Living
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Living Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. BRASFIELD, Richard Duane was born on 13 Oct 1919 in Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, USA (son of BRASFIELD, Roy West and BOBBITT, Johnnie Costen); died on 3 May 1970 in New York, New York, USA. Notes:
This site is so neat! My father was Richard Duane Brasfield from Dresden
Tennessee (Born 1919/died 4/3/70) and was a Surgeon.
Jasper Lee Brasfield (cir 1900) has my dads 'mouth and nose' ....very
interesting!
I've printed out some of the pages/names to ask my mom (unfotunately now
with Alzheimers) about them.
Richard Duane Brasfield's sister: Mary Caniela(sp?) married a Grooms Herron
I've heard that there are Brasfields in Long Island, New York now, as well
as Tennessee
Pamela Purcell 5/4/2001
Pamela.Purcell@med.va.gov
Richard married BOWLIN, Ruth Anne on 2 Jun 1942 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. Ruth (daughter of BOWLIN, Paul and PASCHEL, Shelia Belle) was born on 12 Jul 1919; died on 22 Jan 2004 in Somers, Westchester, New York, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. BOWLIN, Ruth Anne was born on 12 Jul 1919 (daughter of BOWLIN, Paul and PASCHEL, Shelia Belle); died on 22 Jan 2004 in Somers, Westchester, New York, United States of America. Notes:
Tuesday, January 27th, 2004 - BRASFIELD, RUTH BOWLIN - Ruth Bowlin Brasfield, residing in Briarcliff Manor, passed away at home on January 22, 2004 after a short illness. Born, Ruth Ann Bowlin, on July 12, 1919 in Toledo, Ohio, growing up in Dresden, Tennessee, where she married her childhood sweetheart, Richard, in 1942. Ruth and Richard came to NY area in the 1950's. She was a long term resident of Pelham Manor for 22 years, before moving to Eastchester in 1983. Her husband, Dr. Richard Brasfield, passed away in 1970. She obtained a B.A degree in Home Economics from Murray State University, and her Masters Degree in Education from the College of New Rochelle in 1973. Ruth was an active member and past president of the Pelham PTA prior to becoming a home economics teacher at Pelham Memorial High School in 1970, where she taught for over 20 years. An active member of the Scarsdale Congregational Church Women's Guild while living in Eastchester until she moved to Briarcliff Manor in 2000. She is survived by her children Pam Purcell of Somers, NY and Richard Brasfield of Westport Conneticut, and fourt grandchildren: Erin and Lauren Purcell, Emily and Jennifer Brasfield. She will be remembered for her remarkable ability to teach boys (and girls) how to cook and sew T-shirts, her sense of southern hospitality and elegance, her willingness to go out of her way to show care and concern for those around her, her dedication and devotion to her grandchildren, and for always being a true "lady" in every sense of the word. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, January 31st at 3:00 pm at the Scarsdale Congregational Church on Heathcote Rd in Scarsdale
Children:
Generation: 3
4. BRASFIELD, Roy West was born on 4 Jul 1886 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA (son of BRASFIELD, Addison Blair and SWAIM, Emily Cornelia); died on 26 Jan 1946 in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennesse. Roy married BOBBITT, Johnnie Costen on 17 Nov 1915 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA. Johnnie (daughter of BOBBITT, Alonzao Duane and COSTEN, Mary Stat Ira) was born on 11 Jan 1890 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Nov 1951 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. BOBBITT, Johnnie Costen was born on 11 Jan 1890 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA (daughter of BOBBITT, Alonzao Duane and COSTEN, Mary Stat Ira); died on 21 Nov 1951 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. Children:
- 2. BRASFIELD, Richard Duane was born on 13 Oct 1919 in Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, USA; died on 3 May 1970 in New York, New York, USA.
- BRASFIELD, Mary Cornelia was born on 19 Oct 1916 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA; died on 10 Sep 2012 in Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, USA; was buried on 15 Sep 2012 in Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, USA.
6. BOWLIN, Paul was born about 1899. Paul married PASCHEL, Shelia Belle. Shelia was born about 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. PASCHEL, Shelia Belle was born about 1899. Children:
- 3. BOWLIN, Ruth Anne was born on 12 Jul 1919; died on 22 Jan 2004 in Somers, Westchester, New York, United States of America.
Generation: 4
8. BRASFIELD, Addison Blair was born on 20 Apr 1853 in Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, USA (son of BRASFIELD, William Nofflett and JONES, Sarah Winneford); died on 13 Feb 1935 in Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee, United States of America. Notes:
Re: George Brasfield, Granville co. NC, 1808
Posted by: Jim Herron Date: June 28, 1998 at 16:35:22
In Reply to: George Brasfield, Granville co. NC, 1808 by Mary Clement Douglass of 86
My GG-Grandfather was Addison Blair Brasfield. He died in Dyer, TN. My Great Grandfather was Roy West Brasfield, b 7/4/1886 in Gleason, TN and d 1/26/1946 in Dresden, TN.
Buried:
Liberty Church
Died:
Age: 81Addison married SWAIM, Emily Cornelia on 18 Sep 1873 in Weakley, Tennessee, USA. Emily (daughter of SWAIM, Jeremiah Weatherly and BOBBITT, Melissa Jane) was born on 17 Sep 1854 in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee, United States of America; died on 1 Jan 1897 in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee, United States of America; was buried in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. SWAIM, Emily Cornelia was born on 17 Sep 1854 in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee, United States of America (daughter of SWAIM, Jeremiah Weatherly and BOBBITT, Melissa Jane); died on 1 Jan 1897 in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee, United States of America; was buried in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee, United States of America. Children:
- BRASFIELD, Jim Green was born on 18 Sep 1874 in Tennessee, USA; died on 22 Jul 1957 in McKenzie, Tennessee; was buried in Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, USA.
- BRASFIELD, Sally Lenora was born about 1875; was buried in Dyer, Weakley County, Tennessee.
- BRASFIELD, Pauline was born about 1876.
- BRASFIELD, Tunase was born in Sep 1895 in Tennessee, USA.
- BRASFIELD, Ferran was born in 1890 in Tennessee, USA.
- BRASFIELD, Sally Lenaro was born on 5 Sep 1894 in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States of America; died on 4 Oct 1973; was buried in Dyer, Gibson County, Tennessee, United States of America.
- BRASFIELD, Mildred Irene was born on 23 Oct 1888 in Tennessee, USA; died in Oct 1985 in Springfield, Fairfax, Virginia, USA; was buried in Washington City, District of Columbia, USA.
- 4. BRASFIELD, Roy West was born on 4 Jul 1886 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA; died on 26 Jan 1946 in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennesse.
- BRASFIELD, Charles B. was born on 18 Dec 1877 in Weakley, Tennessee, USA; died on 16 Nov 1933 in Weakley, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Weakley County, Tennessee (Sunset Cemetery).
10. BOBBITT, Alonzao Duane was born about 1848 (son of BOBBITT, Wiley P. M. and EDMONSTON, Elizabeth Ann); died about 1897. Alonzao married COSTEN, Mary Stat Ira. Mary (daughter of COSTEN, John H. and KING, Elizabeth S.) was born about 1856; died about 1931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. COSTEN, Mary Stat Ira was born about 1856 (daughter of COSTEN, John H. and KING, Elizabeth S.); died about 1931. Children:
- 5. BOBBITT, Johnnie Costen was born on 11 Jan 1890 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Nov 1951 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.