bnr blood archive · full research page
Diana Braswell
1797–1875
era: colonialsupport: sourcedresearch: incompletepublication: public
which grandparent's branch?
Through Grandma Donna Ruth Lawton
the parent-to-child line from Donna Ruth Lawton (5 hops)
- Donna Ruth Lawton · 1925–1988 — the branch head
- ↑ mother — Lora Ann Humes · 1901–1986 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Willard Humes · 1873–1933 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Sarah Irinda Smith · 1857–1911 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Thomas Thomas C. C. Smith · 1825–1899 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Diana Braswell · 1797–1875 walked provider link
check all four grandparent branches
- Jack Benedum Sutphen — no direct path recorded here
- Donna Ruth Lawton — ancestor on this branch
- Don Ray Remington — no direct path recorded here
- Marilyn Lowry — no direct path recorded here
This identifies the family-tree route, not an inherited DNA segment.
parents, marriages and children
- father John G Braswell · 1769–1834 — walked provider link
- mother Rebecca Jane Pruitt · 1770–1829 — walked provider link
marriage
Diana Braswell & Richard Smith · 1792–1876
children of this couple (1)
- child Thomas Thomas C. C. Smith · 1825–1899
Children listed here may not be the complete family — this edition follows the founder's blood line; siblings, other marriages and descendants largely live beyond the published record (coverage, not contradiction).
sources and research notes
era ≠ support: “colonial” dates the evidence; “sourced” assesses it — one never derives the other. Attribution distinguishes, never ranks.
- documentary record — FamilySearch KWJB-843 (retrieved 2026-09-16) · open the provider record — opens a new tab
- spiritual reflection (founder (reserved — his own words) · reserved: personal spiritual reflections (Seiðr-related experiences) will be preserved here in the founder's own words, dated and attributed. Personal importance without biological-descent verification — the lens never upgrades evidence.)
- research status: incomplete — 62 attached FamilySearch sources (harvested 2026-09-18)
- publication: public
identity + address
- internal id: p9f34356691 (provider ids are references, not identity)
- ref: familysearch KWJB-843
- bnr://skaists.dev/blood/p9f34356691