During the Civil War, he was a private in Company B, 26th Alabama Infantry, CSA, but did not finish his enlistment period in the usual fashion. He often told a story about how, sentenced to be be shot for desertion, he escaped the night before his date of execution. Running into Sherman's troops, he joined them and served under Union colors until Appomattox.
He married first a woman remembered only as Mary Jane and secondly, Sarah Elizabeth Hughes. Mary may have been Sarah's older sister per a family history.
He was buried in "the Confederate cemetery", a part of Porter Cemetery.
During the Civil War, he was a private in Company B, 26th Alabama Infantry, CSA, but did not finish his enlistment period in the usual fashion. He often told a story about how, sentenced to be be shot for desertion, he escaped the night before his date of execution. Running into Sherman's troops, he joined them and served under Union colors until Appomattox.
He married first a woman remembered only as Mary Jane and secondly, Sarah Elizabeth Hughes. Mary may have been Sarah's older sister per a family history.
He was buried in "the Confederate cemetery", a part of Porter Cemetery.
Gravesite Details
This is a cenotaph. The exact location of Braswell's grave in Porter Cemetery is not known.
Family Members
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Sophronia Belle Braswell Turney
1860–1888
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George Braswell
1868–1947
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James Elliot Braswell
1869–1908
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William Albert Braswell
1871–1900
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Emily Alice "Emma" Braswell Hodge
1875–1946
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Dora May Braswell Perry
1879–1914
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Nora Ella Braswell Moore
1880–1919
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Edward Chase "Eddie" Braswell
1883–1948
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Claude D. Braswell
1885–1916
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John Wesley Braswell
1887–1974
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Audrey Braswell Dennis
1889–1944
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Joseph Franklin Braswell
1892–1912
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