Elizabeth Ann Brashear

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ann

When Elizabeth Ann Brashear was born on 17 June 1832, in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States, her father, Charles Brashear, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Eleanor Young, was 19. She married Thomas Addison Crutcher on 2 April 1849, in Hardin, Marshall, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Hardin, Kentucky, United States for about 30 years. She died on 9 May 1898, at the age of 65, and was buried in Vine Grove, Hardin, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Addison Crutcher
1827–1893
Elizabeth Ann Brashear
1832–1898
Marriage: 2 April 1849
James Henry Crutcher
1850–1918
Crutcher
1852–1852
Mary E. Crutcher
1853–
Susan Elizabeth Crutcher
1855–1864
Lucy Emma Crutcher
1857–1933
Nancy Katherine Crutcher
1860–1936
Thomas Lee Crutcher
1862–1935
Charles Owen Crutcher
1865–1936
George Robert Crutcher
1868–1952
Sallie Ann Crutcher
1873–1967
Jacob Van Meter Crutcher
1875–1946

Sources (24)

  • Elizabeth Crutcher in household of Thomas A Crutcher, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elizabeth A. Brachear, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Elizabeth Brashear, "Kentucky, Deaths, 1911-1967"

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World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

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

1850 · 8th Most Populated State

According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of French Brasseur . The traditional pronunciation is with the stress on the second syllable. Compare Beshear , Bosher , Brashears , Brasher , and Brashier .

History: The surname Brashear is listed along with its original form Brasseur and the variant Brashier in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.

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

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