Betsey, I do Brittain research and have run across the Bratton line. You will find them buried in a cemetery on the Harrison - Mercer County line (of which I don't have the name at my fingertips right now). I will e-mail you back within the next few days with that information. Both Harrison County, just to the west of Mercer County, and Mercer County have excellent genealogical societies. I too am curious about Lemmons Bratton - the Brittain line married into a Lemmons line around Grundy County, just south of Mercer County. There is a William T., son of L. & S. BRATTAIN, died Feb. 8, 1881, aged 28y 5 m 29 d, buried in the Freedom Cemetery in Mercer County, MO. The Freedom Cem. is located in Lindley Township in the north central portion on the township, in the northwest portion of Mercer County. Randi windsong@grm.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Betsey Browning <dbrown@webpipe.net> To: <MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 10:53 PM Subject: [MOMERCER-L] Brattain, Bratton, Cooper, Croxwell > Hi! > I am making a trip to Iowa this next week and would like to do some > genealogy along the way on a very hard line I have been trying to solve. > > If anyone could help me out I will state where I am having troubles. > > I find two Bratton in the 1850 census in Farmington, Van Buren, IA that > are living right next to each other. I believe they are brothers. One > is William Bratton (a preacher, and it is unsure what church he is for > but the census could be read Un Church) was born about 1815 in IA. > William marries Martha Croxwell. He moves up to Mt. Pleasant and is > there in the 1860 and 1870 census. I do not find him presiding over any > > of the churches in the directories for Mt. Pleasant. He names one of > his sons Lemmons. After the 1870 census I lose William and am unable to > > find further trace of him. > > The other is Lemmons Bratton who was born 20 Mar 1815 in Wayne Co., IN. > He died 13 or 15 Mar 1885 in Mercer Co, MO. I have his probate record > there but do not know where he is buried. He names one of his sons > William. In IA Lemmons lives in Farmington, Van Buren, IA; Fox River, > Davis, IA; Lemona Decatur, IA and Monona, IA Lemmon lives in Lindley, > Mercer, MO and one of his sons William Thomas is buried there. Lemmons > marries Sibyl Cooper daughter of William Cooper and Nancy Batman. > > If anyone has any access to the graveyard information I would really > like to find these two individuals gravesites. > > Betseylee > > > > > > ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== > List mail archives can be accessed at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > or at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

Hi! I am really hopeful that you have found them. Which Brittain's are you researching? I have collected various Brattain records along the way. On every census my Bratton give a different state as to where their parents were born. I think it is NC but they also list Kentucky. I know of a Brattain page at myfamily.com that is available. If you would like to be on it I could add you. I know Lemmons is a family name. I bet Lemmons Bratton's mother was a Lemmons. I am planning on visiting William's grave in Freedom Cemetery. My mother-in-law stopped there once. She didn't take a picture of the grave however. This is actually my husband's side that I have worked on for quite a while. I am having a tough time solving it. I came up with another spelling of Croxwell, maybe.. In the 1860 census William has an 11 year old girl by the name of Martha Cracksoll living with him. She was born in IA. Thanks for your help. I look forward to the name of the cemetery that Brattains are buried in. Betseylee "Randalin R. Ferguson" wrote: > Betsey, > > I do Brittain research and have run across the Bratton line. You will find > them buried in a cemetery on the Harrison - Mercer County line (of which I > don't have the name at my fingertips right now). I will e-mail you back > within the next few days with that information. > > Both Harrison County, just to the west of Mercer County, and Mercer County > have excellent genealogical societies. > I too am curious about Lemmons Bratton - the Brittain line married into a > Lemmons line around Grundy County, just south of Mercer County. > > There is a William T., son of L. & S. BRATTAIN, died Feb. 8, 1881, aged 28y > 5 m 29 d, buried in the Freedom Cemetery in Mercer County, MO. The Freedom > Cem. is located in Lindley Township in the north central portion on the > township, in the northwest portion of Mercer County. > > Randi > windsong@grm.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Betsey Browning <dbrown@webpipe.net> > To: <MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 10:53 PM > Subject: [MOMERCER-L] Brattain, Bratton, Cooper, Croxwell > > > Hi! > > I am making a trip to Iowa this next week and would like to do some > > genealogy along the way on a very hard line I have been trying to solve. > > > > If anyone could help me out I will state where I am having troubles. > > > > I find two Bratton in the 1850 census in Farmington, Van Buren, IA that > > are living right next to each other. I believe they are brothers. One > > is William Bratton (a preacher, and it is unsure what church he is for > > but the census could be read Un Church) was born about 1815 in IA. > > William marries Martha Croxwell. He moves up to Mt. Pleasant and is > > there in the 1860 and 1870 census. I do not find him presiding over any > > > > of the churches in the directories for Mt. Pleasant. He names one of > > his sons Lemmons. After the 1870 census I lose William and am unable to > > > > find further trace of him. > > > > The other is Lemmons Bratton who was born 20 Mar 1815 in Wayne Co., IN. > > He died 13 or 15 Mar 1885 in Mercer Co, MO. I have his probate record > > there but do not know where he is buried. He names one of his sons > > William. In IA Lemmons lives in Farmington, Van Buren, IA; Fox River, > > Davis, IA; Lemona Decatur, IA and Monona, IA Lemmon lives in Lindley, > > Mercer, MO and one of his sons William Thomas is buried there. Lemmons > > marries Sibyl Cooper daughter of William Cooper and Nancy Batman. > > > > If anyone has any access to the graveyard information I would really > > like to find these two individuals gravesites. > > > > Betseylee > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== > > List mail archives can be accessed at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > or at: > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== > List mail archives can be accessed at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > or at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl