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     Elmer M. Roberts was born in April 1900 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA.¹
     Elmer M. Roberts was listed as a resident in Benjamin Franklin Roberts and Caroline Gardner's household in the census report on 19 June 1900 at Civil District 4, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 11, lines 86-91, dwelling 209, families 213 & 214

Elmer M. Roberts was listed as a resident in Benjamin Franklin Roberts's household in the census report on 22 April 1910 at Civil District 2, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 1-A, lines 31-38, dwelling 6, families 6 & 7

     Robert Samuel Brashears was born on 1 June 1801 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA.¹ He married Esther Dearmond on 3 November 1827 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.³
Robert Samuel Brashears died before 1860 at Crawford Co., Arkansas, USA; He was in Crawford Co., AR in the 1850 census, but his wife, Ester with three children, appeared without him in the 1860 census.^4,5
     Robert Samuel Brashears and Esther Dearmond appeared in the census of 30 December 1850 at Van Buren, Crawford Co., Arkansas, USA; p. 385-A, lines 32-39, dwelling 72, family 72

     Polly (1) Brashears was born on 29 December 1802 at Tennessee, USA.¹

     George Washington Camonel Brashears was born on 27 December 1810 at Rockwood, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; Per Lester [1957:198] born on same date as his brother Joseph. Per FAG Memorial, b. 27 Dec 1810 (inscription on Grave Marker.)^1,2
George Washington Camonel Brashears died on 12 April 1840 at Sugar Grove, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 29.^1,2
George Washington Camonel Brashears was buried after 12 April 1840 at Brashears-Kreis Cemetery, Sugar Grove Valley, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; From Find A Grave:
     George Washington Camonel Brashears was listed as a resident in Bazil/Basil Brashears Sr. and Margaret "Peggy" Horton's household in the census report on 7 August 1820 at White Co., Tennessee, USA; This is possibly the same Bazil BRASHEARS. The ages are approximately correct for Bazil and his family. He appears on the same census page as four other BRASHERS [sic] households: Thomas, Berry, John, and Middleton. One one hand, none of his brothers or sons have these names and I have found no other evidence of this Bazil having been in White Co., TN. On the other hand, I have not found a Bazil in Roane Co. where he would have been expected.
p. 331, line 35
Source Citation: 1820 U S Census; Census Place: White, Tennessee; Page: 369; NARA Roll: M33_122; Image: 331
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.³

     Phoebe Brashears was born on 25 November 1809 at Tennessee, USA.¹
Phoebe Brashears died in 1839.¹

     Lorenzo Dow Brashears was born on 13 September 1813 at Tennessee, USA.^1,2 He married Martha Nelson on 22 March 1838 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA,
;
His 1st wife.
Ancestry.com - Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.^2,3 Lorenzo Dow Brashears married Martha Jane Williams in 1852 at Tennessee, USA,
;
His 2nd wife.
Ancestry.com - Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.^4,5
Lorenzo Dow Brashears died on 1 May 1889 at age 75.²
Lorenzo Dow Brashears was buried after 1 May 1889 at Emory Gap Cemetery, Emory Gap, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; From Find A Grave:
     Lorenzo Dow Brashears was listed as a resident in Bazil/Basil Brashears Sr. and Margaret "Peggy" Horton's household in the census report on 7 August 1820 at White Co., Tennessee, USA; This is possibly the same Bazil BRASHEARS. The ages are approximately correct for Bazil and his family. He appears on the same census page as four other BRASHERS [sic] households: Thomas, Berry, John, and Middleton. One one hand, none of his brothers or sons have these names and I have found no other evidence of this Bazil having been in White Co., TN. On the other hand, I have not found a Bazil in Roane Co. where he would have been expected.
p. 331, line 35
Source Citation: 1820 U S Census; Census Place: White, Tennessee; Page: 369; NARA Roll: M33_122; Image: 331
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.⁶

Lorenzo Dow Brashears appeared in the census of 1837 at Tax List, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; Lorenzo is listed with his brother, Joseph (line 11), and his mother, Margaret (Horton) Brashear (line 12).
Ancestry.com - Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
Original data: Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.⁷

Lorenzo Dow Brashears and Martha Nelson appeared in the census of 8 June 1860 at Kingston, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 113, lines 7-12, dwelling 172, family 154

Lorenzo Dow Brashears was listed as a resident in Esther Dearmond's household in the census report on 14 June 1860 at Van Buren, Crawford Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 608, lines 24-27, dwelling 107, family 107

Lorenzo Dow Brashears appeared in the census of 1862 at IRS Tax Assessment List, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S., IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918
Source Citation: The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C; Civil War Direct Tax Assessment Lists: Tennessee; Series: T227; Roll: 5; Description: Marion through Roane counties; Record Group: 217, Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, 1775 - 1978
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Records of the Internal Revenue Service. Record Group 58. The National Archives at Washington, DC.¹⁰

