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| Eric's maternal grandmother was Hester Viola Bragg. She was from Braxton County, WV. As young children, she and her brother Jimmy lost their mother, Alice Rebecca Grimm. Their father, Albert J. Bragg, remarried to Maud Gregory. Hester reportedly had a difficult time growing up. At age 14 she married Arthur Sylvester Gillespie and they raised twelve children. They moved from Braxton County, WV to Newell, Hancock County, WV, near East Liverpool, OH. Albert's parents were Stephen Settle Bragg and Virginia Weltha (Wealthy) Harper. They had six children, all born in Braxton County. After Wealthy's death, Stephen remarried, to the older family's dismay, a much younger woman, Josephine Sandy, twenty years different in age. Together they had seven children, but then tragically in 1916 Josephine died and later the same year Stephen also died from injuries from an accident at the lumber mill where he worked. This left behind some very young children who ended up being raised by the older children from Stephen's first marriage. Life could not have been easy for them. Stephen's parents were Joseph Dozier Bragg and Mary J. Poe. They had six children, according to information I have received. This is where the Bragg's line starts to get a little sketchy. I need to do more research to find information for sure about Joseph's ancestors. |
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| Braggs in the Family Tree | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Braggs at FTM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hester and Arthur Gillespie, taken in the 1990's. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy and Hester Bragg, taken about 1909. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albert Bragg and Alice Grimm, parents of Hester Bragg Gillespie. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Braggs, Page Two | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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