Brenner Cox BEVERLY

Father: Claude H. BEVERLY
Mother: Thelma Eva SYLVESTER 

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 _Claude H. BEVERLY____|
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|--Brenner Cox BEVERLY
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|                                                           _Charles Carroll SYLVESTER_
|                       _Eugene Mitchell SYLVESTER_________|
|                      |                                   |_Charlotte Clare BURNS_____
|_Thelma Eva SYLVESTER_|
                       |                                    _Levi MEYERS_______________
                       |_Mary Anne Elizabeth Eudora MEYERS_|
                                                           |_Mary NUGENT_______________

Notes

Updated March 31, 2019. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1930 United States Census for Texas, Harris Co., Houston City: Block 689 (part of Justice Precinct 1); Enumeration District 101-54; Sheet 23B and 24A; April 9, 1930.

Brenner BEVERLY is the son of Claude H. and Thelma BEVERLY. He is 6 years old, born in Texas, and is attending school.

(2) U.S., School Yearbooks via Ancestry.com

- Attended Stephen F. Austin High School in Houston, Texas

(3) U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls via Ancestry.com

- Ship: U.S.S. Minneapolis
- Month Ending: 30 November 1942
- Name: BEVERLY, Brenner Cox
- Service Number: 360 53 03
- Rank: F2c
- Date of Enlistment: 13 Dec 41
- Place of Enlistment: Houston, Tex.
- Change of Status: MISSING 11/30/42; MISSING IN ACTION

(4) U.S., Navy Casualties Books via Ancestry.com; Combat Naval Casualties, World War II, (MT-WY) (Texas, Dead; page 4).

"BEVERLEY, Brenner Cox, Fireman 1c, USN. Father, Mr. Claude Beverly, Cotton Hotel, Houston"

(5) U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms via Ancestry.com

- Cemetery: Fort McPherson National Cemetery
- Name: BEVERLY, Brenner Cox
- Rank: F2C; US Navy WWII
- Serial No.: 3605303
- Date of Death: 11-30-1942; Died on Active Duty
- Date of Interment: Sept. 1, 1949
- Grave Location: Sec. R; lot 6, 7 and 8
- Remarks: Group Burial NC-26472 thru NC-25480-D, Beginning with BELLOWS, Max L.
- Religious Emblem: Latin Cross

(6) Find a Grave

- Name: Brenner Cox BEVERLY
- BIRTH: unknown
- DEATH: 30 Nov 1942; At Sea
- BURIAL: Fort McPherson National Cemetery; Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA
- PLOT: R, 0, 6
- MILITARY: Fireman First Class, U.S. Navy
- MEMORIAL ID: 364333
- NOTE INCLUDED ON THE WEBSITE: "Brenner served as a Fireman Second Class, U.S.S. Minneapolis (CA-36), U.S. Navy during World War II. He resided in Texas prior to the war. He enlisted in the Navy on December 13, 1941 in Houston, Texas. He was assigned to the Minneapolis on January 17, 1942. Brenner was promoted to the rank of Fireman Second Class on September 1, 1942. The Minneapolis, was trying to intercept a Japanese force attempting to reinforce Guadalcanal. During which would become known as the the Battle of Tassafaronga, the Minneapolis took two torpedo hits, one on the port bow, the other in her number two fireroom, causing loss of power and severe damage. The Minneapolis survived the attack and the war. Brenner was 'Killed In Action' in this attack during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart. He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on September 1, 1949. Service # 3605303. The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers + sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave."

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Additional Notes.

Mayflower lineage: Howland/Tilley -1; Hope Howland -2; Hope Chipman -3; Samuel Cobb -4; Chipman Cobb -5; Andrew Cobb -6 (DAR/SAR ancestor); Hannah Cobb -7; Joanna Whitney -8; Charles Sylvester -9; Eugene Sylvester -10; Thelma Sylvester -11; Brenner Beverly -12.