Lorenzo Dow Brashears began military service between 25 February 1862 and 30 March 1865 at Civil War - Union, Tennessee, USA, Ancestry.com - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865
Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C; Record Group Title: Records of the AGO, 1780s-1917; Record Group #: 94; Series Number: M395; Roll #: 0154
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Servic Records, 1861-1865 provided by Fold3 © Copyright 2011 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
Original data: Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.^11,12 He and Martha Jane Williams were Ancestry.com - U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Source Citation: The National Archives at Washington, D.C; Washington, D.C; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288; Roll: 49
Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls. on 18 July 1879 at Tennessee, USA.¹³

Lorenzo Dow Brashears and Martha Jane Williams appeared in the census of 14 June 1880 at District 1, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 290-A, lines 29-36, dwelling 229, family 229

Lorenzo Dow Brashears appeared on the census of 1890 in the household of Martha Jane Williams at Veterans Schedule, Emory Gap, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; Ancestry.com - 1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census
Source Citation: The National Archives at Washington, D.C; Washington, D.C; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Record Group Number: 15; Census Year: 1890
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M123, 118 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C.¹¹

     Mary Polly (2) Brashears was born circa 1811 at Tennessee, USA.¹ She married Abner Hester on 8 July 1834 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA,
;
His 1st wife.
Ancestry.com - Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.²
     Mary Polly (2) Brashears was listed as a resident in Bazil/Basil Brashears Sr. and Margaret "Peggy" Horton's household in the census report on 7 August 1820 at White Co., Tennessee, USA; This is possibly the same Bazil BRASHEARS. The ages are approximately correct for Bazil and his family. He appears on the same census page as four other BRASHERS [sic] households: Thomas, Berry, John, and Middleton. One one hand, none of his brothers or sons have these names and I have found no other evidence of this Bazil having been in White Co., TN. On the other hand, I have not found a Bazil in Roane Co. where he would have been expected.
p. 331, line 35
Source Citation: 1820 U S Census; Census Place: White, Tennessee; Page: 369; NARA Roll: M33_122; Image: 331
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.³

Mary Polly (2) Brashears and Abner Hester appeared in the census of 1840 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 70, line 2

     Margaret "Peggy/Pagay" Brashears was born on 29 April 1816 at Tennessee, USA.¹ She married Edward Riggs on 26 November 1840 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.²
Margaret "Peggy/Pagay" Brashears died on 29 September 1856 at age 40.¹
     Margaret "Peggy/Pagay" Brashears was listed as a resident in Bazil/Basil Brashears Sr. and Margaret "Peggy" Horton's household in the census report on 7 August 1820 at White Co., Tennessee, USA; This is possibly the same Bazil BRASHEARS. The ages are approximately correct for Bazil and his family. He appears on the same census page as four other BRASHERS [sic] households: Thomas, Berry, John, and Middleton. One one hand, none of his brothers or sons have these names and I have found no other evidence of this Bazil having been in White Co., TN. On the other hand, I have not found a Bazil in Roane Co. where he would have been expected.
p. 331, line 35
Source Citation: 1820 U S Census; Census Place: White, Tennessee; Page: 369; NARA Roll: M33_122; Image: 331
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.³

Margaret "Peggy/Pagay" Brashears was listed as a resident in Margaret "Peggy" Horton's household in the census report on 4 November 1850 at Subdivision 20, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 421-B, lines 9-11, dwelling 1408, family 1459
9 BRASHEAR, Margaret 73 [1777] F W VA
10 " , Margaret 27 [1823] F W TN
11 RIGGS, Joseph 9 [1841] M W TN Attended School.⁴

Margaret "Peggy/Pagay" Brashears appeared in the census of 23 August 1860 at District 14, Welckers Mills, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 232, lines 35-36, dwelling 1969, family 1834

     Basil Brashears Jr. was born on 18 December 1802 at Tennessee, USA; Ancestry.com - Old Southern Bible Records
Record ID     49279::78976.¹ He married Lucy C. Young on 20 February 1834 at Madison Co., Alabama, USA,
; Many researchers assume that this marriage is for the same Bazil BRASHEARS, but I have found no clear link proving it is the same Bazil. GA Vaut
Record #1: Ancestry.com - Alabama, U.S., Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., comp.. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920.

Record #2: Ancestry.com - Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data:
-- Alabama Center for Health Statistics. Alabama Marriage Index, 1936-1969. Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Montgomery, Alabama.
-- Dodd, Jordan R., et. al. Early American Marriages: Alabama to 1825. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx.
-- Hunting For Bears, comp. Alabama marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.
-- Dodd, Jordan R., comp. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920.

Record #3: Ancestry.com - Alabama, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: WPA Indices to Marriage Records, by County, 1814-1935. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.

