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:
- Robert T. Brassell
- 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
- Filed April 1, 1890
- Invalid #769790
- Certificate #948313
- Click Here to Download 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
Download a copy here
ADDITIONAL DATA
- Death Certificate: Dekalb County, TN (1930) - #8027 W. E. Brassell
- Death Certificate: Dekalb County, TN (1949) - #49-12139 Sudie Yates Braswell