Notes for HIRAM EUGENE BRASWELL: A MERCHANT AND FARMER ORIGINALLY FROM THE BETHAL COMMUNITY OF ANSONCOUNTY MOVED TO MCFARLAN NC WHERE HE BUILT A LARGE 2 STORY HOME FOR HIS WIFE SUSAN ELIZABETH (BESS) RATLIFF AFTER THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE RR BUILT A RR LINE CONNECTINGWADESBORO NC AND CHERAW SC. HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MERCHANTS OF MCFARLAN (NOW BYPASSED BY HWY 52). HE IS BURIED IN THE MORVEN CEMETARY.2 DATA 3 DATE 31 JUL 2005