PHOTO #1	BENJAMIN BRASEL Born 11/13/1855--Died 12/15/1935 Spanish-American War Veteran   Two-term Sheriff of Morgan County.  ... Son of Jessie and Susan Honeycutt Brasel ... Grandson of John and Rhoda Stonecipher Brasel ... G-Grandson of James and Nancy Hall Brasel ... G-G-Grandson of  Richard & Obedience Snow Braswell ...  Buried in Brasel Cemetery
	OBITUARY OF BENJAMIN BRASEL December 19, 1935 Benjamin Brasel, 80, Spanish American War veteran, died in Veteran's hospital at Johnson City Sunday morning.  Mr. Brasel is survived by six children, Mrs. D. A. McPeters, Harriman, Mrs. Walter McPeters, Strawberry Plains; Mrs. Jack Wilson Rockwood, Mrs. Harry Kreis, Wartburg, Blaine Brasel, Rockwood, Ray Brasel, Oakdale; 29 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.  Mr. Brasel was a member of the Baptist Church.  Funeral services were held at his home church, Liberty, Tuesday at 10 o'clock.  Burial was in Union burying ground near Wartburg wher Mr. Brasel made his home.
	Grave of  Ben Brasel,  buried Brasel Cemetery
PHOTO#2	SARAH F. WILSON BRASEL Born 4/13/1856. Died 2/26/1915 wife of Ben Daughter of  Charles and Abanatha Wilson They had 12 children the youngest was my grandmother Lillian.
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	SARAH BRASEL WILSON
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PHOTO #3 FRED ADOLPHUS  B. 10/10/1878   D.04/1934 Fred, Addie and Edie	PHOTO #4 JAMES BLAINE B. 12/11/1884   D.-- Blaine, Annie and Child
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PHOTO #5 BESSIE MELINDA B. 02/02/1892   D.--      IDA LEE B. 04/28/1896   D.--        LILLIAN MYRTLE B. 10/16/1899      D. 2/13/1997	PHOTO #6 IDA
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PHOTO # 7 ADOLPHUS A. 'DOLPHUS' McPETERS and BESSIE MELINDA BRASEL	PHOTO # 8 IDA AND HUSBAND HARRY KREIS
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PHOTO #9 BLAINE'S 100TH BIRTHDAY PARTY WARTBURG
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PHOTO # 11 LILLIAN 1941	PHOTO # 12 THE FOUR SISTERS
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PHOTO # 13 BLAINE and SISTERS REUNION 1966	PHOTO # 14 LILLIAN and VIOLA HAMBY
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PHOTO # 15 LEE AND LILLIAN	PHOTO # 17 ROBERT LEE SHANNON grandson of BEN BRASEL
PHOTO # 16 LILLIAN, just widowed	PHOTO # 18 ROBERT LEE SHANNON on board ship USS CANOTIA  WW II

 

PHOTO # 20 Five Generations--- There were five generations of BRASELS who attended a family reuinon on Aug. 14 at Frozen Head Park.  The oldest member was Blaine Brasel of Rockwood, who will celebrate is 99th birthday Dec. 11.  He has 10 children, 37 grandchildren 70 great-grandchildren and 31 great-great grandchildren.  His wife Callie Ann Griffith Brasel, died seven years ago.  In the front row, oldest daughter and Blaine, back row, Greg Scott of Oliver Springs, his great-great-granddson, and Millard Scott, Oliver Springs, his oldest great- grandchild.

"Uncle Dolphus, Aunt Bessie and Aunt Mandy in 1965"

PHOTO # 21 WORLD WAR II LETTER   (click here to see copy of letter and envelope from Robert Lee Shannon to Aunt Bessie and Uncle Dolphus, in Gobey

JESSE BRASEL’s 1872 Petition to the Southern Commission  BRASWELL FAMILY PAGE

BRASEL FAMILY LINEAGE

The Infamous Harpe Brothers and the murder of James Brasel

 

PHOTO #1. Benjamin Brasel, Spanish-American War Veteran and two-term sheriff of Morgan County. Born 11/13/1855. Died 12/15/1935. Son of Jessie and Susan Honeycutt Brasel. Grandson of John & Rhoda Stonecipher Brasel G-G-Grandson of Richard & Obedience Snow Braswell (Original spelling) Buried in Brasel Cemetery. ~~ PHOTO #2. Sarah F. Wilson Brasel, wife of Ben.                       Born 4/13/1856. Died 2/26/1915.                       Daughter of Charles and Abanatha Wilson.    They had 12 children, the youngest was my grandmother Lillian.         1. Joseph William       B. 11/19/1875   D.01/16/1879         2. Charles Anderson     B. 03/30/1877   D.01/16/1879 ~~ PHOTO #3         3. Fred Adolphus        B. 10/10/1878   D.04/1934         4. Orville Perry        B. 01/28/1880   D.10/16/1925         5. Oscar Raymond        B. 12/03/1881   D. 4/25/1955         6. Samual Nicholas      B. 04/06/1883   D.01/25/1884 ~~ PHOTO #4          7. James Blaine         B. 12/11/1884   D.         8. Amanda               B. 08/20/1886   D.11/13/1976         9. Mary Ann             B. 03/26/1890   D.03/11/1892 ~~ PHOTO #5 10. Bessie Melinda      B. 02/02/1892   D. PHOTO #5 11. Ida Lee             B. 04/28/1896   D. PHOTO #5 12. Lillian Myrtle      B/ 10/16/1899   D. 2/13/1997 PHOTO #6.    Ida PHOTO #7.   Amanda and husband Walter McPeters PHOTO #8.   Ida and husband Harry Kreis PHOTO #9.   Blaine's 100th Birthday Party, Wartburg PHOTO #10. Removed and moved to 'Photos from the collection of Lillian Brasel PHOTO #11. Lillian Myrtle Brasel Shannon Wilson PHOTO #12. Mandy, Bessie, Ida and Lillian PHOTO #13. Brasel Reunion 1966 PHOTO #14. Lillian and best girlfriend Viola Hamby @1920 PHOTO #15. Lillian and 1st husband, Lee Henderson Shannon PHOTO #16. Lillian, recently widowed with son Robert, my father PHOTO #17. Robert Lee Shannon, grandson of Ben BrasEL  PHOTO # 18 Robert Lee Shannon, WW II on board USS Canotia PHOTO # 20.  Five Generations of Brasels PHOTO # 21.  Letter from Robt. Lee Shannon to Aunt Bessie and Uncle Dolphus                             Envelope states "No Such Place in Tennessee as Gobey!

Photos and information submitted by MELINDA SHANNON FREELS

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