Charles Bruce Easley

(1832-1889)

At a Glance

Charles B. Easley attended the Hillsborough Military Academy during some of the time that his younger sister Mary Bailey Easley  attended the Burwell School. He married a Burwell student, Sallie Brooks (or Brookes), of Halifax County. Their farm was “Charlie’s Hope” in southern Halifax County, VA. Sallie died in her thirties, and Charles Easley remarried and moved away.

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Charles Bruce Easley was born in 1832, in Black Walnut, VA. He died in 1889, and was buried in Virginia.

Places of Residence

• Hillsborough, NC, between 1848 and 1849.
• Black Walnut, VA.

Schools Attended

• Caldwell Institute, between 1848 and 1849.

Occupations

• Planter.
• Soldier. Civil War Soldier

Relatives

• Parents: Thomas Easley (1780-1835) and Harriet Catherine Bailey (1800-1873).
• Spouse: Sallie Faulkner Brooks  (1833-1865), married in 1853. According to the The Hillsborough Recorder [1] of August 24, 1853: Sallie Brooks dtr. of James F. Brooks of Black Walnut, Va, married Charles B. Easley of Halifax County. Charles Bruce Easley was the brother of Mary Bailey Easley, another Burwell student from Halifax County.
  Children:
  
  • one son, Thomas Easley.
  • three daughters, Alice Elizabeth Easley (b. 1857), Sallie A. Easley (b. 1860) and Mary B. Easley (b. 1863).
• Siblings:
  • three brothers, Robert Easley (1819-1819), Thomas S. Easley, Jr. (1823-1847) and William Henry Easley (1833-1861).
  • four sisters, Fannie Yancey Easley (1825-1885), Mary Bailey Easley (1834-1928) , Harriet Amanda Easley (b. 1825) and Sara Ann Easley (1815-1821).
• Others: William Easley Craddock (nephew, 1861-1916), Charles G. Craddock (nephew, b. 1856), Granville Craddock (nephew, 1863-1919), John Bailey Craddock (nephew, 1866-1944), Robert Owen Craddock (nephew, 1867-1927), Harriet Catherine Craddock (niece, 1870-1923), Edward Branch Craddock (nephew, 1872-1955), Frank Leigh Craddock (nephew, 1874-1954), Mary Easley Craddock (niece, 1878-1970) and Sara Jarvis Craddock (niece, 1880-1954).

References

1. The Hillsborough Recorder was published from 1820 to 1879 by Dennis Heartt. It was a weekly newspaper.