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The Linking of the Brawner Families
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James Franklin and Louisa Shrum Brawner
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After over 20 years of genealogy work I am offering my services in the hope of connecting the "Brawners" together.
This picture is of James Franklin Brawner and his wife Louisa Jane Shrum Brawner. He was the son of Jeremiah and Sarah Shrum Brawner. James was born on 16 August 1853 in the Dry Fork section of Macon County, Tn. He passed away on 18 August 1929. Louisa is the daughter of Pleasant Franklin and Emily Hargis Shrum. She was born on 14 January 1859 in Macon County, Tn. Louisa passed away on 12 September 1932.
They are both buried at the Greengrove Cemetery in Macon County, Tn.
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The first book entitled "The Descendants of Henry Dozier Brawner" is completed. The cost is $59.00 (including tax and shipping). The book is 894 pages with 221 pictures and completely indexed. The book is the migration of one man "Dozier" Brawner from Pittsylvania County, Virginia to Middle Tn. There is also an introduction that includes the Charles County, Maryland Brawners. Included in this book are some of the more common surnames of Gammon(s), Gregory and Shrum. If interested please send check or money order:
Brawner Books
1506 Edgewood Drive
Lebanon, Tn. 37087
NOTE: THE SECOND PRINTING ON THIS BOOK IS COMPLETED AND AVAILABLE FOR THE ONES THAT MISSED IT THE FIRST TIME. We are also beginning the yearly Update for 2003. It will include marriages, deaths and information that has not been printed in the first book.
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What happened to her and Future projects
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We are trying to find out what happened to Sarah Rebecca Brawner. She was the D/O of Jeremiah and Sarah Shrum Brawner. She was born around May 1843. She left Macon County, Tn. before the Civil War to Missouri with her husband, John Willis. Family tradition says that her husband died in that war and she came back with a child on her hip. Sarah Rebecca was living in her parent's household (Jeremiah and Sarah Brawner) in 1850. In the 1860 Macon County, Tn. census she was married and living with her husband, John Willis. In 1869, there was a lawsuit noted in Macon County, Tn. that involved her oldest daughter and her (listed as a Highlett). This lawsuit was over the land of Martha's grandfather, Andrew Willis and listed her daughter, Martha Jane Willis, as the only child of John Willis. The 1870 census, it is unknown where she is. She was noted in the Macon County, Tn census in 1880, 1900 as Sarah Rebecca Shrum and in the 1910 census as Sarah E. Shrum. The 1900 and 1910 censuses listed her as a widow with having 7 children. Family tradition also says that she was married a total of 3 times. Once to John Willis, a Hightower (or Highlett) and then to a Shrum. Does anyone know what happened to her?
The next project will be a yearly update on the book. Also we will be starting a project and writing a new book that will be linking the Kentucky Brawner Families.
If we can help anyone in their research on the Brawners (including the states of Virginia and Maryland and beyond) please let us know.
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