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Claborn Brazelton

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Claborn Brazelton

Birth
New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
7 Mar 1906 (aged 90)
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Douglas Township, Polk County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.7021215, Longitude: -93.5574405
Plot
Sec O Row 8 Lot 11
Memorial ID
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Abstracted:
Brazelton, C. Farmer and stock raiser, section 29, PO Greenwood.
b. Jefferson Co. TN 5-13-1815, lived there until about 10, moved with family to Vermillion Co., IL. He lived there until 1837. While there he learned tanning and currying. He spent 8 years then in agricultural pursuits. 1854 he settled in Douglas, Polk Co.
He commenced business for himself with a nominal capital of 25c, but with a large fund of energy and honest determination to succeed. He now owns 715 acres of land and 9 valuable lots in Des Moines. His annual stock sales are about $5000."
He was postmaster in Greenwood for 7 years.
He married Miss Anna Thornton in 1836, Vermillion Co., ILL. They had 8 children: Jacob, Margaret, Jennie, Mary, Albert, Joseph, Fannie and Letta. They lost 2.
Mrs. Brazelton was killed in a railroad accident near Columbus, OH in 1876.
Brazelton married Anna Charman of Colorado in February. She was the mother of his nephew's wife, Mrs. Alexander Brazelton.
Abstracted:
Brazelton, C. Farmer and stock raiser, section 29, PO Greenwood.
b. Jefferson Co. TN 5-13-1815, lived there until about 10, moved with family to Vermillion Co., IL. He lived there until 1837. While there he learned tanning and currying. He spent 8 years then in agricultural pursuits. 1854 he settled in Douglas, Polk Co.
He commenced business for himself with a nominal capital of 25c, but with a large fund of energy and honest determination to succeed. He now owns 715 acres of land and 9 valuable lots in Des Moines. His annual stock sales are about $5000."
He was postmaster in Greenwood for 7 years.
He married Miss Anna Thornton in 1836, Vermillion Co., ILL. They had 8 children: Jacob, Margaret, Jennie, Mary, Albert, Joseph, Fannie and Letta. They lost 2.
Mrs. Brazelton was killed in a railroad accident near Columbus, OH in 1876.
Brazelton married Anna Charman of Colorado in February. She was the mother of his nephew's wife, Mrs. Alexander Brazelton.


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