Descendants of John R. Balch - Howard Stone Baulch Family

womanhood, and all we could ever give you in return for your kindness was love and respect. Now, all
that we can do is to mourn with your bereaved companion and children, who miss you sadly. I hoped to
meet you again on earth, but God's will be done. I hope we will meet in Heaven. W. A. B., St. Louis, Mo.,
Feb. 9, 1879."
More About WYLIE BRAZZEL:
Name 2: Wiley Brassell
Name 3: Wylie Brassell
More About WYLIE BRAZZEL and MARY BAULCH:
Marriage: 21 Mar 1861, Sumner, Tennessee, USA
Children of MARY BAULCH and WYLIE BRAZZEL are:
9. i. BENJAMIN B. 4 BRAZZEL, b. 18 Jan 1864, Sumner, Tennessee, USA; d. 24 Oct 1937, Kaufman, Texas, USA.
10. ii. DICIA C. BRAZZEL, b. Aug 1867, Sumner, Tennessee, USA; d. Bet. 1910 - 1920, Van Zandt or Wood,
Texas, USA.
11. iii. L. WYLIE BRAZZEL, JR., b. Feb 1870, Sumner, Tennessee, USA; d. 05 Jan 1917, 600 North Madison,
Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
3. ELIZABETH F. 3 BAULCH (JOHN R. 2 BALCH, ? 1 ) was born 08 Sep 1834 in Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, USA,
and died 15 Dec 1895 in Kaufman, Texas, USA. She married JOHN W. HIGGASON 05 Sep 1855 in Sumner,
Tennessee, USA, son of JOHN HIGGASON and NANCY STONE. He was born 1832 in Sumner, Tennessee, USA,
and died 06 Nov 1864 in Camp Douglas, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
Notes for ELIZABETH F. BAULCH:
Information from 1850 Census of Sumner County, Tennessee; Seventh Census of the United States,
Tennessee, Sumner County, Microfilm M432, Roll 897, DIstrict 11, Microfilm Page number 280 lists
Elizabeth Balch and confirms her age of 15 as reported.
Elizabeth's husband, John W. Higgason, died in the Civil War in 1864. According to the 1870 and 1880
Census of Sumner County, the family was supported by three different households: John R. Baulch,
William Nicholas Baulch, and John H. Duke.
1880 Sumner County, Tennessee, Census Transcription, pp. 271-275, Transcribed in 1988 by Linda
Carpenter, Theda Womack, and Cora Mae Harper, Source: Tenth Census of the United States, Tennessee,
Sumner County, Microfilm T9, Rolls 1281-1282, ? August 1999, District # 9, House 215-139 is listed as
follows:
Name Race/Sex Age
Duke, John H. W M 54
Higgason, Elizabeth W F 44
Higgason, Nancie W F 18
Higgason, Alice W F 17
More About ELIZABETH F. BAULCH:
Burial: College Mound Cemetery, Kaufman, Texas, USA
Notes for JOHN W. HIGGASON:
The Sumner County Court marriage records list John W. Hickerson (sic) marrying Elizabeth F. Balch on
September 5, 1855.
National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The
Generations Network, Inc., 2007:
Name: John W. Higgason
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Tennesee
Regiment Name: 9 (Ward's) Tennessee Cavalry.
COMPANY: A
Rank In: Private