Lawrence Brasher was the 7th child of Lawrence Brasher and Elizabeth Black, born c1810, possibly in Kentucky, but more likely in South Carolina as Lawrence Sr. doesn’t appear in the 1810 Kentucky census.

Lawrence Jr. grew up in Christian county and married Ailsey Lindley there on 16 March 1837. She was born in Kentucky c1818.

The Lindleys were part of the Brasher-Hamby-Armstrong-Woodruff FAN club.

Although Lawrence and Ailsey have gravestones, only their years of death are given. He died in 1882 and Ailsey followed in 1888, probably both in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Initially, this Brasher family lived in Christian County, Kentucky, where at leas their first five children were born. sometime during the 1850s, they moved next door to Hopkins County, where they remained and lived out their lives.

Children: (Brasher)

1. Susan Parthenia, born about 15 January 1838, Christian County, Kentucky; died 25 November 1878, Hopkins County, Kentucky; married Allen McIntosh, 14 March 1859, Hopkins County, Kentucky
2. Margaret M., born 20 January 1840, Christian County, Kentucky; died 11 February 1919, Hopkins County, Kentucky; married Felix McIntosh, 11 August 1863, Hopkins County, Kentucky. Margaret was first enumerated as a girl named Raleigh in 1850 and then later went by Zerilda Margaret.
3. Elizabeth, born c1843, Christian County, Kentucky; died 1892, Hopkins County, Kentucky; unmarried
4. Thomas Elbert, born c1846, Christian County, Kentucky; died 1893, Hopkins County, Kentucky; unmarried
5. Onamine Sarah, born 10 February 1849, christian County, Kentucky; died 18 September 1915, Christian County, Kentucky; married Alfred Crick, 10 February 1870, Hopkins County, Kentucky. She went first by Ollie, so her name might have been Onamile, like her cousin Onamile (Onnie) Brown, and then later in life went by Sarah.
6. Idelia A., born 12 February 1854, Kentucky; died 13 October 1899, Christian County, Kentucky; married Jesse Crick, 17 October 1872, Hopkins County, Kentucky
7. George W., born 28 September 1859, Hopkins County, Kentucky; died between 1860-1870. No further record.

This completes the family sketch of Lawrence Brasher and Ailsey Lindley. There is just one more child of Lawrence and Elizabeth (Black) Brasher for whom a family sketch is needed – their youngest daughter, Elizabeth (Brasher) Bourland.