1850 Federal Census, Sevier County, Arkansas, 11 November, Madison Township,
page 422 (scan 211B), Hse/Fam #347
William Briscoe 26 M Farmer $No Valuation Real Estate b Alabama [b abt 1824]
Sally Briscoe 23 F b Tennessee [b abt 1827]
- page 422 -
Thomas Briscoe 2 M b Arkansas [b abt 1848]
1860 Federal Census, Polk County, Arkansas, 26 July, Sulphur Springs, PO
Shetucket, page 87 (scan 681), Hse #603, Fam #598
Wm G Bescoe (Briscoe)36 M Farmer $700 Real Estate $400 Personal born Ala [b
abt 1824]
Sally Bescoe 33 F born Tenn Cannot read or write [b abt 1827]
Mary E Bescoe 15 F born AR [b abt 1845]
James Bescoe 14 M born AR [b abt 1846]
Thomas Bescoe 11 M born AR [b abt 1849]
Charles Bescoe 10 M born AR [b abt 1850]
Franklin Bescoe 9 M born AR [b abt 1851]
Sarah Bescoe 7 F born AR [b abt 1853]
Adaline Bescoe 7 M born AR [b abt 1853]
William Bescoe 5 M born AR [b abt 1855]
George Bescoe 3 M born AR [b abt 1857]
John Bescoe 1 M born AR [b abt 1859]
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The following death record is reported by some genealogies as the record for
Thomas Francis Briscoe. But this is a different Tom Briscoe.
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Tom Brisco
Death 27 Sep 1935 Llano County
Certificate #43372
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Thomas Briscoe
Birth 1741 in London, England
Death 1809 in Lee, Virginia
Spouse Mary
Son Isaac Briscoe
Birth 9 Sep 1788 in Lee, Virginia
Death 12 Feb 1864 in Forney, Kaufman, Texas
-- Murphy Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/410760/person/-2085387849
Thomas BRISCOE
Birth 1741 in London, England Death 1809 in Lee, VA, USA
Parents Unknown
Marriage 5 Jul 1782 to Elizabeth Tackett Charlotte, VA, USA
Chhildren:
Isaac BRISCOE 1788-1864
Thomas Huell BRISCOE 1794-1873
James Warren BRISCOE b 1804
-- Mead/Cox Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3973148/person/-1666924701
Another genealogy has the names of some the children, and information on
James, but no first name for Thomas or his wife. I see they lack Isaac, but
have William and Thomas as two separate children. We have both these names
from other sources as the name of one son named William Thomas.
First Generation
BRISCOE married (name unknown)
+ 2 M i. James W. BRISCOE was born in 1804 in Virginia, USA 1 and died on 1
Dec 1862 in Seiver Co., Arkansas, USA, at age 58.1
James married Mary "Polly" DOSSEY (b. 1807, d. 1851) est 1820 in Morgan Co.,
Alabama, USA
James married Margaret KNAULS (d. 4 Jul 1876) on 15 Apr 1854 in Seiver Co.,
Arkansas, USA
Burial Notes: headstones for Margaret Briscoe [James' second wife] inscribed
"In memory of Margaret Briscoe, died July 4, 1876 age 60 years.
+ 3 M ii. Rev Thomas BRISCOE
+ 4 M iii. William BRISCOE
-- Briscoe, http://www.briscoe.eu/genealogy.htm
Another document seems matches the names of William and Thomas as two
individuals, associated wihth James, in a petition concerning land in Alabama
in 1819. These sound like the three brothers mentioned in the above
genealogy,. Others have seemingly compressed William and Thomas into one
person as William Thomas or Thomas William. No firm birth dates for Wililam
and Thomas have been determined in sources I have seen.
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Memorial of the inhabitants residents in the Cherokee Country relative to the
late order for their removal:
To the Honorable the Secretary at War, Your petitioners viewing the calamitous
situation in which many of our citizens are placed, owing to an order recently
described by the agent for Indian affairs of the Cherokee Nation ordering all
intruders on their lands to remove by the first day of July 1819. Your
petitioners believing that the same indulgence would be extended to them as
has been the constant practice to others in similar circumstances, induced
them to settle on the lands lately ceded to the United States by the Cherokees
on the north side of Tennessee River nor did the order ever appear until late
in the month of May of this year, leaving a removal of the citizens
impracticable if not impossible.
