Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Old North New Paris Cemetery, New Paris, Preble, OH1,173, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36899399
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Alfred Braffett, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LH8G-H4Y
!BIRTH-DEATH: Braffett descendants, Alfred Braffett, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BraffittDescendants.txt#:~:text=Alfred%20Braffett
!CENSUS: 1830 Burlington, Bradford, PA, page 2, Alford Braffit, https://web.archive.org/web/20041118011502/https:/.../census/1830burl.htm, lists 3 young males
!RESIDENCE: 05-Mar-1832 Darke, OH Land Patent190, Alfred Braffet, 77.76 acres
!CENSUS: 1840 New Paris, Preble, OH, page 167
!CENSUS: 1850 Jefferson, Preble, OH, 1533/1533, page 489
!CENSUS: 10-Aug-1860 Jefferson, Preble, OH 1198/1150, page 79
!REFERENCE: 1865 picture. This picture was sent to Jim Braffitt probably in 1946 by E. N. Tyler, great-granddaughter of Alfred Braffett
!REFERENCE: "Obituaries from Preble County, OH Newspapers", Vol. 3, by Audrey Gilbert, "Braffett, Alfred died 28-Apr-1866, age 63."
!REFERENCE: 03-May-1866 Richmond Weekly Palladium, Richmond, Wayne County, IN, page 3, obituary for Alfred Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 22-May-1866 Preble, OH, will probate for Alfred Braffett
!REFERENCE: 1884 History of Wayne County, Indiana191, "Thaddeus W. O. Braffett, Auditor Wayne County, Ind., was born in Bradford County, Pa., April 12, 1829, a son of Alfred and Eliza (Long) Braffett, his father a native of Pennsylvania, of French descent, and his mother a native of Vermont, of English descent. In 1831 his parents removed to Ohio, settling near old Fort Black, built as such by General William Henry Harrison, near New Madison, Darke Co., Ohio; subsequently moved to Braffettsville in the same county, and in 1839 removed to New Paris, Preble Co., Ohio, where his father died in the year 1865, and where is mother still lives, now in the eightieth year of her age. Our subject is the second of five children."
!REFERENCE: 21-Jan-1886 New Paris Mirror in "Obituaries from Preble County, OH Newspapers", volume 3, page 24, by Audrey Gilbert, "Braffett, Mrs. Eliza died 20-Jan-1886. Born 16-Oct-1804 in Wilmington, VA, married 24-Dec-1823 to Alfred Brafett at Burlington, PA, to Yankeetown in 1831, to New Paris in 1839. Had hotel for over 20 years. Husband died in 1866. Mother of Dr. Brafett. Buried old New Parish cemetery."
!REFERENCE: 03-May-1866 Richmond Weekly Palladium, Richmond, Wayne County, IN, page 3, obituary for Alfred Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 1910 Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, OH burial164 for daughter Wrexaville E. Wasson
!REFERENCE: 08-Dec-1945 letter from grandson William A. Wasson to James M. Braffitt, Jr.144
!REFERENCE: Descendants of John Long - Generation 5178
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Alfred Braffett, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LH8G-H4Y
!BIRTH-DEATH: Braffett descendants, Alfred Braffett, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BraffittDescendants.txt#:~:text=Alfred%20Braffett
!CENSUS: 1830 Burlington, Bradford, PA, page 2, Alford Braffit, https://web.archive.org/web/20041118011502/https:/.../census/1830burl.htm, lists 3 young males
!RESIDENCE: 05-Mar-1832 Darke, OH Land Patent190, Alfred Braffet, 77.76 acres
!CENSUS: 1840 New Paris, Preble, OH, page 167
!CENSUS: 1850 Jefferson, Preble, OH, 1533/1533, page 489
!CENSUS: 10-Aug-1860 Jefferson, Preble, OH 1198/1150, page 79
!REFERENCE: 1865 picture. This picture was sent to Jim Braffitt probably in 1946 by E. N. Tyler, great-granddaughter of Alfred Braffett
!REFERENCE: "Obituaries from Preble County, OH Newspapers", Vol. 3, by Audrey Gilbert, "Braffett, Alfred died 28-Apr-1866, age 63."
