Mahala E. (Crane) Brasher (1870 - 1910)

Born 19 Nov 1870 in Yellow Leaf, Shelby, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Alonzo Absalom Brasher — married 23 Feb 1888 in Shelby Co. Ala

Descendants

Died 26 Nov 1910 at age 40 in Yellow Leaf, Shelby, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Mahala E. Crane was born the 19th November 1870 in Shelby County, Alabama. Mahala is the daughter of John Franklin Crane and Elendor Spearman.

Mahala, age 10, appears in the 1880 Federal census in Shelby County, Alabama in the household of her father John F. Crane.^[1]

Mahala married Alonzo A. Brasher on the 23rd of February in Shelby County, Alabama. The announcement of Mahala's marriage appeared in The Shelby Chronicle as follows: "Married - At the residence of the bride's father, Mr. David Spearman, February 23, Mr. William A. Brasher and Miss Rosa E. Spearman. Also on the same day, at, the residence of the bride's father, Mr. J.F. Crane, Mr. Alonzo A. Brasher and Miss Mahala E. Crane, Justice Adams officiating at both."^[2]

Buried in Quinn Cemetery, Chelsea, Ala.

• Fact: Residence (1900) Precinct 8 Yellow Leaf, Shelby, Alabama, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Yellowleaf, Shelby, Alabama, United States
• Fact: Burial (26 NOV 1910) Quinn Cemetery,, Shelby, Alabama

Sources

1. ↑ 1880 Federal census Shelby County, Alabama household John F. Crane. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9 Roll 31 page 264, Enumeration District 125.
2. ↑ The Shelby Chronicle, Columbiana, Alabama, 1 March 1888, Thur. page 3; on-line: https://www.newspapers.com/image/322972730/?terms=Crane:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 September 2017, 02:22), entry for Mahala E. Crane(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K1D8-42R); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 September 2017, 02:22), entry for Mahala E. Crane(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K1D8-42R); contributed by various users.
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