5. | KIRK, Hazel Ann was born on 28 Nov 1825 in Anderson, Tennessee, USA (daughter of KIRK, Thomas Riley and GWIN, Martha); died on 6 Apr 1919 in Mercer, Missouri, USA; was buried in Mercer, Missouri, USA. Notes:
GRANVILLE, Grundy County, Missouri
Granville, an old town, flourished in the eighteen fifties, very near the present site of Dunlap. It had a general and grocery store, whose principle trade was in whisky, and a blacksmith shop. Here occurred the killing of McAfee and Phipps, about 1859.
In about 1859 there was a double killing at the town of Granville. In a quarrel, George McAfee shot Joseph Phipps. At the time Joseph Phipps war married to Hazel A. Kirk. One of Hazel's brother's (Wiley Clark Kirk) then shot and killed George McAfee. Hazel later married Jesse Huston Brassfield.
George McAfee was a Mason. Only legend remains, but the story goes that he was killed over a dispute concerning racehorses, two men were killed and buried near the creek bank. Only remnants of one stone were found; broken and scattered. It is recorded that George McAfee (November 25, 1821 - June 29, 1859) is commemerated at the site of the McAfee Cemetery in Grundy County, Missouri.
Buried:
Coon Cemetery
Children:
- BRASSFIELD, Wiley Clark was born on 20 Mar 1867 in Galt, Grundy, Missouri, USA; died on 15 Oct 1870.
- BRASSFIELD, Selena Ellen was born on 17 Oct 1860 in Mercer, Missouri, USA; died on 24 Feb 1948; was buried in Grundy County, Missouri (Galt East Cemetery).
- 2. BRASSFIELD, Jesse Ruben was born on 31 Jul 1864 in Galt, Grundy, Missouri, USA; died on 6 Jun 1904 in Mercer, Missouri, USA; was buried in Washington, Mercer, Missouri, USA.
- BRASSFIELD, Jacob Sylvester was born on 29 Jan 1869 in Mercer, Missouri, USA; died on 30 Dec 1958 in Galt, Grundy County, Missouri, United States of America; was buried in Topsy, Mercer County, Missouri, United States of America.
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