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BRASSFIELD, John Butler

BRASSFIELD, John Butler

Male 1923 - 2018  (95 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  BRASSFIELD, John Butler was born on 24 Feb 1923 in Seattle, King, Washington, USA (son of BRASSFIELD, William Paul and KOHL, Gladys M); died on 8 Mar 2018.

    John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. BRASSFIELD, Dean Randall was born on 18 Jan 1948 in Seattle, King, Washington, USA; died in 2016.
    3. Living

    John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  BRASSFIELD, William Paul was born on 2 Dec 1898 in Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, USA (son of BRASSFIELD, Butler Randolf and BENSON, Margaret Jane); died on 2 Dec 1975 in King, Washington, USA; was buried in Medford, Jackson, Oregon, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Memory Gardens Memorial Park

    William married KOHL, Gladys M on 13 May 1922 in King, Washington, USA. Gladys (daughter of KOHL, Anthony and BARBER, Margaret) was born in 1900 in St Paul, Min; died on 23 Mar 1950 in Lane, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  KOHL, Gladys M was born in 1900 in St Paul, Min (daughter of KOHL, Anthony and BARBER, Margaret); died on 23 Mar 1950 in Lane, Oregon, USA.
    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living
    3. 1. BRASSFIELD, John Butler was born on 24 Feb 1923 in Seattle, King, Washington, USA; died on 8 Mar 2018.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  BRASSFIELD, Butler Randolf was born on 13 Aug 1873 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA (son of BRASSFIELD, John D and MCCLELLAND, Martha A.); died on 4 Aug 1939 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA; was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery

    Butler married BENSON, Margaret Jane on 15 Nov 1895. Margaret was born in 1876 in Illinois, USA; died on 31 Dec 1951 in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA; was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  BENSON, Margaret Jane was born in 1876 in Illinois, USA; died on 31 Dec 1951 in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA; was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery

    Children:
    1. BRASSFIELD, Mary Lucille was born on 2 Apr 1916 in Salina, Saline, Kansas, USA.
    2. BRASSFIELD, John Maxwell was born on 5 Aug 1902 in Salina, Saline, Kansas, USA; died about Feb 1944 in Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, USA.
    3. 2. BRASSFIELD, William Paul was born on 2 Dec 1898 in Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, USA; died on 2 Dec 1975 in King, Washington, USA; was buried in Medford, Jackson, Oregon, USA.
    4. BRASSFIELD, Marjorie Josephine was born on 15 Nov 1909 in Salina, Saline, Kansas, USA; died on 27 Apr 1970.

  3. 6.  KOHL, Anthony was born on 28 Oct 1874.

    Anthony married BARBER, Margaret. Margaret was born in 1878 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  BARBER, Margaret was born in 1878 in England.
    Children:
    1. KOHL, Albert was born in 1910 in Washington, USA.
    2. KOHL, Barbara was born in 1902 in Washington, USA.
    3. KOHL, Kenneth K was born in 1908 in Washington, USA.
    4. 3. KOHL, Gladys M was born in 1900 in St Paul, Min; died on 23 Mar 1950 in Lane, Oregon, USA.
    5. KOHL, Ernest was born in 1906 in Washington, USA.
    6. KOHL, Gilbert M was born in 1894 in Minnesota, USA.
    7. KOHL, John C was born in 1896 in Minnesota, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  BRASSFIELD, John D was born on 6 Sep 1843 in North Carolina, USA (son of BRASFIELD, John Wiley and HILL, Sarah R); died on 2 Sep 1885 in Glasco, Cloud, Kansas, USA.

    Notes:

    Glasco Sun, Cloud County, Kansas, Sept. 5, 1885, page 4:
    Suicided
    About two o'clock Wednesday afternoon, J.D. Brassfield was discovered by his family hanging in a young cottonwood tree, about one hundred yards southeast of his house. They cut him down and one of the boys hurriedly notified the neighbors.
    The last his family had seen of him was between ten and eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and had supposed he had gone to one of the neighbors.

