Family Bible of Hosea Bright Breazeal & Sarah Elizabeth Mayfield of Spearsville Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 11/2000 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================== Comments: The surname we spell today as "Breazeal" was spelled in numerous ways prior to 1900. Hosea Bright Breazeal himself spelled his own surname in a variety of different ways in his own family Bible. Although he had enough of an education to serve as both a justice of the peace and church clerk, he signed his name variously as "Breazeale", "Brazeal", and "Brazeal". Hosea Bright Breazeal and Sarah Elizabeth Mayfield were both born in Pendleton District SC, but moved with their families to neighboring plantations in southeastern Tuscaloosa County AL in their youths. Their families went to church together, and they married and raised their family there until 1857 when their eldest daughter died. The next year, Bright and Sarah sold their plantation and moved to Caledonia, in southern Union County AR, where their relatives had moved in the early 1850s. With the outbreak of the war, several of their sons joined the Confederate Army, and Bright himself served as an officer in the Union County Home Guard. Their eldest son Andrew J. Breazeale died at Fort Pillow in 1862. In 1866, Bright and Sarah sold their plantation in Arkansas and moved a few miles south, to a new farm that lay north of Spearsville, in Union Parish Louisiana. They lived there for the rest of their lives. ================================================================================== Hosea Bright Breazeal and Sarah Elizabeth Mayfield Family Record Hosea Bright Breazeal b. 5 Apr 1813, Pendleton District South Carolina m. 18 Feb 1836, Tuscaloosa County Alabama d. 19 Oct 1891, near Spearsville, Union Parish Louisiana buried: Spearsville Cemetery, Union Parish Louisiana father: unknown mother: Nancy Breazeal Sarah Elizabeth Mayfield b. 17 June 1819, Pendleton District South Carolina d. 9 Jan 1888, near Spearsville, Union Parish Louisiana buried: Spearsville Cemetery, Union Parish Louisiana father: Archibald Mayfield mother: Tabitha Bennett children: 1. Tabitha Adaline Breazeal b. 10 Jan 1837, Tuscaloosa County Alabama m. 12 June 1856, at the residence of her parents in Tuscaloosa County Alabama, to John B. Burns d. 8 Oct 1857, Tuscaloosa County Alabama 2. Andrew J. Breazeal b. 21 Dec 1838, Tuscaloosa County Alabama d. 25 Apr 1862, Fort Pillow, Tennessee, while in the service of the Confederate States Army 2nd Corporal, 19th Regiment Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States Army 3. Arrena Emaline Breazeal b. 19 Mar 1841, Tuscaloosa County Alabama m. 6 Jan 1859, Union County Arkansas, to James Charles Jeter d. 12 Mar 1919, Shamrock, Wheeler County Texas 4. Reuben Searcy Breazeal b. 25 Feb 1843, Tuscaloosa County Alabama m. 19 July 1866, Union County Arkansas, to Mary Ann Blanks d. 2 Feb 1917, Jackson Township, Union County Arkansas buried: Olive Branch Methodist Cemetery, Union County Arkansas He served as a private in Company D, 37th Regiment and Company I, 15th Regiment Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States Army. 5. James K. Polk Breazeal "Polk" b. 2 Dec 1844, Tuscaloosa County Alabama m. 27 or 30 May 1866, Union County Arkansas, to Mary R. Griffin d. 1880-1900, Johnson County Arkansas He served as a private in Company D, 15th Regiment Arkansas Infantry, Confederate States Army. According to family members, some years after Polk Breazeal married Mary Griffin, an unflattering rumor about her became public. Very embarrassed, Polk Breazeal left Union Parish and his family never heard from him again. In 1880 he lived in Johnson County Arkansas with his wife and children, and by 1900 his wife was a widow there. 6. Nancy Permelia Breazeal b. 14 May 1847,Tuscaloosa County Alabama d. 18 June 1847,Tuscaloosa County Alabama 7. Keturah Antoinette Breazeal b. 22 Oct 1848, Tuscaloosa County Alabama m. 9 Aug 1866, Union County Arkansas, to John Robert Groves d. 18 Aug 1930, Groesbeck, Linestone County Texas buried: Fordkenberry Cemetery, Limestone County Texas 8. Martha Ruth Etta Breazeal b. 29 Sept 1851, Tuscaloosa County Alabama m. (1) 21 Dec 1868, Union County Arkansas, to Henry H. Groves (2) 3 Sept 1882, Union Parish Louisiana, to Hosea Holcombe Rockett d. 27 Nov 1935, near Spearsville, Union Parish Louisiana buried: Spearsville Cemetery, Union Parish Louisiana 9. Sarah Ann Elizabeth Breazeal "Eliza'' or "Liza'' b. 7 June 1854, Tuscaloosa County Alabama m. 6 Apr 1875, Union County Arkansas, to Willian Robert Ogden d. 18 Sept 1929, Camp Creek Community, Union Parish Louisiana buried: Spearsville Cemetery, Union Parish Louisiana 10. Hosea Woodford Breazeal b. 29 Aug 1857, Tuscaloosa County Alabama m. (1) 1878/1879, Union Parish Louisiana, to Mary J. Trammel (2) 20 Dec 1883, Union County Arkansas, to Angelina Williams d. 6 Sept 1936, near Spearsville, Union Parish Louisiana buried: Spearsville Cemetery, Union Parish Louisiana 11. Elijah Willingham Breazeal b. 23 June 1860, Jackson Township, Union County Arkansas m. 4 Oct 1883, Union County Arkansas, to Martha J. Sumners d. 7 July 1937, near Spearsville, Union Parish Louisiana buried: Spearsville Cemetery, Union Parish Louisiana 12. Laura Agnes Breazeal "Fannie" b. 29 Dec 1863, Jackson Township, Union County Arkansas m. (1) 17 Mar 1881, Union County Arkansas, to John E. B. Sumners (2) 23 Aug 1905, Union Parish Louisiana, to John Thadeus Jinks d. 23 Dec 1912, near Spearsville, Union Parish Louisiana buried: Spearsville Cemetery, Union Parish Louisiana ================================================================================== Sources: This information comes from the research into the Breazeal family of Mr. Gene Barron and T. D. Hudson. #####################################################################################