Brief Life History of John Richard
When John Richard Brasel was born in 1846, in Morgan, Tennessee, United States, his father, James Brasel, was 34 and his mother, Susan Fairchild, was 27. He married Mildred "Millie" Jane Wilson in 1866, in Morgan, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Civil District 2, Morgan, Tennessee, United States in 1870. He died on 23 December 1909, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 63.
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Sources (8)
- John Brasil, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ben Brazell in entry for Mary Ann Justice, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
- John Brasel in household of James Brasel, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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