Leon married BRASSFIELD, Frieda L. about 1932. Frieda (daughter of BRASSFIELD, Orville A. and BRITTAIN, Sarah Elizabeth) was born on 1 Jun 1908 in Half Rock, Mercer, Missouri, USA; died on 18 Aug 1998 in Blair, Washington, Nebraska, USA; was buried in Wausa, Knox County, Nebraska, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Freida Haley, 90 Freida Haley, 90, of Blair died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 1998, at the Tekamah Nursing Center. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Lutheran Church in Blair. A 3 p.m. graveside service is scheduled at Woodlawn Cemetery in Wausa. A prayer service will be 7 p.m. Thursday at Campbell - Aman Funeral Home, who is in charge of arrangements. Freida Brassfield Haley was born on June 1, 1908, in Half Rock, Mo., to Orville and Sarah E. ( Brittian ) Brassfield. She was baptized and became a member of the Baptist Church. She graduated from Chillicothe High School in Missouri. In 1932, she married Leon Haley. The family lived in Omaha for 17 years before moving to Wausa in 1949. They were members of the United Methodist Church in Wausa. She worked as a bookkeeper for a hatchery and then as a secretary for a lawyer and an insurance salesman. She later lived in California for 10 years and worked in a Boy Scout office. She retired in Morrill, close to her daughter, Carol. She enjoyed helping as a volunteer grandmother in the Morrill Schools. She moved to Blair and lived in Parkview Manor. She later moved to Good Shepherd Home. She is survived by two daughters and sons - in - law, Carol and Virgil Baker of Wheatland, Wyo., and Connie and Alvan Andersen of Blair; one son, Patrick Haley of Reno, Nev.; eight grandchildren; 17 great - grandchildren; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon, in 1949; her parents; three sisters and one brother. Memorials are suggested to the United Methodist Church in Wausa or the First Lutheran Church in Blair.

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Buried:
Half Rock Cemetery

Orville married BRITTAIN, Sarah Elizabeth on 13 Apr 1892 in Grundy, Missouri, USA. Sarah (daughter of BRITTAIN, James Grayson and BROWN, Maria Ellen) was born on 2 Oct 1870 in Galt, Grundy, Missouri, USA; died on 6 Mar 1958 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA; was buried in Half Rock, Mercer, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Re: Brassfields in Missouri
Posted by: Roberta Barlow Date: November 17, 1999 at 15:52:29
In Reply to: Brassfields in Missouri by Ronald Matthews of 116

Rev. James A. Brassfield was born March 1, 1842, Adair County, MO, died Oct. 14, 1910, Mercer County, MO, son of William Trammel Brassfield and Nancy Lay. William T. was born Feb. 21, 1803, TN, died March 24, 1882, Adair County, MO, son of James Brassfield, b. about 1756 d. 1803, the son of Joseph Leonard Brassfield. Other children to William and Nancy were: Dennis M. T., Rebecca, William, Mary Jane, Thomas L., Louis Green, Francis Marion, John, Elcano, and Leonard.
James married Ellen Jane Ruddell April 23, 1863, Schuyler County, MO, children were Vinson and Orville.

James married RUDDELL, Ellen Jane on 23 Apr 1863 in Schuyler, Missouri, USA. Ellen (daughter of RUDDELL, John Freeland and PENNINGTON, Mary McCamy) was born on 26 May 1849 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States of America; died on 2 Feb 1924 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, USA; was buried in Ravanna, Mercer, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Brasfield-Brassfield Genealogies book state that her parents were James Ruddell and Nancy Jane Pennington Boone. However 1850 & 1860 Census's in Illinois indicate that her parents were John Freeland Ruddell and Mary McCamy Pennington, which is consistent with the name of Ellen's daughter, Mary McCamy Brassfield.

James married BROWN, Maria Ellen on 4 Oct 1868. Maria was born about 1848; died about 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]