John Brasel

Brief Life History of John

When John Brasel was born on 29 December 1818, in Tennessee, United States, his father, John Braswell, was 34 and his mother, Rhoda Stonecipher, was 30. He married Mary Lansford on 11 May 1843. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Fayette, Illinois, United States for about 20 years and Lone Grove Township, Fayette, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died in 1898, in Wilberton Township, Fayette, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Wilberton Township, Fayette, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Brasel
1818–1898
Mary Lansford
1824–1892
Marriage: 11 May 1843
Rhoda Brasel
1845–1932
Anna Brasel
1849–1898
Sarah Maranda Brasel
1854–1943
James Brasel
1857–
Illinois Brasel
1860–
Malinda Frances Brasel
1862–1934
Nora Brasel
1863–1940
Albert T Brasel
1863–1943

Sources (7)

  • John Brazil, "United States Census, 1870"
  • John Brasel, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • John Brasel in entry for Nora Brasel Vaughan, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Menachem, Mirra, Yakov.

German (Bräsel): from a shortened pet form of the Latin personal name Ambrosius (see Ambrose ).

Altered form of Jewish (from Poland) Brezel or Brezyl: artificial name from Polish brezylia ‘brazilwood’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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