Barak Brashear (Henderson County, Kentucky, carpenter)
b. 1818-04-08
Henderson County, Kentucky, carpenter. Married to Sarah E. Hancock in Henderson County, Kentucky, on December 31, 1846. Father of Robert Brashear, Ella Brashear Gibson, Ben Brashear, and Walter Brashear. Carpenter in Henderson County in 1850. Served on the Henderson City Council in 1854.
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- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, p. 272B.
Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1890), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, p.423D.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #000576460, p. 94.
Henry Sinclair Brashear, The Brashear--Brashears Family, 1449-1929 (Texarkana, TX: Henry Sinclair Brashear, 1929), 134, 135.
Citation
Brashear, Barak. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210322 (November 12, 2026).
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