Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSarah Catherine GIDDENS
Birth Date7 Oct 1850
Birth PlaceCleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee
Death Date5 Jun 1893 Age: 42
Death PlaceScott County, Arkansas
Burial PlaceWaldron, Scott County, Arkansas, Duncan Cemetery
Spouses
Birth Date1 Sep 1845
Birth PlaceMaryville, Blount County, Tennessee
Death Date4 Oct 1920 Age: 75
Death PlaceGuthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma
Burial PlaceGuthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma, Summit View Cemetery
OccupationUnion Soldier Co. K 5th Reg. Tenn. Mounted Infantry, Rev.
FatherJohn BRAKEBILL (1817-1880)
MotherHester “Hettie” PAGGE (1828-ca1880)
Family ID10387
Marr Date22 Aug 1866
Marr PlaceMurray County, Georgia
Notes for Sarah Catherine GIDDENS
Daughter of Rev. Riley Anderson Giddens and Ella Crownover Giddens.
Married Rev. Peter Melville Brakebill, 22 Aug. 1866, Brakebill Methodist Chapel, Murray, Georgia. First wife of Peter, he married second, Lauretta Mae Woodford. Peter's obituary states there were 10 children from this marriage. The nine known are: Walter, John Reagan, Ella Rhodes, Quintin Wright, Martin Luther, Berith, Bowman, Emma Esther & Andrew Jackson.

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Notes for Peter Melville (Spouse 1)
Peter was the son of John Jacob Brakebill and Hester Reagan Brakebill.
He married (1)Sarah Catherine Giddens, 19 Aug. 1866 at Murray, Georgia in the Brakebill Methodist Chapel. There were ten children from this marriage, nine known: Walter, John Reagan, Ella Rhodes, Quintin Wright, Martin Luther, Berith, Bowman, Emma Esther, and Andrew Jackson.
He married (2) Lauretta Mae Woodford, 12 Sept. 1899 at Waldron, Arkansas. There were eight children from this marriage, seven known; Lelia Josephine, Melville Clarence, Ira Glenn, Easter Lily, Claudius Spencer, Theo Orville and Karl Grenville.

Inscription
Brakebill-family stone. - Grand Army of the Republic stone on this lot.
(information: Scot Lady)
Gravesite Details
Purchaser: Lauretta M. Brakebill, 106 West Noble, Guthrie, OK. American Legion Post #3.

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