Life History

Notes

• Mary Jane Briscoe Birth 12 Dec 1838 in Missouri Death 13 Oct 1919 in Caddo Mills, Hunt, Texas Parents  John Runnells Briscoe 1815-1863 Rebecca Wray 1816-1852 Marriage 1850 in South Carolina to Burgess Clark Marriage 29 Oct 1858 in  Flannin [Fannin?], Texas to William Severe Tackitt --  Tucker Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6585536/person/-1048469429  Mary Jane "Molly" Briscoe (Tackett) (Clark)  Originally submitted by paulagreener to Johnson Family Tree on 11 Aug 2008 Born December 12, 1838 in Missouri, she was the first child of John and Rebecca (Wray) Briscoe.  She was about seven years old when the family moved to Texas.  She was described as being very tiny with blue-gray eyes.  Her first marriage was to William Tackett (Oct. 29, 1858). They had two children before he died while serving in the Confederate Army.  Her second marriage was to Burgess Clark, who was born October 16, 1832, in North Carolina, the son of Alexander Clark and Jane Houston (Clark), (a cousin of General Sam Houston). --  Ancestry Tree Stories, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/ViewStory.aspx?tid=6585536&pid=-1048469429&oid=daefeb88-6c29-4024-a872-04b3342f3760&pg=32768  1850 Federal Census, Hunt County, Texas, 16 October, page 194, Hse #41, Fam #43 John Briscoe 35 M Bell Smith b Tennessee [b abt 1815] Rebecca Briscoe 34 F b Virginia [b abt 1836] Mary Jane Briscoe 11 F b Missouri [b abt 1839]

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Stories
  • Tucker Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6585536/person/-1048469429
• 2. Ancestry Trees
  • Tucker Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6585536/person/-1048469429
• 3. 1850 Federal Census, Hunt County, Texas
  • 16 October, page 194, Hse #41, Fam #43