Walter White Brothers
1880 - 1953 (73 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Walter White Brothers was born 10 Feb 1880, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA (son of Jesse Brothers and Nancy Ann Linch); died 11 May 1953, Christiana, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; was buried 14 May 1953, Miller Cemetery - Christiana, Tennessee, USA.
2. Jesse Brothers was born 1835, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA (son of Francis Brothers and Sarah Jane Penn); died 14 Jun 1893, Fosterville, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; was buried , Powell Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA. Notes:
Jesse Brothers was born circa 1835, in Rutherford County, near Fosterville, Tennessee. He was the son of Francis Brothers and Sarah Penn Brothers who came to Fosterville (Twentieth) District from Virginia around 1815. On September 1, 1855, he married Susan Powell, daughter of John and Annie Glawson Powell of Millersburg, and began farming. Brothers was a reluctant soldier of the Confederate Army, having been drafted into service by conscription authorities. He enlisted in Company F, Eighteenth Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA, at LaVergne as a private on November 4, 1862. He fought at the Battle of Murfreesboro, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863, without receiving a wound and was with the company during the army's recruit to Tullahoma following the battle. Receiving the news that the army was pullling back toward Chattanooga, thus giving control of Middle Tennessee to the Federals. Brothers decided not to participate in any further service in the army and came back home to Fosterville in June 1863. After the war, he resumed his farming activites and raising a family. His first wife, Susan Ann Powell, died in May 1874, and on December 3, 1874, he married Nancy Ann Linch, daughter of Elethia Dearing Linch of Bedford County. Brothers died on June 14, 1863 (1893), and is buried in the Powell Cemetery near Fosterville.
Jesse married Nancy Ann Linch 3 Dec 1874. Nancy was born 1855, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA; died 14 Feb 1892, Fosterville, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; was buried , Powell Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet]
3. Nancy Ann Linch was born 1855, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA; died 14 Feb 1892, Fosterville, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; was buried , Powell Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA. Children:
- Early Oliver Brothers was born 25 Jun 1876, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; died 16 Mar 1945, Blue Ridge, Collin County, Texas, USA; was buried 18 Mar 1945, Willow Wild Cemetery - Bonham, Texas, USA.
- Columbus Luther Brothers was born 10 Jan 1878, Fosterville, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; died 22 Dec 1946, Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried 24 Dec 1946, Fort Gibson National Cemetery - Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, USA.
- 1. Walter White Brothers was born 10 Feb 1880, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; died 11 May 1953, Christiana, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; was buried 14 May 1953, Miller Cemetery - Christiana, Tennessee, USA.
- Thomas Brothers was born 21 May 1882, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; died 30 Mar 1961, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried 31 Mar 1961, Grove Hill Memorial Park - Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Fount Dearing Brothers was born 10 Jan 1884, Fosterville, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; died 6 Aug 1969, Fosterville, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; was buried 7 Aug 1969, McElroy Cemetery - Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.
- Joseph Madison Brothers was born 4 Mar 1886, Fosterville, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; died 1 Apr 1950, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; was buried 2 Apr 1950, Jones-Haynes Cemetery - Longview, Tennessee, USA.
Generation: 3
4. Francis Brothers was born 1779, Buckingham, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA; died 1845, Fosterville, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; was buried , Brothers Cemetery - Fosterville, Tennessee, USA. Francis — Sarah Jane Penn. Sarah was born 6 Sep 1780, Virginia, USA; died 1856, Fosterville, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; was buried , Brothers Cemetery - Fosterville, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet]
5. Sarah Jane Penn was born 6 Sep 1780, Virginia, USA; died 1856, Fosterville, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; was buried , Brothers Cemetery - Fosterville, Tennessee, USA. Children:
- 2. Jesse Brothers was born 1835, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; died 14 Jun 1893, Fosterville, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; was buried , Powell Cemetery - Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA.