Company C. 50th ALABAMA INFANTRY

Jason was born June 1832 near Gurley, Alabama. He enlisted 16 December 1862 at Huntsville, Alabama. He was captured in February 1865 and imprisoned at Nashville, Tennessee until the close of the war. He was a good christian and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Jason died 1 November 1903 at his home one mile west of Gurley. His funeral was held on Monday at Kings Graveyard at Haden, Alabama. Rev. Orman of Gurley conducted the service.

military bioraphy courtesy of Bev Gillihan

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Jason was born to parents Margaret Middleton (1807–1880) & Silas M. Brazelton (1802–1876) who had been married 3 Sep 1822 • Madison, Alabama

To this union Jason was born with many siblings, not limited to...

Elizabeth Jane Brazelton 1824–1885
Lydia C. Brazelton 1827–1912
Henry Wilburn Brazelton 1829–1855
Mary Amanda Brazelton 1831–1894
William Porter Brazelton 1831–1910
Jason Madison Brazelton 1832–1903
Rev. Richard Oliver Brazelton 1834–1917
Susan Tollita Brazelton 1837–1880
James C. Brazelton 1840–1863
Green Brazelton 1844–
Silas Anderson Larkin Brazelton 1845–1892

James Married 9 Dec 1856 • Madison, Alabama to Cynthia Elizabeth McMullen (1836– pre-1893)**

To this union they had several children not limited to

Margaret Maria "Molly" Brazelton 1859–1933
John Cadness Brazelton 1861–1933
Susan E. Brazelton 1863–
Annie Elizabeth Brazelton 1868–1955
Martha Ellen "Mattie" Brazelton 1874–1908

After Cynthia's death Jason re-married • Madison County, Alabama 3 April 1893 to Mary Jane Beason (1854–1929)

To this union they had at least one child

Richard Oliver Brazelton 1894–1965

**Her exact death is not known only that in the 1900 Census it shows that he had a new wife and been married 7 years. It further shows they had 6 of 7 children alive, which must be from this first marriage, if they had been from 1893-1900 they would have been listed in the Census, and only the last child Richard is listed there from Feb 1894

Bio by Joseph