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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth Caladith Bracy: Birth: 31 JUL 1896 in Portsmouth, Virginia. Death: 26 APR 1989 in Portsmouth, Virginia

  2. James Jacob Bracy: Birth: 31 JUL 1896 in Portsmouth, Virginia. Death: 1914 in Paris, France

  3. Winfield Bracy: Birth: OCT 1898 in Portsmouth, Virginia.

  4. Mary Bracy: Birth: OCT 1898 in Portsmouth, Virginia. Death: APR 1976 in Norfolk, Virginia

  5. Martha Bracy: Birth: MAR 1900 in Portsmouth, Virginia.

  6. William Moses Bracy: Birth: ABT. 1902 in Portsmouth, Virginia. Death: in Portsmouth, Virginia


Sources
1. Title:   1870 Census Of Northampton County, North Carolina
Page:   Page 30
Author:   Federal Bureau Of Census
Publication:   Occoneeche Township
2. Title:   Bracey.paf
3. Title:   Darryl Eley I2.FTW

Notes
a. Note:   He was a very intelligent, fair-skinned man with medium to tall build. According to his marriage certificate, his father's name was Ellis Boone when he married Eliza Dunn. No other proof has been verified about his paternity.
 He was born the fourth child of Jane E. Bracy in January 1862. He was a slave for only three years. He worked as a laborer in Northampton County when he got older. He was counted in the 1880 Census of Northampton County, North Carolina, alone as a farm laborer.
 He moved to Portsmouth, Virginia. He lived on Clifford Street in Portsmouth, Virginia where he lived until he moved to 2019 Pine Street where he was counted with his family in the 1900 Census of Portsmouth, Virginia. Elizabeth C. Bracy and her husband, Peter Pearson would lived in this house for many years until Lizzie Pearson died in 1989. For many of years, the family believed that the house was owned by Peter Pearson but according to the 1900 Census, Peter Pearson was only four years old when the house was bought. Jacob Bracy was the original owner of 2019 Peach Street.
 He married Eliza Dunn in 1895 in Portsmouth, Virginia. They had six children. He worked in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. He died in April 1909 around Easter, at the age of 42, from lung cancer. He brought all his children's Easter clothes before he died.
 His wife buried him and decided to return to Emporia, her birthplace. He had died from cancer due to asbestos. He worked at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for most of his life in Portsmouth. He worked in the electrician's shop. Jacob Bracy was buried in Lincoln Cemetery in April 1909.
 Elizabeth Bracy stated that her father died when she was twelve years old. She remained in Portsmouth where she married Perter Pearson. They were lived in the this house where all their children grew up.
 Elizabeth Bracy Pearson lived in 2019 Peach Street until her death on April 26, 1989. No other person lived in the house. The house was demolition in 2001.



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