Your petitioners are poor but industrious farmers and to deprive them of their
hard earnings in the wilderness and thus destroy their labour, where will you
petitioners apply for bread for their starving families; this order enforced
will involve at least ONE THOUSAND families in total ruins, nor will the evil
end here. Your petitioners must subsist somewhere & thus become unwelcome
guests to the frontier counties to buy a little support for their starving
children. The Indians are not desirous of having the intruders driven from
this land North of Tennessee, those being few in numbers, & most of which have
taken reservations and are good neighbors, your petitioners therefore knowing
the lenity of their government and believing they will take our case into
consideration will ever pray:
Brisco, Thomas
Brisco, James
Brisco, Wiliam
-- National Archives, Washington, DC, Record Group 75, transcribed by Wanda
Muncey Gant, cited in Briscoe Genealogy, http://www.briscoe.eu/genealogy.htm
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1850 Federal Census, Kaufman County, Texas, 16 October, page 263, Hse #334, Fam
#335
James R Briscoe 25 M Farmer b Tennessee [b abt 1825]
Sarah Briscoe 15 F b Arkansas [b abt 1835]
Thomas J Briscoe 10mos M b Texas [b abt November 1849]
The Kaufman County marriage records tell us that Thoams Jefferson Briscoe
married Mary Elizabeth Thomas née Sorey in 1869.
Briscoe, Thos. J. {Thomas Jefferson} 29 Dec 1869 Mary E. {Elizabeth Sorey}
Foster
-- Kaufman County Marriage Certificates, Bk 1a,
http://www.txgenweb5.org/txkaufman/marriages/marrcerb.htm?
1900 Federal Census, Kaufman County, Texas, 12 June, Forney, District 71, page
15A-B, Hse/Fam #286
Briscoe, Thomas J Head W M Oct 1850 49 Married 30 yrs TX TN TN Farmer Owns
Briscoe, Mary E Wife W F July 1855 44 Married 30 yrs 12 children/7 living AR
VA VA
Briscoe, James Son W M July 1874 25 Single TX TX AR Farm Laborer
-- page 15B --
Briscoe, Eugene W M Feb 1889 11 Single TX TX AR At School
Briscoe, Jennie W F Sept 1891 8 Single TX TX AR At School
Briscoe, Mittie W F Aug 1894 5 Single TX TX AR
Note that TJ's birthday is reported as October 1850. As common in the 1900
census, for some reason, this is one year later than earlier reported. You
will see that in the 1850 census in October he is already reported as 10
months old. This also should have meant that his birthday was in November,
not October, which would have made him 11 months old in October 1850.
1910 Federal Census, Kaufman County, Texas, 18 April, Precinct 2, District 25,
page 2B, Hse/Fam #312
Brisco, Thomas J Head M W 59 Married 45 years TX MO AR Farmer Owns
Brisco, Mary Wife F W 57 Married 45 years 11 children/7 living AR VA VA
Brisco, Jim Son M W 35 Single TX TX AR
Brisco, Jennie Dau F W 16 TX TX AR
Brisco, Mittie Dau F W 15 TX TX AR
Note that in this census Thomas' father is reported as born in Missouri,
whereas earlier he was reported born in Tennessee. Ike Briscoe, living
nearby, also reports his father born in Missouri.
1920 Federal Census, Kaufman County, Texas, 20 January, Forney, District 32,
page 8A, Forney & Heath Road, Hse #136, Fam #143
Brisco, Tom J Head Owns M W 69 TX TN AR Farmer
Brisco, Mary L Wife F W 55 AR VA VA
Brisco, Jim Son M W 47 Single TX TX AR Farmer
Brisco, William E Son M W 29 Widowed TX TX AR Farmer
Brisco, Tom J Grand Son M W 4yrs10mos Single TX TX AR
Living next door is Tom's brother Ike.
1920 Federal Census, Kaufman County, Texas, 20 January, Forney, District 32,
page 8A, Forney & Heath Road, Hse #135, Fam #142
Brisco, Ike N Head Owns M W 62 TX TN AR Farmer
Brisco, Elva J Wife F W 58 AR TN AR
Brisco, Dorsey Son M W 16 Single TX TX AR
Brisco, Son M W 14 Single OK GA GA Farm
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Certificate #41135
Tom J Briscoe
Death 2 Aug 1929 Kaufman
County
The last born child of the family has a strange name. Genealogies differ on
the form of the name, and it is transcribed differently in different sources.
