THE COOCHMANS
Mustaushobie Coochman and Mary "Polly" Durant

MUSTAUSHOBIE COOCHMAN and MARY "POLLY" DURANT

Mustaushobie Coochman

LifeNotes: also known as Tustenugga Emarthlar, Seco Pitcher and JimBoy

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Mary "Polly" Durant

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Born: about 1763 in Little Tallassee, Elmore, AL
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Parents: Sophie McGillivray and Benjamin Durant

Their children were:

• Ward Coochman. He was engaged by the U. S. Government, with William Durant, in carrying the last body of 65 Creeks from Alabama to the Nation in 1849; first Chief of the Creeks after the Removal.

WARD COOCHMAN and his wives LIZZIE CARR AND LIZZIE YOHLER

Ward Coochman

LifeNotes: "Ward Coachman (Co-cha-my) was born in Wetumka Alabama and lived there until he was twenty-two when he went to the Creek Nation in the west on an exploring tour. He was so favorable impressed that he returned home and brought sixty-five Creeks to the Creek Nation in June, 1849. During the Civil War he served under Colonel McIntosh. In 1874 Coachman was elected second chief and replaced Lochar Harjo upon his impeachment a year later. He was a delegate to Washington serveral times and a member of the House of Kings (O'Beirne, op. cit. pp.341-2; Debro op. cit. pp. 103, 222, 248)"

Born: 1827, Wetumpka AL
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Died: March 03, 1900, Creek Indian Nation, OK
Parents:

1st- Lizzie Carr

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Parents: was she a daughter of Paddy Carr??

Their children were:

• Vicey Coachman, born about 1839.
• Peter Coachman, born about 1844. He married Nancy Yahola.
• Charles Coachman, born about 1855, Creek Indian Nation, OK Indian Territory. Married Anna Yahola about 1883. Their children were: Gussie Coachman (b. August 17, 1883), Guy Coachman (b. 1894), Aggie Coachman (b. 1896, Creek Indian Nation, OK Indian Territory; d. OK), C. Hobson Coachman (b. 1898), Bryan Coachman (b. 1899), Albert Coachman (b. June 10, 1907), Jay Gould Coachman (b. November 01, 1909. Charles Coachman died in Creek Indian Nation, OK IT
• George Coochman

2nd-Lizzie Yohler (Yohola?)

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Married: about 1864
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THE BRASHEARS
Jesse Brashears and Elizabeth Prather or Prater
Alexander Brashears and his wives Ann Brashears and Emiline Winn

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JESSE BRASHEARS and ELIZABETH PRATHER or PRATER

Jesse Brashears

LifeNotes: The family operated a lodging house (an Inn) in the city of Pensacola.

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Elizabeth Prather (Prater)

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Their children were:

• Zadoc Brashears. Married Suzannah Vaughn. Their daughter: Ann Brashears (m. Alexander Brashears, son of Samuel Brashears and Rachel Durant). Married Rachel Durant as her fourth husband on September 24, 1824 in Marengo County Alabama (near Demopolis AL)
• Samuel Brashears. Married Rachel Durant. Their son: Alexander Brashears (b. 1787 FL per 1850 federal census; d. 4/20/1848.), Samuel Brashears Jr and Rachel Brashears.

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ALEXANDER BRASHEARS and his wives
ANN BRASHEARS and EMILINE WINN

Alexander Brashears

LifeNotes:

Born: 1789 FL; Married, Died: 06 April 1868, Sumpter Co., AL
Parents: Samuel Brashears and Rachel Durant

1st-Ann Brashears

LifeNotes:

Born: ; Married: about 1815 Mississippi Territory; Died:
Parents: Zadoc Brashears and Suzannah Vaughn

Their children were:

• Alexander M. Brashears, born about 1817. Married 1st- Martha Ferone Miller. Married 2nd- Rachel Harmon.
• Lettie A. J. Brashears, , born about1819. Married August Buckholts September 1839 in Sumpter Co., AL.
• Rachel Ann Brashears, born about 1823 and before January 1825. Married Asa Daniels on June 12, 1846.
• Sara Ann Brashears, born January 21, 1825. Married James F. Jones on 7 Feb 1843, Sumpter Co., AL.  Their children were: Lucy Ann Jones (b. about 1844), Walter Jones (b. 1845), John Jones (b. about 1847), Wittie Jones (b. about 1850), Katherine "Kate" D. Jones (b. about 1852), Laurie Ann Jones (b. about 1853), Emiline Ann Jones (b. about 1854), Luella Ann Jones (b. about 1856), Clara Ann Jones (b. about 1857), Sallie Ann Jones (b. about 1859), George Jones (b. about 1861).    