!REFERENCE: 03-May-1866 Richmond Weekly Palladium, Richmond, Wayne County, IN, page 3, obituary for Alfred Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 22-May-1866 Preble, OH, will probate for Alfred Braffett
!REFERENCE: 1884 History of Wayne County, Indiana191, "Thaddeus W. O. Braffett, Auditor Wayne County, Ind., was born in Bradford County, Pa., April 12, 1829, a son of Alfred and Eliza (Long) Braffett, his father a native of Pennsylvania, of French descent, and his mother a native of Vermont, of English descent. In 1831 his parents removed to Ohio, settling near old Fort Black, built as such by General William Henry Harrison, near New Madison, Darke Co., Ohio; subsequently moved to Braffettsville in the same county, and in 1839 removed to New Paris, Preble Co., Ohio, where his father died in the year 1865, and where is mother still lives, now in the eightieth year of her age. Our subject is the second of five children."
!REFERENCE: 21-Jan-1886 New Paris Mirror in "Obituaries from Preble County, OH Newspapers", volume 3, page 24, by Audrey Gilbert, "Braffett, Mrs. Eliza died 20-Jan-1886. Born 16-Oct-1804 in Wilmington, VA, married 24-Dec-1823 to Alfred Brafett at Burlington, PA, to Yankeetown in 1831, to New Paris in 1839. Had hotel for over 20 years. Husband died in 1866. Mother of Dr. Brafett. Buried old New Parish cemetery."
!REFERENCE: 03-May-1866 Richmond Weekly Palladium, Richmond, Wayne County, IN, page 3, obituary for Alfred Braffitt
!REFERENCE: 1910 Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, OH burial164 for daughter Wrexaville E. Wasson
!REFERENCE: 08-Dec-1945 letter from grandson William A. Wasson to James M. Braffitt, Jr.144
!REFERENCE: Descendants of John Long - Generation 5178
Spouses
Father: James Long (1780-1854)
Mother: Lydia Davidson (1790-1853)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Old North New Paris Cemetery, New Paris, Preble, OH1,173, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36899339
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Eliza Long, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LTKW-R4Y
!BIRTH-DEATH: Braffett descendants, Eliza Long, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BraffittDescendants.txt#:~:text=Eliza%20Long
!CENSUS: 1850 Jefferson, Preble, OH, 1533/1533, page 489
!CENSUS: 10-Aug-1860 Jefferson, Preble, OH 1198/1150, page 79
!CENSUS: 25-Aug-1870 Jefferson, Preble, OH 233/234, Elizor Braffet
!CENSUS: 12-Jun-1880 New Paris, Jefferson, Preble, OH192,13/13, Eliza Braffett
!REFERENCE: Jul-1884 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, VT 1724-1884, by Hamilton Child
!REFERENCE: 1884 History of Wayne County, Indiana191, "Thaddeus W. O. Braffett, Auditor Wayne County, Ind., was born in Bradford County, Pa., April 12, 1829, a son of Alfred and Eliza (Long) Braffett, his father a native of Pennsylvania, of French descent, and his mother a native of Vermont, of English descent. In 1831 his parents removed to Ohio, settling near old Fort Black, built as such by General William Henry Harrison, near New Madison, Darke Co., Ohio; subsequently moved to Braffettsville in the same county, and in 1839 removed to New Paris, Preble Co., Ohio, where his father died in the year 1865, and where is mother still lives, now in the eightieth year of her age. Our subject is the second of five children."
!REFERENCE: 1886 "Obituaries from Preble County, OH Newspapers", Vol. 1, page 149, by Audrey Gilbert, "Braffett, Mrs., mother of Dr. Braffett of New Paris, died 20-Jan-1886, age about 81"; 21-Jan-1886 New Paris Mirror in "Obituaries from Preble County, OH Newspapers", Vol. 3, page 24, by Audrey Gilbert, "Braffett, Mrs. Eliza died 20-Jan-1886. Born 16-Oct-1804 in Wilmington, VA, married 24-Dec-1823 to Alfred Brafett at Burlington, PA, to Yankeetown in 1831, to New Paris in 1839. Had hotel for over 20 years. Husband died in 1866. Mother of Dr. Brafett. Buried old New Parish cemetery."
