 is evidence that Daniel Hankins & wife Hannah unknown are the common ancestors of J Schell, M Vaught, C Vaught, C Vaught, M Marshall, O Gilleo, A Riaz, P Haskins, C Springer, N Escobedo, and B Logan. This connects the Brashears family to Sarah Rhea Hankins.

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Brashears-21 created through the import of a20y4f_871495rae7f33g0ez2447w.ged on Jun 24, 2011 by Lori Cleveland. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Lori and others.




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The DNA confirmation statement is incomplete. What is the size of the triangulated segment on Chromosome 6?
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