2nd- Emiline Winn

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Born: ; Married: 15 July 1826, Marengo Co., AL; Died:
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Their children were:

• Henrietta "Henni" Jane Brashears, born May 12, 1827, Sumpter Co., AL. Married John J. Boykin on October 21, 1844 in Mobile Co., AL. Their children were: Mason Boykin (b.1845), Mary Ann Boykin (b.1846), Sarah Jane Boykin (b.1847), Alexander Boykin (b.1848), John Boykin (b.1849), Angelina Boykin (b.1850), Easton Boykin (b.1855), Rowell Boykin (b.1859), Dennis B. Boykin (b.1860). Died December 24, 1890 in Mobile Co., AL.
• Dennis Payne Brashears, born October 18, 1829.
• William Payne Brashears, born February 11, 1831.
• Emiline Jane Brashears, born June 01, 1833, Sumpter Co., AL. Married Ira Byrd Smith December 24, 1850, Mobile Co., AL, son of Oliver Smith and Barbara Byrd. Their children were: William Frank Smith (b. Sept 24, 1851, Mount Vernon, AL; m. Sallie Willimae Dillard), Virginia "Jennie" Missouri Smith (b. Dec 12, 1852; m. William Rufus Dillard), Ira Byrd Smith, Jr. (b. 1853), Rosalie Adella Smith (b. Aug 25, 1854; m. Jacob Levi Crist on 6 April 1873, Moble Co., AL; d. Aug 18, 1912, Mobile Co., AL), Dennis Payne Smith (b. 1857), Louisa Jane "Lula J.-Chick" Smith (b. May 11, 1859; m. Hamilton Ramey), Emiline "Nina" Jane Smith, (b. Aug 10, 1860), Robert Walker Smith (b. Dec 28, 1863, Mobile Co., AL; m. Emily Caroline Allen; d. 1912, Mobile Co., AL), Margaret "Maggie" Caroline Smith (b. Oct 15, 1865; m. Raley [J. W.] Wiltz on Aug 16, 1882, East Brewton, AL), Fannie B. Smith (b. Nov 28, 1868, Mobile Co., AL; m. Henry Boozer Wolcott; d. Jan 06, 1957, Biloxi, MS), Martha Smith (b. after 1870), Ebenezer Hearn Smith (b. Aug 18, 1870, Mobile Co., AL; m. Emma Baxter), George Glenn Smith (b. after 1875), Alice Jewell Smith (b. Dec 26, 1875, Mobile Co., AL; m. Daniel N. Baker; died Dec 09, 1929, Calvert, AL), Price William Smith (b. July 17, 1877, Mobile Co., AL; m. Melinda McCloud; died Sept 14, 1956, Mount Vernon, AL), Oliver Cromwell Smith, Joseph James Smith.
  Died June 01, 1915, East Brewton, AL.
• Louisa Jane Brashears, born December 12 or 26, 1835, Sumpter Co., AL. Married on 4 Jan 1850, Mt. Vernon, AL to Nathaniel Smith, son of Oliver Smith and Barbara Byrd. Their children were: Manson Marion Smith (b. Nov 03, 1852, Citronelle, AL; m. about 1878, Citronelle, AL to Elizabeth Ann Reid, daughter of Seaborn Reid and Georgiann Logan; d. Feb 15, 1940, Baxterville, MS), Benjamin "Ben" Pearce Smith (b. May 12, 1853, Fairford, AL; m. in 1878, Deer Park, AL to Harriet Weaver, daughter of Joe Weaver and Elizabeth Wecriers; d. Dec 05, 1906, Brooklyn, MS), Lillian Bromley "Brom" Smith (b. after 1854, Fairford, AL; m. Henry Rifflet), Catherine "Kate" "Keet" Adellia Smith (b. Mar 07, 1859, Fairford, AL; m. 1st- Sgt. Joseph King about 1877, Mt. Vernon, AL; m. 2nd-John Gorrick in 1898 OK; d. 15 Feb 1923, Anadarko, OK), John Nathaniel Smith (b. March 10, 1860, Fairford, AL; m. Barbara Reid, daughter of Seaborn Reid and Georgiann Logan; died Jan 27, 1931, Baxterville, MS), Oliver Emory Smith (b. June 26, 1864 in Fairford, AL; m. Mary R. Parker about 1890, Wiggins, MS; died 1956), George William "Buddy" Smith (b. March 09, 1869, Fairford, AL; m. Frances Weaver; d. June 26, 1956, Charity Chapel, AL), Emiline [Pitts] Smith (b. July 10, 1870, Fairford, AL; m. 1st-John M. Cole; m. 2nd-Bob Lewis; d. July 26, 1927), Ludlos "Luddy" Smith (b. Dec 23, 1872), Ira Smith (b. Sept 1873, Fairford, AL; m. Mary Louisa B. Chastang), Jane Smith. Louisa Jane Brashears died January 26, 1899 in Charity Chapel, AL.