Some have the name as Dorsey or Dorsie, based on the Ancestry.com
transcription in 1900. It looks like Dessie. Transcribed by Ancestry as
Darsie, which it could be. But Ancestry transcribes the name in 1910 as
Dessix.
I found his own signature on his WWI draft registration card very clearly as
Uberter Desiax, as well as matching the name as written by the registrar.
There the name is Uberter Desiax. The added R on the end of Uberta seemed to
represent the local pronunciation, which we still hear in rural accents. In
censuses it is written Uberta. However, I found that his California Death
record has it spelled that way.
1900 Federal Census, Bosque County, Texas, 14 June, Justice Precinct 4,
District 7, page 7A, Hse #101, Fam #103
Briscoe, Edmond Head W M Mar 1864 36 Married 16 years AR TN TN Farmer Rents
Briscoe, Frances Wife W F May 1865 35 Married 16 years 3 children/3 living MO
TN MO
Briscoe, Dessie Son W M Sep 1899 8mos TX AR MO
In the 1910 census, Dorsey U is first reported as the last child of Edmond and
Frances Briscoe. His name is more commonly Uberta in records, and as we see
in 1920, he goes by Uberta D. I wonder where they got that name?
1910 Federal Census, Tillman County, Oklahoma, 9 May, Richland Township,
District 255, page 15B, Hse #287, Fam #293
Briscoe, Edmon W Head M W 62 Marriage 1 Married 23 years AR AL TN Farmer Rents
[married about 1887]
Briscoe, Francis M Wife F W 44 Marriage 2 Married 23 years 4 children/4 living
MO TN MO
Briscoe, James L Son M W 17 Single TX AR MO Farm Laborer
Briscoe, Dessix U Son M W 10 Single TX AR MO Farm Laborer
1920 Federal Census, Tillman County, Oklahoma, 31 January, Richland Township,
District 182, page 17B, Hse #152, Fam #169
Briscoe, Edmon [sic] Head Rents M W 53 AR AL TN Farmer
Briscoe, Francis M Wife F W 54 MO TN MO
- Fam #170 -
Briscoe, Uberta D Head (Son of Edmond) M W 20 TX AR MO Farmer
Briscoe, Julia Wife F W 19 MO MO MO
In 1930, Uberta's parents are living with him and his family in the town of
Frederick, Oklahoma.
1930 Federal Census, Tillman County, Oklahoma, 14 April, Frederick Ward 1,
District 5, page 106A, 111 North 13th St, Hse #211, Fam #246
Briscoe, Uberta D Head Rents $20 M W 30 Married at age 19 TX AR MO Auto
Mechanic
Briscoe, Julia Wife F W 29 Married at age 18 OK TX MO
Briscoe, Edmund L Son M W 9 OK TX MO
Briscoe, Frances N Dau F W 8 OK TX MO
Briscoe, Elton A Son M W 5 OK TX MO
Briscoe, Edmond W Father M W 66 Married at age 21 AR TN TN No Occup
Briscoe, Frances M F W 65 Married at age 20 MO AL TN
Uberta and his wife Julia divorced before 1935, when Julia and their youngest
child Carlette (Carletta) are reported back in Julia's home area of Jackson
County, Missouri. I have not found Uberta in the 1940 census.
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Sunnyvale, California, City Directory, 1950, p 595
Briscoe Uberter D (Lula A) mech h 242 Stanford av
I found him in the 1954 and 1956 city directories for Palo Alto, California.
His son Alton is also reported there in those years, and in several previous
years back to 1942. Alton is also in the 1955 directory, but Uberta is not.
But in 1954, Uberta's wife is reported as Ruth, then in 1956, no wife is
reported. But in later directories, Uberta's wife is Lula A. The A may stand
for her maiden name, which we do not know. Ruth may be another given name for
Lula.
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1954, p 80
Briscoe Audrey Mrs h 834 Ramona Apt 1
Briscoe Elton A shop formn Palo Alto Nash r San Jose
Briscoe Uberter D (Ruth) mech Palo Alto Nash r 8 Camellia ct
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1956, p 167
Briscoe Audrey Mrs h 834 Ramona Apt 1
Briscoe Elton A mech Peninsula Motors r San Jose
Briscoe U D mech Donal F Gunn r Mountain View
In 1964, Uberta appears in the Sunnyvale, California, City Directory with a
wife named Lula A.
