William R. Brashears, merchant, was born in Perry County, Kentucky, November 4, 1841, and is a son of Sampson and Margaret (Bright) Brashears, and grandson of Samuel Brashears.
James Bright, his maternal grandfather, was a native of England, and came to the United States with his parents when a child. He grew to maturity near Baltimore, learning the trade of ship carpenter. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War under George Washington, serving seven years. He was once wounded in the neck, and his life saved by the kind nursing of a German woman, whose memory is cherished by his posterity. He also received a bullet in the left hip, which at the time of his death had made its way nearly to his ankle. He died in Tennessee about a century old, and was the father of six children.
William R. Brashears was reared on the home place in Kentucky, and at the age of twenty-two enlisted in the confederate army as a private under Gen. H. Marshall. In 1862 he was shot by bushwhackers, and the ball still remains in his hip. After attending school a short time after the war, he immigrated to White River, Ark., with his brother, Harvey, in 1866, where he farmed two years. In 1868 he went into the mercantile business at St. Paul, and in 1887 established his present business.
November 20, 1870, he married Lucina, daughter of H. B. Summer, who was born in Ohio, May 28, 1843, and came to Arkansas in 1844. Mr. And Mrs. Brashears have eight children: Martha B., Mary M., Charles W., William B., Minnie G., Allie, Myrtle, and an infant unnamed. Mr. Brashears is a public-spirited man, a member of the school board, a Democrat, and a Master Mason of high standing. The family is connected with the Methodist Church.
Harvey G. Brashears, brother and business partner of our subject, was born in Kentucky in 1835, where he grew to manhood. In 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Thirteenth Kentucky Volunteers, Confederate in 1866 with his brother, and in 1875 married Mary A. Cornitt [a.k.a. Cornett], a native of Kentucky by whom he has six children: Joseph R., Robert L., George H., Mason; Mrs. Brashears is a member of the Baptist Church." (Goodspeeds' History of Northwest, Arkansas…)
Obituary reads...
UNCLE BILL BRASHEARS
Last Sunday evening at the cemetery on his old home place, two miles west of St. Paul, in the presence of a large congregation of sorrowing relatives and friends, all that was mortal of him we knew as Uncle Bill Brashears, was laid to rest.
Truly the world was better for having lived in it. In the late evening of a long and useful life he became weary and lay down to sleep, to waken at the dawn of a brighter day, where shines a never-setting sun.
He lived to the ripe old age of 85 years, loved, respected and esteemed by all who knew him. We shall miss his friendly presence in future years and cherish his memory in living and respectful remembrance.
Obituary appears in The Madison County Record, Huntsville, Arkansas, Saturday, 4 July 1925
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W. R. BRASHEARS PASSES AWAY
William R. Brashears, aged 85, died Saturday evening, June 27, at 6:30 at the home of his son, Pete, after an illness of some eleven weeks.
Mr. Brashears was one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of this part of Arkansas, when a young man from Perry County, Kentucky, and first settled near Ozark, but later at Old St. Paul. He was united in marriage fifty-five years ago to Miss Lucinda Sumner, of this place, who preceded him to the beyond six years ago.
Eight children were born to this union, all of whom survive and were present at the funeral. They are Mrs. Belle Anderson of Huntsville, Charles and Bruce Brashears of Elkins, Mrs. Minnie Watts of Springdale, Mrs. Maggie Kendrick, Pete Brashears and Misses Alice and Dixie Brashears of this place.
Mr. Brashears was a consistent Christian and was a member of the Elkins F. & A. M. He was a Confederate veteran of the Civil War.
Interment was made Sunday afternoon in the Brashears Cemetery, Rev. Downing of Elkins assisted by Rev. Owen of St. Paul conducted the funeral services.
James Bright, his maternal grandfather, was a native of England, and came to the United States with his parents when a child. He grew to maturity near Baltimore, learning the trade of ship carpenter. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War under George Washington, serving seven years. He was once wounded in the neck, and his life saved by the kind nursing of a German woman, whose memory is cherished by his posterity. He also received a bullet in the left hip, which at the time of his death had made its way nearly to his ankle. He died in Tennessee about a century old, and was the father of six children.
William R. Brashears was reared on the home place in Kentucky, and at the age of twenty-two enlisted in the confederate army as a private under Gen. H. Marshall. In 1862 he was shot by bushwhackers, and the ball still remains in his hip. After attending school a short time after the war, he immigrated to White River, Ark., with his brother, Harvey, in 1866, where he farmed two years. In 1868 he went into the mercantile business at St. Paul, and in 1887 established his present business.
November 20, 1870, he married Lucina, daughter of H. B. Summer, who was born in Ohio, May 28, 1843, and came to Arkansas in 1844. Mr. And Mrs. Brashears have eight children: Martha B., Mary M., Charles W., William B., Minnie G., Allie, Myrtle, and an infant unnamed. Mr. Brashears is a public-spirited man, a member of the school board, a Democrat, and a Master Mason of high standing. The family is connected with the Methodist Church.
