does anyone know of the The Mary Jane Ragsdale family that married a Moses Brazil not sure where married but Know Mary Jane Ragsdale family was in Perry co 1860 Cenus father was Oliver Ragsdale and I am trying to figure out Oliver wife name does any of your Brazil connect to them.. This is a complicated Story from Family they say Oliver Raysdale wife Melisa , Melind Lucinda ?? not sure what her name is.. was in volved after Olver Ragsdale death to first a Mr William and from this Union they had one son name Robert William b-1865 Ark and then she was involved with Mr Halcumb and had my Grandfather Wm Halcumb b-1870 Perry Co Ark... Now the Halcumb sometime spelled Holcumb or various others ways was in Perry co but before that were in Saline Co..Ar.. and they had a son James b-1836 in saline co AR do any of you know of him... Thank you Darlene Carey Bracewell wrote: > Dear readers, > > Yet another mystery BRAZIL has surfaced from the Reconstruction Period > in Bastrop County, Texas. Along with the MOSES BRAZIL family of Saline > County who moved to Texas the year before, the 1870 Bastrop schedules > contain:\ > > Household 2007-2133, Page 290 August 5, 1870 > > BRAZLL, SQUIRE 35WM Farm Laborer ARK > KATHA 20WF Keeps House ARK > M.A. 9WM TN > A.J. 6WF TN > R.H. 1WM TX > > SQUIRE's family lived 33 households away from WILLIAM and NANCY BRAZIL COX, > 96 away from MOSES and MATILDA ALLEN BRAZIL. > > >From this and related evidence, I draw the following conclusions. See if you > agree: > > 1) SQUIRE was a hitherto unidentified descendant of RICHARD BRAZIL, JR > (c.1790-1860's) and MARY ANN ALLEN BRAZIL, named for his Grandfather SQUIRE > ALLEN (1765-1842). He is not to be confused with SQUIRE ALLEN BRAZIL > (1841-1860's), son of MOSES and MATILDA ALLEN BRAZIL, who died of measles > while in Confederate service. > > 2) From the birthplaces of his children and the age difference with his > wife, it seems reasonable to infer that SQUIRE and his first wife were in > Tennessee during the Civil War, that she died and he returned to Arkansas > after the war (in whichever order), and that he then married KATHA and came > out to Texas in 1869 with MOSES BRAZIL and certain members of the ANDREW > JACKSON BRAZIL family. > > Speaking of "Jackson" BRAZIL's orphans, I checked Bastrop County > marriages yesterday and found no marriage for JESSE "Big Jess" BRAZIL > {surviving twin son of Jackson's born c.1858 in Saline County). I reported > previously his presence in 1880 in the Bastrop County household of WILLIAM > J. NIXON, 54, and his wife and six daughters ranging in age from 6 to 23. > So "Big Jess" (evidently) didn't "marry the farmer's daughter" even though > he had plenty to choose from! > > Surely somebody somewhere is looking for these long lost BRAZILs.... > > Carey