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• 1870 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 13 July, Precinct 1, PO Ft Worth, page 2, Hse/Fam #10
  Briscoe, J J 38 M W Farmer $800 Real Estate $1500 Personal  b MO
  Briscoe, Mary J 36 F W Keeping House born NC
  Kincade, Jas W  M W born GA
  Kincade, R W 11 M W born GA
  Briscoe, Alice A 15 F W born TX
  Briscoe, John 10 M W born TX
  
  John is enumerated in the 1870 census, with his father and stepmother Mary Jane Osborne Kincaid Briscoe.  Note the two children of Mary Jane and her first husband.  Alice is John's older sister, the daughter of Edna Biggs Briscoe, I J's fist wife who died before 1866.  Widowed "Jeff" and Mary Jane blended their families with their marriage in 1866.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Greer County, Oklahoma Territory, 5 June, Altus Township, District 79, page 4A, Hse/Fam #65
  Briscoe, John F Head W M Aug 1858 41 Married 18 years TX MO FL Farmer Owns
  Briscoe, Telitha Wife W M Sept 1862  37 Married 18 years 7 children/6 living TX TN TN
  Briscoe, Eleanor E Dau W F Dec 1885  14 Single TX TX TX At School
  Briscoe, George Son W M Feb 1888  12 Single TX TX TX At School
  Briscoe, James N Son W M Sept 1893  6 Single TX TX TX
  Briscoe, Amy Dau W F Jan 1896  4 Single TX TX TX
  
  Greer County, Oklahoma Territory was originally a part of Texas, and was ceded to the US to become part of the Oklahoma Territory.   Altus was in the part of Greer from which Jackson County was created in 1907, as a new county when the State of Oklahoma was formed.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Jackson County, Oklahoma, no date, Altus Ward 2, District 99, page 6B, 612 West Southerland St, Hse #107, Family #129
  Briscoe, J F Head  Rents M W 61  TX MO FL (b abt 1859)
  Briscoe, Telith B Wife  M W 45  TX TN TN (b abt 1875)
  Briscoe, John Son  M W 16  OK TX TX Railroad Laborer (b abt 1904)
  Briscoe, Is J Son  M W 14  Mexico TX TX (b abt 1906)
  
  Is J appears to be Isaac Jefferson, named for his grandfather.  His birthplace is written as Old Mexico, then written above appears to be Am Cit, likely meaning American Citizen.  Did they move to Mexico for a short time, where Isaac was born, before moving back to Oklahoma?  It would have been about 1905 after the birth of John, and they would have moved back in 1919, as 1 January was the census date in 1920.
  
  Isaac's Social Security record reports his actual birth was in November 1905.  This is consistent with a move sometime in 1905 or late 1904.  With the short time frame, it is likely Telitha was pregnant during the move.
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Isaac Briscoe
  Born 17 Nov 1905
  Died Jan 1983
  Last Residence Dumas, Moore, Texas 79029
  SSN 440-07-2556 issued Oklahoma (Before 1951)

Sources

• 1. Gravestone of John F Briscoe, Altus Cemetery, Altus, Greer, Oklahoma
  • Location: http://www.cityofaltus.org/images/uploads/dept_0101/genericsqlexec.asp;
• 2. Ancestry Trees
• 3. Ancestry Trees
  • Holden, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9892787/person/-727382842?ssrc=&ftm=1
• 4. 1900 Federal Census, Greer County, Oklahoma Territory
  • 5 June, Altus Township, District 79, page 4A, Hse/Fam #65
• 5. 1920 Federal Census, Jackson County, Oklahoma
  • no date, Altus Ward 2, District 99, page 6B, 612 West Southerland St, Hse #107, Family #129
• 6. 1870 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 13 July, Precinct 1, PO Ft Worth, page 2, Hse/Fam #10
• 7. Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
  • Certificate #12353