Colusa County Biographies

Wiley E. Brasfield

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            Wiley E. Brasfield, a son of Leonard Brasfield, was born in Clay 
County, Missouri, November 19, 1837.  He was brought up to farming on the 
paternal acres and managed to secure such an education as the times offered.  
It, however, laid the basis for the acquirement of a practical kind of 
knowledge, which Mr. Brasfield has gained by assiduous reading.  He followed 
farming till 1863, when he pushed across the plains with a mule-team by way of 
Salt Lake.  He stopped over on his journey a few months in Nevada and arrived in 
Colusa County January 31, 1864.  He located on Grand Island and resumed his 
former calling of a farmer, which he continued up to the year 1882, when he 
moved to College City in order to afford his children an opportunity to attend 
the college at that place.  Mr. Brasfield was married, at Woodland, October 9, 
1865, to Miss Fannie J. Barnett, daughter of Elder G. O. Barnett.  His wife died 
December 5, 1889, leaving his five children.
            In May, 1883, Mr. Brasfield was appointed County Surveyor for an 
unexpired term, and in 1884, 1886 and 1888 was re-elected to that office.  As a 
public officer he has been accommodating and efficient, as is testified by his 
long occupancy of office.
 
�Colusa County� � by Justus H. Rogers � Orland, CA � 1891 � pp 419