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Sunnyvale, California, City Directory, 1964, p 66
Briscoe U D (Lula A) auto mach h 1152 Northumberland dr
In In 1971 they were in Santa Cruz, California, where Uberta was reported as
retired.
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Santa Cruz, California, City Directory, 1971, p 40
Briscoe U D (Lula A) retd h 1560 30th dr
In 1973 they were reported in San Jose.
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
San Jose, California, City Directory, 1973, p 88
Briscoe Uberter D (Lula A) retd h 811 N Capitol av Apt 1
California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Uberter Desiax Briscoe
Gender Male
Birth 6 Sep 1899 Texas
Death 17 Feb 1979 Riverside County
Social Security #499101319
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Uberter Briscoe
Born 6 Sep 1899
Died Feb 1979
Last Residence Hemet, Riverside, California 92343
SSN 499-10-1319 issued Missouri (Before 1951)
Both Uberta and his wife Lula died in 1979.
Uberter Desiax Briscoe
Birth 6 Sep 1899 Bosque County, Texas, USA
Death 17 Feb 1979 (aged 79) Hemet, Riverside County, California, USA
Burial San Jacinto Valley Cemetery, San Jacinto, Riverside County, California,
Plot GLK-11
Spouses:
Julia Powell Briscoe 1900-1940
Lula A Briscoe 1894-1979
Children:
Edmond Leroy Briscoe 1920-1986
Norine Frances Briscoe Schwinn 1922-1994
Created by C Carter 25 Mar 2014
-- Find A Grave Memorial 126904219,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126904219/uberter-desiax-briscoe
1940 Federal Census, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, 2 April, Mason City Ward 3,
District 17-29, Page 4A, 527 12th St SE, Hse #77, Owns $1000
Briscoe, Verlin A Head F W 30 Grade H4 b Georgia same place in 1935 Pool Room
Operator
Briscoe, Mary Wife F W 21 Grade H4 b Georgia Parents birth: Canada Ireland
Residence same place in 1935
Briscoe, Verlenne Dau F W 5 Grade - b Iowa same place in 1935
Briscoe, James Son M W 2 Grade - b Iowa same place in 1935
U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012
Verlene Briscoe
Birth Year abt 1935
1951 Mistltoe Yearbook, Willits Union High School, Willits [Mendocino County],
California
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Richmond, California, City Directory, 1953, p 78
Briscoe Florence M Mrs spotter h 1531-1c Wright av
----- Lester cook r 1531-1c Wright av
----- Louise M Mrs r 1531-1c Wright av
----- Verlene bkpr Mayfield Paint and Glass Co r 1819 Lincoln av
----- Verlin A (Mary B) h 1819 Lincoln
av
"My grandfather was Verlin A Briscoe Born in 1914 and died in 2000, his wife
was Mary and I believe her last name was Laval."
-- James W Briscoe, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 7 January 2013
Verlin was reported in two different enumerations in the 1920 census, one in
Oklahoma and one in Montana.
1920 Federal Census, Tillman County, Oklahoma, 2 January, Frederick, District
167, 216 South Main St, page 1B, Hse/Fam #19
Brisco, Jim L Head M W 27 TX US US tin Shop Plumer [sic]
Brisco, Amanda Wife F W 27 IA IA IA
Brisco, Ilene Dau F W 7 OK TX IA
Brisco, Verlin Son M W 6 OK TX IA
Brisco, Carmen Dau M W 2yrs8mos Montana TX IA [b abt May 1917]
1920 Federal Census, Musselshell County, Montana, 30 January, School District
9, Enumeration District 64, Fishel Creek Rd, page 7B, Hse #130, Fam #133
Carpenter, Samuel E Head Owns M W 54 IA IN IA Farmer
Carpenter, Nancy D Wife F W 49 IA OH OH
Brisco, Amanda Dau F W 27 IA IA IA
Brisco, James L M W 27 TX US US Farmer
Brisco, Ilene Granddau F W 8 OK TX IA
Brisco, Verlin A Grandson M W 6 OK TX IA
Brisco, Carmen Granddau M W 3yrs7mos Montana TX IA [b abt May 1916]
1930 Federal Census, Tillman County, Oklahoma, 3 April, Frederick Ward 2,
District 5, page 2A, 104 South 16th St, Hse #35, Fam #37
Briscoe, James L Head Rents $20 M W 37 Married at age 18 MO TX MO Laborer
Briscoe, Amanda E Wife F W 37 Married at age 18 IA IA IA
