Brassell, William E. - 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry

WILLIAM E. BRASSELL
1 stTENNESSEE MOUNTED INFANTRY
USA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 21 September 1843 in Barren County, KY
Died: 17 April 1930in DeKalb County, TN
Buried: Brassell Cemetery, Dekalb County, TN
Parents: Egbert H. and Mary Louise (Baker) Brassell
Brother to: the Infamous Joseph Andrew and George Lewis alias "Teek" Brassell who were hung in Cookeville for the murder of Russell Allison.

1st Married: Mary Elizabeth Baker Patterson on 20 September 1869 in Smith County, TN
Born: 6 November 1844 in Smith County, TN
Died: 23 May 1908 in Dekalb County, TN
Buried: Brassell Cemetery, Dekalb County, TN
Parents:
Widow of: John B. Patterson

Children:

  1. Robert T. Brassell
  2. Claude Brassell

2nd Married: Sudie Catherine Yates on 10 Oct 1910 in Dekalb County, TN
Born: 5 July 1876 in Kentucky
Died: 27 May 1949in Dekalb County, TN
Buried: Brassell Cemetery, Dekalb County, TN (Note there is no death date on the tombstone)
Parents: John and Emaline (Colwell) Yates

RELATIVES WHO SERVED

  • Brother: James Reuben Brassell - 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry - USA
  • Brother-in-law: Nathan Montgomery Cox - 4th Tennessee Battalion - CSA
  • Brother-in-law: David Crockett Patton - 5th Tennessee Cavalry - USA

MILITARY INFORMATION

1 stTennessee Mounted Infantry
Company A

ABSTRACT:

  • Enlisted as a Private and left as a Private
  • Age: 22
  • Enlisted 5/1/1864
  • Born: Smith County
  • Eyes: Blue
  • Hair: Light
  • Complexion: Jaundiced
  • 5'8"
  • May - Aug 1864: Awaiting Muster In

US PENSION APPLICATION

CENSUS DATA

  • 1850 Census: Barren County, TN, Page 377
  • 1860 Census: Smith County, TN, Page 266
  • 1870 Census: Smith County, TN, Page 4
  • 1880 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 162A
  • 1900 Census: Dekalb County, TN, Page 216B
  • 1910 Census
  • 1920 Census: DeKalb County, TN Page 185A

WILL

Dekalb County, Tennessee Wills May 1901 - October 1950
Page 254
Recorded: 7 April 1922
Filed: 21 April 1930
Widow and Executrix: Sudie Brassell
Witnesses: Will T. Hayes and Ed D. Smith
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ADDITIONAL DATA