Record #4: Ancestry.com - Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014.
Original data: Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.^2,3,4,5,6

     Martha Jane Williams was born on 9 December 1829.¹ She married Lorenzo Dow Brashears, son of Bazil/Basil Brashears Sr. and Margaret "Peggy" Horton, in 1852 at Tennessee, USA,
;
His 2nd wife.
Ancestry.com - Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.^1,2
Martha Jane Williams died on 4 May 1918 at age 88.¹
Martha Jane Williams was buried after 4 May 1918 at Odd Fellow Cemetery, Pond Grove, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; From Find A Grave:
     She and Lorenzo Dow Brashears were Ancestry.com - U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Source Citation: The National Archives at Washington, D.C; Washington, D.C; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288; Roll: 49
Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls. on 18 July 1879 at Tennessee, USA.³

Martha Jane Williams and Lorenzo Dow Brashears appeared in the census of 14 June 1880 at District 1, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 290-A, lines 29-36, dwelling 229, family 229

Martha Jane Williams appeared in the census of 1890 at Veterans Schedule, Emory Gap, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; Ancestry.com - 1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census
Source Citation: The National Archives at Washington, D.C; Washington, D.C; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Record Group Number: 15; Census Year: 1890
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M123, 118 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C.⁵

     Joseph Thomas Brashears was born on 8 April 1858 at Rockwood, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA.¹
Joseph Thomas Brashears died on 15 November 1918 at Rockwood, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 60.¹
Joseph Thomas Brashears was buried after 15 November 1918 at Odd Fellow Cemetery, Pond Grove, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; From Find A Grave:
     Joseph Thomas Brashears was listed as a resident in Lorenzo Dow Brashears and Martha Nelson's household in the census report on 8 June 1860 at Kingston, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 113, lines 7-12, dwelling 172, family 154

Joseph Thomas Brashears was listed as a resident in Lorenzo Dow Brashears and Martha Jane Williams's household in the census report on 14 June 1880 at District 1, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 290-A, lines 29-36, dwelling 229, family 229

     Mary Brashears was born circa 1852 at Tennessee, USA.¹
     Mary Brashears was listed as a resident in Lorenzo Dow Brashears and Martha Nelson's household in the census report on 8 June 1860 at Kingston, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 113, lines 7-12, dwelling 172, family 154

     Elizabeth Brashears married Logan/Laten T. Jenkins.¹
Elizabeth Brashears was born circa 1851 at Tennessee, USA.¹
     Elizabeth Brashears was listed as a resident in Lorenzo Dow Brashears and Martha Nelson's household in the census report on 8 June 1860 at Kingston, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 113, lines 7-12, dwelling 172, family 154

     Nancy J. Brashears married A. M. Chambers.¹
Nancy J. Brashears was born in 1857 at Tennessee, USA.¹
     Nancy J. Brashears was listed as a resident in Lorenzo Dow Brashears and Martha Jane Williams's household in the census report on 14 June 1880 at District 1, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 290-A, lines 29-36, dwelling 229, family 229

     James M. Brashears was born in 1860 at Tennessee, USA.¹
     James M. Brashears was listed as a resident in Lorenzo Dow Brashears and Martha Nelson's household in the census report on 8 June 1860 at Kingston, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 113, lines 7-12, dwelling 172, family 154

James M. Brashears was listed as a resident in Lorenzo Dow Brashears and Martha Jane Williams's household in the census report on 14 June 1880 at District 1, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 290-A, lines 29-36, dwelling 229, family 229

     Benjamin Franklin Brashears married Alice Easter.¹
Benjamin Franklin Brashears was born in 1864 at Tennessee, USA.¹
     Benjamin Franklin Brashears was listed as a resident in Lorenzo Dow Brashears and Martha Jane Williams's household in the census report on 14 June 1880 at District 1, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 290-A, lines 29-36, dwelling 229, family 229

     Henry J. Brashears married Alice Aolmedia Isham.¹
Henry J. Brashears was born in 1867 at Tennessee, USA.¹
     Henry J. Brashears was listed as a resident in Lorenzo Dow Brashears and Martha Jane Williams's household in the census report on 14 June 1880 at District 1, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 290-A, lines 29-36, dwelling 229, family 229

     Martha Nelson married Lorenzo Dow Brashears, son of Bazil/Basil Brashears Sr. and Margaret "Peggy" Horton, on 22 March 1838 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA,
;
His 1st wife.
Ancestry.com - Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.^1,2
     Martha Nelson and Lorenzo Dow Brashears appeared in the census of 8 June 1860 at Kingston, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 113, lines 7-12, dwelling 172, family 154

     Samuel Brashears married Adelia "Delilah" May
;
His 1st wife.¹ Samuel Brashears married Sarah E. Crawford
;
His 2nd wife.¹ Samuel Brashears was born in January 1838 at Tennessee, USA.¹
Samuel Brashears died on 11 May 1909 at age 71.¹

     John E./D. Brashears married Nancy J. Matney.¹
John E./D. Brashears was born in November 1839 at Tennessee, USA.¹

     Robert Brashears married Mary E. (?)¹
Robert Brashears was born circa 1843 at Tennessee, USA.¹

     William D. Brashears was born in August 1844 at Tennessee, USA.¹
William D. Brashears died after 1910.¹