Harvey G. Brashears, brother and business partner of our subject, was born in Kentucky in 1835, where he grew to manhood. In 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Thirteenth Kentucky Volunteers, Confederate in 1866 with his brother, and in 1875 married Mary A. Cornitt [a.k.a. Cornett], a native of Kentucky by whom he has six children: Joseph R., Robert L., George H., Mason; Mrs. Brashears is a member of the Baptist Church." (Goodspeeds' History of Northwest, Arkansas…)
Obituary reads...
UNCLE BILL BRASHEARS
Last Sunday evening at the cemetery on his old home place, two miles west of St. Paul, in the presence of a large congregation of sorrowing relatives and friends, all that was mortal of him we knew as Uncle Bill Brashears, was laid to rest.
Truly the world was better for having lived in it. In the late evening of a long and useful life he became weary and lay down to sleep, to waken at the dawn of a brighter day, where shines a never-setting sun.
He lived to the ripe old age of 85 years, loved, respected and esteemed by all who knew him. We shall miss his friendly presence in future years and cherish his memory in living and respectful remembrance.
Obituary appears in The Madison County Record, Huntsville, Arkansas, Saturday, 4 July 1925
Another obituary from the same paper on the same day reads...
Second obituary reads...
W. R. BRASHEARS PASSES AWAY
William R. Brashears, aged 85, died Saturday evening, June 27, at 6:30 at the home of his son, Pete, after an illness of some eleven weeks.
Mr. Brashears was one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of this part of Arkansas, when a young man from Perry County, Kentucky, and first settled near Ozark, but later at Old St. Paul. He was united in marriage fifty-five years ago to Miss Lucinda Sumner, of this place, who preceded him to the beyond six years ago.
Eight children were born to this union, all of whom survive and were present at the funeral. They are Mrs. Belle Anderson of Huntsville, Charles and Bruce Brashears of Elkins, Mrs. Minnie Watts of Springdale, Mrs. Maggie Kendrick, Pete Brashears and Misses Alice and Dixie Brashears of this place.
Mr. Brashears was a consistent Christian and was a member of the Elkins F. & A. M. He was a Confederate veteran of the Civil War.
Interment was made Sunday afternoon in the Brashears Cemetery, Rev. Downing of Elkins assisted by Rev. Owen of St. Paul conducted the funeral services.
William R. Brashears, merchant, was born in Perry County, Kentucky, November 4, 1841, and is a son of Sampson and Margaret (Bright) Brashears, and grandson of Samuel Brashears.
James Bright, his maternal grandfather, was a native of England, and came to the United States with his parents when a child. He grew to maturity near Baltimore, learning the trade of ship carpenter. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War under George Washington, serving seven years. He was once wounded in the neck, and his life saved by the kind nursing of a German woman, whose memory is cherished by his posterity. He also received a bullet in the left hip, which at the time of his death had made its way nearly to his ankle. He died in Tennessee about a century old, and was the father of six children.
William R. Brashears was reared on the home place in Kentucky, and at the age of twenty-two enlisted in the confederate army as a private under Gen. H. Marshall. In 1862 he was shot by bushwhackers, and the ball still remains in his hip. After attending school a short time after the war, he immigrated to White River, Ark., with his brother, Harvey, in 1866, where he farmed two years. In 1868 he went into the mercantile business at St. Paul, and in 1887 established his present business.
November 20, 1870, he married Lucina, daughter of H. B. Summer, who was born in Ohio, May 28, 1843, and came to Arkansas in 1844. Mr. And Mrs. Brashears have eight children: Martha B., Mary M., Charles W., William B., Minnie G., Allie, Myrtle, and an infant unnamed. Mr. Brashears is a public-spirited man, a member of the school board, a Democrat, and a Master Mason of high standing. The family is connected with the Methodist Church.
Harvey G. Brashears, brother and business partner of our subject, was born in Kentucky in 1835, where he grew to manhood. In 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Thirteenth Kentucky Volunteers, Confederate in 1866 with his brother, and in 1875 married Mary A. Cornitt [a.k.a. Cornett], a native of Kentucky by whom he has six children: Joseph R., Robert L., George H., Mason; Mrs. Brashears is a member of the Baptist Church." (Goodspeeds' History of Northwest, Arkansas…)
Obituary reads...
UNCLE BILL BRASHEARS
Last Sunday evening at the cemetery on his old home place, two miles west of St. Paul, in the presence of a large congregation of sorrowing relatives and friends, all that was mortal of him we knew as Uncle Bill Brashears, was laid to rest.
Truly the world was better for having lived in it. In the late evening of a long and useful life he became weary and lay down to sleep, to waken at the dawn of a brighter day, where shines a never-setting sun.
He lived to the ripe old age of 85 years, loved, respected and esteemed by all who knew him. We shall miss his friendly presence in future years and cherish his memory in living and respectful remembrance.