    The deceased had taken a halter and fastened it to the top of the tree about twelve feet from the ground, climbing the tree with his boots on, and then as everything was fixed satisfactory to him, took off his boots and stood them a few feet from the tree selected for his own destruction. He again climbed the tree, adjusted the noose around his neck and swung himself into eternity. The only reason for this rash step is that he was working under a temporary spell of insanity, which seemed to trouble him every fall, yet no one supposed that it would ever cause him to plan or carry out his own destruction.

    John Brassfield was a good man, industrious and prosperous. A good neighbor, a loving husband, and a kind father, and to whose family the sympathy of the entire community is extended in this their darkest hour of sorrow.

    Notes for JOHN D. BRASSFIELD:
    "J.D. Brassfield, who used to live in Union township, but who has lived in Kansas the last three years, committed suicide at his Kansas home. He was perhaps somewhat insane. He was sent to the insane asylum when a young man, and has been troubled somewhat at times since. We are indebted to W. W. Gentry for this information." Taken from an article written in the Winterset Madisonian newspaper, dated Sept. 17, 1885.

    John married MCCLELLAND, Martha A. on 15 Aug 1867 in Patterson, Madison, Iowa, USA. Martha was born on 3 Apr 1846 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, USA; died on 17 Jul 1917 in Glasco, Cloud, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  MCCLELLAND, Martha A. was born on 3 Apr 1846 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, USA; died on 17 Jul 1917 in Glasco, Cloud, Kansas, USA.

    Notes:

    Glasco Sun, Cloud County, Kansas, July 26, 1917, page 8:
    Mattie A. Brassfield
    Mattie A. Brassfield was born at Shellyville, Ind., April 30, 1846. At the age of six years she moved with her parents to Madison Co., Iowa. There she grew to womanhood, and on August 15, 1867 was united in marriage to John D. Brassfield. To this union 6 children were born, four of whom are now living. The family came to Kansas and took a timber claim near Glasco in the spring of 1885 and in the fall of the same year, the husband and father departed this life, leaving all the cares of the young family to be born by the wife and mother.
    For more than 32 years her home has been here; and her life among us speaks with greater eloquence than any eulogy which I might be able to pronounce.
    For the past eight years she has been a great sufferer, and during the one week of her final illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Grace McLane of Cawker City, she calmly and faithfully awaited the end; and when the call came, she passed peacefully to her rest.
    The span of life for her was 71 years, 2 months, and 17 days.
    Among the immediate relatives she leaves three brothers, M.T. and T.D. McClellan of Glasco, and Benj. of Orange, Calif. Two sons, G.W. Brassfield of St. Joe, and B.R. Brassfield of Salina. Two daughters, Mrs. E.N. Ott, of Salina, and Mrs. L.A. McLane of Cawker City. Fourteen grandchildren.
    At the age of 14 years, she became a member of the Christian Church; and for 57 years had been a faithful follower of the Great King.
    Funeral services, conducted by Elder Park, were held at the Christian Church Thursday at 2 p.m., and interment was made in the Glasco Cemetery.

    Children:
    1. BRASSFIELD, Grace Mattie was born on 24 Sep 1881 in Woodbury, Iowa, USA; died on 27 Mar 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
    2. BRASSFIELD, Wiley Martin was born on 15 Jun 1875; died on 19 Oct 1887 in Glasco, Cloud, Kansas, USA.
    3. BRASSFIELD, Carrie Clyde was born on 24 Nov 1878 in Unica Township, Madison County, Iowa; died on 25 Apr 1941 in Fresno, California, USA.
    4. BRASSFIELD, Victoria Naomi was born on 15 Jul 1868; died on 2 May 1871 in Iowa, USA; was buried on 3 May 1871 in Crawford Township, Madison County, Iowa (McGinnis Cemetery).
    5. 4. BRASSFIELD, Butler Randolf was born on 13 Aug 1873 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA; died on 4 Aug 1939 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA; was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA.
    6. BRASSFIELD, Grant William was born on 12 Jan 1871 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa, USA; died on 17 Feb 1939 in Marysville, Marshall, Kansas, USA; was buried in Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas, USA.



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