William Wallace BRACKMAN

Name: W. W. Brackman

Death date: 16 Apr 1910

Death place: Greenbrier, West Virginia

Gender: Male

Age at death: 78 years

Birth date: 1832

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Marital status: Married

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Occupation: Farmer

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Film number: 595030

Digital GS number: 4130772

Image number: 337

Reference number: v 1A p 156

Source: County Records

Collection: West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970#

Name: Brackman

David Brackman is the first member of this family about whom we have definite information. Child, William W., of whom further.

(II) William W., son of David Brackman, made his home in Greenbrier county, West Virginia. He was always a farmer. He married Mary C., daughter of Andrew and Frances (Coffman) Sydenstricker, who was born April 1, 1839, and died March 26, 1913. Her father was the son of David Sydenstricker and of the same family as John M. Sydenstricker, who was a candidate for governor of West Virginia in 1892, and was afterward state commissioner of labor. Frances (Coffman) Sydenstricker is the daughter of John Coffman, whose parents, Isaac and Esther Coffman, settled in Greenbrier county about 1765. Children of William W. and Mary C. (Sydenstricker) Brackman: John A., graduate of Marshall College, now a railroad man, living at Alleghany, Virginia; Mason Clark, of whom further.

(III) Mason Clark, son of William W. and Mary C. (Sydenstricker) Brackman, was born in Greenbrier county September 23, 1879. He attended the free schools and then entered the Concord State Normal School, at Athens, West Virginia, from which he graduated in 1896. After teaching for several years he entered the law department of the University of West Virginia, from which he graduated in 1902, and was admitted to the state bar the same year. He taught school then for one year more, in Greenbrier county, but, in 1903, he settled at Beckley, Raleigh county, West Virginia, for the practice of law. Here he has continued to reside and to practice. His reputation as a lawyer is very high, and he is counsel for the Winding Gulf Colliery Company and for other corporations. He is a member of the State Bar Association. He is a member of White Pine Lodge, No. 37, Knights of Pythias; is a past master of Beckley Lodge, No. 95, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and is now serving his second term as its secretary. He was one of the organizers of Beckley Chapter, No. 38, Royal Arch Masons, and is its secretary. In politics, also, Mr. Brackman is active, being a Democratic leader and chairman of the Democratic executive committee; this position he has now (1912) held for six years. He has served on the town council of Beckley and is now recorder of the town; he is also commissioner of chancery, and is at this time the candidate of his party for the house of delegates in the state legislature. Mr. and Mrs. Brackman are communicants of the Protestant Episcopal church. He married, October 6, 1909, Nellie B., daughter of DeKalb and Jane Hughes, of Ben Lomond, West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Brackman have no children.

Groom name: William Brackman

Groom age: 36 years

Groom estimated birth year: 1832

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Groom birth place: Greenbrier Co.

Bride name: Mary Sydenstricker

Bride age: 23 years

Bride estimated birth year: 1845

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Bride birth place: Greenbrier Co.

Event type: Marriage

Marriage date: 01 Apr 1868

Marriage place: Greenbrier, West Virginia

Father of groom name: David

Mother of groom name: Caroline

Father of bride name: Andrew

Mother of bride name: Fannie

Marital status: Single

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Film number: 595040

Digital GS number: 4130778

Image number: 233

Reference number: p 44

Source: County Records

Collection: West Virginia Marriages 1853-1970

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