Obituary appears in The Madison County Record, Huntsville, Arkansas, Saturday, 4 July 1925
Another obituary from the same paper on the same day reads...
Second obituary reads...
W. R. BRASHEARS PASSES AWAY
William R. Brashears, aged 85, died Saturday evening, June 27, at 6:30 at the home of his son, Pete, after an illness of some eleven weeks.
Mr. Brashears was one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of this part of Arkansas, when a young man from Perry County, Kentucky, and first settled near Ozark, but later at Old St. Paul. He was united in marriage fifty-five years ago to Miss Lucinda Sumner, of this place, who preceded him to the beyond six years ago.
Eight children were born to this union, all of whom survive and were present at the funeral. They are Mrs. Belle Anderson of Huntsville, Charles and Bruce Brashears of Elkins, Mrs. Minnie Watts of Springdale, Mrs. Maggie Kendrick, Pete Brashears and Misses Alice and Dixie Brashears of this place.
Mr. Brashears was a consistent Christian and was a member of the Elkins F. & A. M. He was a Confederate veteran of the Civil War.
Interment was made Sunday afternoon in the Brashears Cemetery, Rev. Downing of Elkins assisted by Rev. Owen of St. Paul conducted the funeral services.
James Bright, his maternal grandfather, was a native of England, and came to the United States with his parents when a child. He grew to maturity near Baltimore, learning the trade of ship carpenter. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War under George Washington, serving seven years. He was once wounded in the neck, and his life saved by the kind nursing of a German woman, whose memory is cherished by his posterity. He also received a bullet in the left hip, which at the time of his death had made its way nearly to his ankle. He died in Tennessee about a century old, and was the father of six children.
William R. Brashears was reared on the home place in Kentucky, and at the age of twenty-two enlisted in the confederate army as a private under Gen. H. Marshall. In 1862 he was shot by bushwhackers, and the ball still remains in his hip. After attending school a short time after the war, he immigrated to White River, Ark., with his brother, Harvey, in 1866, where he farmed two years. In 1868 he went into the mercantile business at St. Paul, and in 1887 established his present business.
November 20, 1870, he married Lucina, daughter of H. B. Summer, who was born in Ohio, May 28, 1843, and came to Arkansas in 1844. Mr. And Mrs. Brashears have eight children: Martha B., Mary M., Charles W., William B., Minnie G., Allie, Myrtle, and an infant unnamed. Mr. Brashears is a public-spirited man, a member of the school board, a Democrat, and a Master Mason of high standing. The family is connected with the Methodist Church.
Harvey G. Brashears, brother and business partner of our subject, was born in Kentucky in 1835, where he grew to manhood. In 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Thirteenth Kentucky Volunteers, Confederate in 1866 with his brother, and in 1875 married Mary A. Cornitt [a.k.a. Cornett], a native of Kentucky by whom he has six children: Joseph R., Robert L., George H., Mason; Mrs. Brashears is a member of the Baptist Church." (Goodspeeds' History of Northwest, Arkansas…)
Obituary reads...
UNCLE BILL BRASHEARS
Last Sunday evening at the cemetery on his old home place, two miles west of St. Paul, in the presence of a large congregation of sorrowing relatives and friends, all that was mortal of him we knew as Uncle Bill Brashears, was laid to rest.
Truly the world was better for having lived in it. In the late evening of a long and useful life he became weary and lay down to sleep, to waken at the dawn of a brighter day, where shines a never-setting sun.
He lived to the ripe old age of 85 years, loved, respected and esteemed by all who knew him. We shall miss his friendly presence in future years and cherish his memory in living and respectful remembrance.
Obituary appears in The Madison County Record, Huntsville, Arkansas, Saturday, 4 July 1925
Another obituary from the same paper on the same day reads...
Second obituary reads...
W. R. BRASHEARS PASSES AWAY
William R. Brashears, aged 85, died Saturday evening, June 27, at 6:30 at the home of his son, Pete, after an illness of some eleven weeks.
Mr. Brashears was one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of this part of Arkansas, when a young man from Perry County, Kentucky, and first settled near Ozark, but later at Old St. Paul. He was united in marriage fifty-five years ago to Miss Lucinda Sumner, of this place, who preceded him to the beyond six years ago.
Eight children were born to this union, all of whom survive and were present at the funeral. They are Mrs. Belle Anderson of Huntsville, Charles and Bruce Brashears of Elkins, Mrs. Minnie Watts of Springdale, Mrs. Maggie Kendrick, Pete Brashears and Misses Alice and Dixie Brashears of this place.
Mr. Brashears was a consistent Christian and was a member of the Elkins F. & A. M. He was a Confederate veteran of the Civil War.
Interment was made Sunday afternoon in the Brashears Cemetery, Rev. Downing of Elkins assisted by Rev. Owen of St. Paul conducted the funeral services.
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