Briscoe, Verlin A Son M W 16 OK MO IA
Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1937
Mary B La Velle
Birth abt 1911 Mason City, Iowa
Residence Mason City, Iowa
Marriage Age 22
Marriage 21 Jun 1933 Mason City, Iowa
Father Thomas La Velle
Mother Mary Powers
Spouse V A Briscoe
Spouse Gender Male
Age 20
Spouse Birth Place Frederick Oklahoma
Spouse Residence 223 5th NE
Spouse Father James L Briscoe
Spouse Mother Amanda Carpenter
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1933, p 66
Briscoe Carmen student r 1418 N Adams Ave
Briscoe Jas L (Amanda) chauf Jacob E Decker & Sons h 1418 N Adams Ave
Briscoe Verlin A (Mary) meat ctr r 1418 N Adams Ave
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1938, p 71
Briscoe Edw W (Frances) r 502 5th SE
Briscoe James L (Amanda E; 1b) Driver Witwer Grocer Co r 502 5th SE
Briscoe Verlin A (Mary B; 1g 1b) butcher r 502 5th SE
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1939, p 54
Briscoe Fannie (wid Edw W [Edmond W]) r 317 6th SW
Briscoe Helen D r 317 6th SW
Briscoe James L (Amanda E; 1b) Driver Witwer Grocer Co r 317 6th SW
Briscoe Verlin A (Mary B; 1g 1b) whsemn Stacy Fruit Co r 527 12th SE
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1940, p 56
Briscoe Frances M (wid Edw [Edmond]) r 317 6th SW
Briscoe Helen D r 317 6th SW
Briscoe James L (Amanda E; 1b) Driver Witwer Grocer Co r 317 6th SW
Briscoe Verlin A (Mary B; 1g 1b) lab Decker's r 527 12th SE
In the census of 1940, we get the names of the two children. Notice that his
employment is different in the 1940 census and the 1940 city directory.
1940 Federal Census, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, 2 April, Mason City Ward 3,
District 17-29, Page 4A, 527 12th St SE, Hse #77, Owns $1000
Briscoe, Verlin A Head F W 30 Grade H4 b Georgia same place in 1935 Pool Room
Operator
Briscoe, Mary Wife F W 21 Grade H4 b Georgia Parents birth: Canada Ireland
Residence same place in 1935
Briscoe, Verlenne Dau F W 5 Grade - b Iowa same place in 1935
Briscoe, James Son M W 2 Grade - b Iowa same place in 1935
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1941, p 54
Briscoe Frances M (wid Edw [Edmond] W) r 317 6th SW
Briscoe Helen D r 317 6th SW
Briscoe James L (Amanda) Driver Witwer Grocer Co r 317 6th SW
Briscoe Verlin A (Mary B) h 415 N Mass av
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1942, p 52
Briscoe Bernard student r 317 6th SW
Briscoe Helen D r 317 6th SW
Briscoe James L (Amanda E) Driver Witwer Grocer Co r 317 6th SW
Briscoe Verlan (Mary) h 136 26th SW
By 1953, Verlin and his family are in Richmond, California. I found this
directory record before I found the 1940 census, so I had surmised from this
directory that Verlene was Verlin and Mary's daughter. This was confirmed in
the 1940 census (see above). Verlene is living in Verlin's home. I have not
identified Florence and Louise.
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Richmond, California, City Directory, 1953, p 78
Briscoe Florence M Mrs spotter h 1531-1c Wright av
Briscoe Lester cook r 1531-1c Wright av
Briscoe Louise M Mrs r 1531-1c Wright av
Briscoe Verlene bkpr Mayfield Paint and Glass Co r 1819 Lincoln av
Briscoe Verlin A (Mary B) h 1819 Lincoln av
By 1957 they are in San Jose, California. There are many Briscoes here that
are not likely directly related to them. I don't find any of the other names
associated with Verlin's previous listings.
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Richmond, California, City Directory, 1957, p 57
Briscoe Varlin A (Mary) sht mtl wkr h 17112 Castlebrook ct
In 1960, they are still in San Jose.
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
San Jose, California, City Directory, 1960, p 107
Briscoe Jas r 1711 Castlebrook ct
Briscoe Verlin A (Mary) sht mtl wkr A J Peters h 1145 N 4th
At some later point, Verlin and Mary moved to Oregon then to Washington state.