!REFERENCE: 1915 Heverly, Clement F., Pioneer and Patriot Families of Bradford County Pennsylvania 1800-1825, (1915), volume II193, page 240, Eliza Long
!REFERENCE: 08-Dec-1945 letter from grandson William A. Wasson to James M. Braffitt, Jr.144
!REFERENCE: Descendants of John Long - Generation 5178, Eliza Long
!REFERENCE: Eliza Long had an aunt Wrexaville Long, https://web.archive.org/web/20091020112204/https:/.../Ranch/8882/d243.htm
!REFERENCE: Long Family194, Another reference to Eliza Long’s aunt Wrexaville Long Cornell
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Eliza Long, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LTKW-R4Y
!BIRTH-DEATH: Braffett descendants, Eliza Long, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BraffittDescendants.txt#:~:text=Eliza%20Long
!CENSUS: 1850 Jefferson, Preble, OH, 1533/1533, page 489
!CENSUS: 10-Aug-1860 Jefferson, Preble, OH 1198/1150, page 79
!CENSUS: 25-Aug-1870 Jefferson, Preble, OH 233/234, Elizor Braffet
!CENSUS: 12-Jun-1880 New Paris, Jefferson, Preble, OH192,13/13, Eliza Braffett
!REFERENCE: Jul-1884 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, VT 1724-1884, by Hamilton Child
!REFERENCE: 1884 History of Wayne County, Indiana191, "Thaddeus W. O. Braffett, Auditor Wayne County, Ind., was born in Bradford County, Pa., April 12, 1829, a son of Alfred and Eliza (Long) Braffett, his father a native of Pennsylvania, of French descent, and his mother a native of Vermont, of English descent. In 1831 his parents removed to Ohio, settling near old Fort Black, built as such by General William Henry Harrison, near New Madison, Darke Co., Ohio; subsequently moved to Braffettsville in the same county, and in 1839 removed to New Paris, Preble Co., Ohio, where his father died in the year 1865, and where is mother still lives, now in the eightieth year of her age. Our subject is the second of five children."
!REFERENCE: 1886 "Obituaries from Preble County, OH Newspapers", Vol. 1, page 149, by Audrey Gilbert, "Braffett, Mrs., mother of Dr. Braffett of New Paris, died 20-Jan-1886, age about 81"; 21-Jan-1886 New Paris Mirror in "Obituaries from Preble County, OH Newspapers", Vol. 3, page 24, by Audrey Gilbert, "Braffett, Mrs. Eliza died 20-Jan-1886. Born 16-Oct-1804 in Wilmington, VA, married 24-Dec-1823 to Alfred Brafett at Burlington, PA, to Yankeetown in 1831, to New Paris in 1839. Had hotel for over 20 years. Husband died in 1866. Mother of Dr. Brafett. Buried old New Parish cemetery."
!REFERENCE: 1915 Heverly, Clement F., Pioneer and Patriot Families of Bradford County Pennsylvania 1800-1825, (1915), volume II193, page 240, Eliza Long
!REFERENCE: 08-Dec-1945 letter from grandson William A. Wasson to James M. Braffitt, Jr.144
!REFERENCE: Descendants of John Long - Generation 5178, Eliza Long
!REFERENCE: Eliza Long had an aunt Wrexaville Long, https://web.archive.org/web/20091020112204/https:/.../Ranch/8882/d243.htm
!REFERENCE: Long Family194, Another reference to Eliza Long’s aunt Wrexaville Long Cornell
Marriage: 24 Dec 1823, Burlington, Bradford, PA
Children: James L. (1825-1887)
Thaddeus W. Orlando (1829-1907)
Charles (1833-1877)
Wrexaville Emogene (1836-1910)
Volney M. (1842-1902)