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 _Hiram Jackson BRUISTER _|
| (1849 - 1917)           |
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|--Howard J. BRUISTER 
|  (1909 - ....)
|                                                       _Jesse L BRASWELL ____+
|                                                      | (1806 - 1864) m 1826 
|                          _Charles Wesley BRASWELL ___|
|                         | (1827 - 1882) m 1861       |
|                         |                            |_Mary HUGHES _________
|                         |                              (1806 - 1830) m 1826 
|_Mary BRASWELL __________|
  (1874 - 1958)           |
                          |                             _Edward Henry DENNIS _
                          |                            | (1810 - ....) m 1837 
                          |_Elizabeth Virginia DENNIS _|
                            (1841 - 1906) m 1861       |
                                                       |_Ann Virginia COBBS __+
                                                         (1818 - 1858) m 1837