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Littleton Priestly “Lit” Brazell Veteran

Birth
Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Death
9 Nov 1922 (aged 83)
Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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There is no marker on his grave.

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The Columbia Record

Columbia, S. C.

Nov. 9. 1922

Richland Veteran Dies In Columbia.

Littleton Priestly Brazell Passes Away in Eighty-fourth Year.


Littleton Priestly Brazell died yesterday at 12:30 o'clock after spending all the 83 years and ten months of his useful live in Richland County. Mr. Brazell was a farmer and lived about ten miles from Columbia on the old Camden road. He had been in Columbia for three weeks at the home of his son, S. B. Brazell, 2023 Wayne street.


Mr. Brazell was a Confederate soldier, having served with Captain Walter's artillery.


He had been a deacon of the Macedonia Baptist church for about 35 years, from which he will be buried this afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. W. J. Cain, pastor, officiating. His five sons and eldest grandson will serve as pallbearers.


Mr. Brazell was a man of temperate habits and a great lover of home. He had a wide host of friends who will mourn his absence.


He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Victoria Brazell, and nine children as follows; Austin Brazell, S. Belton Brazell, John E. Brazell, L. P. Brazell, Jr., William A. Brazell, Mrs. Roxanna Lovett, Mrs. Martha F. Lee, Mrs. Octavia Martin and Mrs. Dora Lee; also two brothers John D. Brazell and Benjamin Brazell, all of Richland county. In addition he leaves a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865 

L. P. Brazil

Side: Confederate

Regiment State/Origin: South Carolina

Regiment Name:       3 (Palmetto) Battalion, South Carolina Lt. Art'y.

Regiment Name Expanded:       3rd Battalion, South Carolina Light Artillery (Palmetto Battalion)  Company: B

Rank In:    Private  Rank In Expanded: Private

Rank Out:  Private Rank Out Expanded: Private

Film Number:    M381 roll 4

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Macedonia Baptist Church was once located on Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In the 1940's, the Army Corps of Engineers had the church property condemned, and moved the existing cemetery to its current location at Old Percival Road, in 1959.

   The church was rebuilt at its current location at 612 Percival Road, Columbia, South Carolina. This new location also has a cemetery. Search Macedonia Baptist Church, South Carolina, Richland County.

There is no marker on his grave.

~~~~~

The Columbia Record

Columbia, S. C.

Nov. 9. 1922

Richland Veteran Dies In Columbia.

Littleton Priestly Brazell Passes Away in Eighty-fourth Year.


Littleton Priestly Brazell died yesterday at 12:30 o'clock after spending all the 83 years and ten months of his useful live in Richland County. Mr. Brazell was a farmer and lived about ten miles from Columbia on the old Camden road. He had been in Columbia for three weeks at the home of his son, S. B. Brazell, 2023 Wayne street.


Mr. Brazell was a Confederate soldier, having served with Captain Walter's artillery.


He had been a deacon of the Macedonia Baptist church for about 35 years, from which he will be buried this afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. W. J. Cain, pastor, officiating. His five sons and eldest grandson will serve as pallbearers.


Mr. Brazell was a man of temperate habits and a great lover of home. He had a wide host of friends who will mourn his absence.


He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Victoria Brazell, and nine children as follows; Austin Brazell, S. Belton Brazell, John E. Brazell, L. P. Brazell, Jr., William A. Brazell, Mrs. Roxanna Lovett, Mrs. Martha F. Lee, Mrs. Octavia Martin and Mrs. Dora Lee; also two brothers John D. Brazell and Benjamin Brazell, all of Richland county. In addition he leaves a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

~~~~~

Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865 

L. P. Brazil

Side: Confederate

Regiment State/Origin: South Carolina

Regiment Name:       3 (Palmetto) Battalion, South Carolina Lt. Art'y.

Regiment Name Expanded:       3rd Battalion, South Carolina Light Artillery (Palmetto Battalion)  Company: B

Rank In:    Private  Rank In Expanded: Private

Rank Out:  Private Rank Out Expanded: Private

Film Number:    M381 roll 4

~~~~~

Macedonia Baptist Church was once located on Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In the 1940's, the Army Corps of Engineers had the church property condemned, and moved the existing cemetery to its current location at Old Percival Road, in 1959.

   The church was rebuilt at its current location at 612 Percival Road, Columbia, South Carolina. This new location also has a cemetery. Search Macedonia Baptist Church, South Carolina, Richland County.



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