Question

Brick wall: looking for father of Frank M. Brasher (m Cordelia Denny) b 1870 d 1928 KY

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Do you know what state, county and city Frank M. Brasher was born in? Would you have the year and location of his marriage to Cordelia Denny and would you have the county and city of his death in Kentucky?

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Yes I do have some of the information.....

Let me look it up.

Frank M. Brasher was born in 1870 in Gadsen AL.  He died in Pineville, Bell Co, KY in 1928.  He married Cordelia Denny in 1892.

Thank you!  Bonnie

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I do have a census which shows Frank M. Brasher's father as Bert Brasher, wife Peggy.  It is this Bert individual, my gggrandfather that is the brick wall.

Thank you, Bonnie

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Frank M. Brasher b Anniston, Calhoun, AL from another source.

Thank you, Bonnie

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This was suggested to me as a possible family member

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brasher-174

Answer 1

Albert B. Brasher, Alabama Civil War Service Records, of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865. Fifth Infantry in 1864.

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I don't know how to verify that this Albert Brasher is the Bert Brasher in the census.  I have seen this Albert before, but just don't know how to verify.

Answer 2

Frank M Brasher 1863-1928 - Ancestry®

Born in Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, United States on Aug 1863 to Bert Brasher and Peggy (Brasher). Frank M Brasher married Cordelia 'Cordie' Denny and had 10 children. He passed away on 1928 in Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9WD-W36 : accessed 13 September 2020), Frank Brasher, Magisterial District 1 Pineville town, Bell, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 14A, family 284, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,508.

Frank M Brasher (1863–1928) | Person | Family Tree | FamilySearch

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Albert "Bert" Brasher 

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4V6-CP1 : 24 August 2017), Bert Brasher, Spring Creek, Shelby, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 167, sheet 190A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,031.

Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 9, Shelby, Alabama; Roll: M593_39; Page: 474B; Family History Library Film: 545538

Answer 3

1880 United States Census, Spring Creek, Shelby, Alabama. Bert Brasher 47, wife Peggy 44, John son 19, George son 18, Currintha son 14, Frank son 10, Paul son 8, Josephine daughter 7, James H son 3, and Eddy son 0. All in the household were born in Alabama.

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