Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameLewis Benjamin BRAKEBILL
Birth Date1849
Birth PlaceMonroe, Overton County, Tennessee
Death Date9 May 1924 Age: 75
Death PlaceMcKinney, Collin County, Texas
Burial PlaceMadisonville, Monroe County, Tennessee, New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery
FatherJoseph BRAKEBILL (1818-1882)
MotherJane BLANKENSHIP (1815-1896)
Spouses
1Amanda Melvina LONG
Birth Date5 Nov 1849
Birth PlaceTennessee
Death Date8 Apr 1937 Age: 87
Death PlaceWichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
Burial PlaceMcKinney, Collin County, Texas, Pecan Grove Cemetery
MemoSpace: 6 | Lot: 2 | Block: 13
Family ID946
Marr Date16 Dec 1869
Marr PlaceMonroe, Overton County, Tennessee
ChildrenJoseph William (1870-1941)
 John Walter (1875-1951)
 Vena Ann (1876-1946)
 Sarah Virginia (1877-1959)
 Robert Lee (1880-1972)
 Lewis Cleveland (1884-1973)
 Hattie Eliza (1887-1965)
 James A. (1890-1952)
Notes for Amanda Melvina (Spouse 1)
Info from SWL:
Her death certificate lists her parents as John Long and Mary Russell

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