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THE MASTINS
William Jasper Mastin and his wives Malinda McCombes and Mary Sophia McCombes

Mecklyn Stockton is researching this family

WILLIAM JASPER MASTIN and his wives MALINDA McCOMBES and MARY SOPHIA McCOMBES

William Jasper Mastin

LifeNotes: Was an engineer.

Born: 1811 Greenville Co., SC
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Died: Feb 1899, Wetumpka, AL
Parents:

1st-Malinda McCombes

LifeNotes:

Born: about 1813, now Upper Creek Nation
Married: on 6 June 1836
Died: July 1838 Tallapoosa Co., AL
Parents: Dr. John McCombes and Mary Sophia Durant

Their children were:

Mary Sophia McCombes

LifeNotes:

Born: about 1815.
Married: on 21 July 1838
Died:
Parents: Dr. John McCombes and Mary Sophia Durant

Their children were:

• Texana Mastin, born 1841 Coosa Co. now Elmore Co., AL. Listed in 1850 census in AL
• John B Mastin, born 1844, Wetumka, Elmore Co. AL. Captured at the Battle of Gettysburg. Died of pneumonia Feb 13, 1865, Fort Delaware, DE as PW in Civil War, buried at Finns Point National Cemetery, Salem, NJ
• Oregon McCombe Mastin, born August 14, 1845, Wetumka, Elmore Co., AL. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, enlisting 8 Sept 1863, Tallassee, AL, serving in Company G, 53d, Alabama Cavalry Partisan Rangers, which was commanded by his cousin, Captain Peter Blackwell Mastin. Married Josephine S. Norris on 18 Dec 1879, Wetumpka, Elmore Co., AL. Removed to Oklahoma Indian Territory about 1890; died of pneumonia on January 22, 1902, Wetumpka, Hughes Co., OK, IT, buried in the "Old" Wetumka Cemetery-- this information from William LaPorte
• James Mastin, born 1852, Wetumpka, Elmore Co., AL
• Mary "Mollie" C. Mastin, born Aug 1845 in Wetumka Alabama. Married Edmond Daniel Stockton. Died 1923 in Little Rock AR. This is Mecklyn O. Stockton's line
• Catherine "Kate Mastin, born 16 Sept 1853, Wetumpka, Elmore Co., AL. Married William L. Reeder about 1874. Their children were: William Mastin Reeder (b. July 31, 1875, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA; m. 1st- Ruth Chapman on 13 Sept 1907, Stockton, CA; m. 2nd-Harriet Misfeldt about 1909 CA; died July 26, 1942 in Placerville, CA), Maggie Mae Reeder (b. June 22, 1877), Edward Reeder (b. May 08, 1879), Jennie Lou Reeder (b. March 10, 1881), Thomas H Reeder (b. September 29, 1882), Henry L Reeder (b. October 08, 1884). Died 8 Oct 1884, Atlanta GA
• Jennie Mastin, born 12 July 1855, Wetumpka, Elmore Co., AL. Married 1st-Thomas W. Marston on 10 Oct 1885, Wetumpka, Elmore Co., AL. Their children were: Nannie Marston (b. 1886), Thomas W Marston (b. Dec 30, 1887), May Malinda Marston (b. Aug 28, 1889), John Francis "Spud" Marston (b. about1892). Married 2nd-John Cobane Laport about 1895, Hughes Co., OK IT. Their child: William Jennings Laport (b. Dec 28, 1896, Wetumka, Hughes Co., OK; m. Velma Harris on 7 Dec 1921, Holderville, Hughes Co., OK; d. April 16, 1941, Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ-- this is William LaPorte's line). Died 21 Dec 1885.
• B. Mastin, born 1856 Coosa, now Elmore Co., AL
• Thomas Mastin, born 1859, Wetumpka, Elmore Co., AL; went with brother Oregon to TX in 1876 and stayed there, whereas Oregon returned to AL.

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