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
Verlin A Briscoe
Birth Date 23 Dec 1913
Phone Number 962-4198
PO Box 24615, Eugene, OR, 97402-0440 (1993)
606 E Manitoba Ave Apt 214, Ellensburg, WA, 98926-3877 (1993)
BRISCOE, Verlin A, Age 86
Born in Frederick OK
Died om Ellensburg WA
Obituary published in the Ellensburg Democrat-Record; 2000-5-4
-- Obituary Index,
http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi?Surname=BRISCOE%2C%20Verlin%20A&type=Keyword&ftm=1
Washington, Death Index, 1940-2014
Verlin A Briscoe
Death 3 May 2000 Kittitas County, Washington
Residence Kittitas County, Washington
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Verlin A Briscoe
Born 23 Dec 1913
Died 3 May 2000
Last Residence Yakima, Yakima, Washington 98902
SSN 479-07-2332 issued Iowa (Before 1951)
No burial information has been found for Verlin or his wife in and cememtery
burial registers or on Find a Grave.
United States World War I Draft Registration Cards
Wilder Thomas Briscoe
Residence Rt 6, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma
Birth Date 28 Feb 1884
Nearest Relative Willie Briscoe, Rt 6, Marlow
Medium Height, Stout Build, Brown Eyes and Hair
Registerd 12 September 1918 Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
Wilder Thomas Briscoe
28 February 1884 Texas - 23 September 1952 Texas
Parents:
John Thomas Briscoe 1853-1932
Sarah Melissa Morrison 1854-1927
-- Family Search Trees,
https://familysearch.org/tree/person/LK3B-PYB/details?parents=9QQV-J44_LK3B-KT4
One or more genealogies report his birth date as 28 February 1884; but his
death certificate has 28 February 1883. His death certificate has his place of
birth as Haskell, Texas, but in 1942 in his WWII registration Wilder reported
he was born in Hunt County, Texas.
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Wilder Thomas Briscoe
Age 58
Birth Date 28 Feb 1884 Hunt County, Texas
Residence Rt 2, Brownfield, Terry County, Texas
Contact person Milton Briscoe, Rt 2, Brownfield, Texas
Place of employment Rt 2, Brownfield, Terry County, Texas
(back)
5'9" 220 lbs, Brown Eyes and Hair, Ruddy Skin
Registered 27 April 1942 Brownfield, Terry, Texas
Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Wilder Thomas Briscoe
Death 23 Sep 1952 Brownfield, Terry, Texas
Married
Birth 28 Feb 1883 Haskell, Texas
Father's Name John T Briscoe
Mother's Name Sarah M Morrison
Certificate
#46424
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Memorial of the inhabitants residents in the Cherokee Country relative to the
late order for their removal:
To the Honorable the Secretary at War, Your petitioners viewing the calamitous
situation in which many of our citizens are placed, owing to an order recently
described by the agent for Indian affairs of the Cherokee Nation ordering all
intruders on their lands to remove by the first day of July 1819. Your
petitioners believing that the same indulgence would be extended to them as
has been the constant practice to others in similar circumstances, induced
them to settle on the lands lately ceded to the United States by the Cherokees
on the north side of Tennessee River nor did the order ever appear until late
in the month of May of this year, leaving a removal of the citizens
impracticable if not impossible.
Your petitioners are poor but industrious farmers and to deprive them of their
hard earnings in the wilderness and thus destroy their labour, where will you
petitioners apply for bread for their starving families; this order enforced
will involve at least ONE THOUSAND families in total ruins, nor will the evil
end here. Your petitioners must subsist somewhere & thus become unwelcome
guests to the frontier counties to buy a little support for their starving
children. The Indians are not desirous of having the intruders driven from
this land North of Tennessee, those being few in numbers, & most of which have
taken reservations and are good neighbors, your petitioners therefore knowing
the lenity of their government and believing they will take our case into
consideration will ever pray:
Brisco, Thomas
Brisco, James
Brisco, Wiliam
-- National Archives, Washington, DC, Record Group 75, transcribed by Wanda
Muncey Gant, cited in Briscoe Genealogy, http://www.briscoe.eu/genealogy.htm
-------------------------
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A genealogy of the Briscoe family called Leta's Family reports extensive
details on most members of the Briscoe family, but I have found she has
attached incorrect records for various families and individuals and sometimes
has impossible dates for members of the same family.
Leta reports incompatible birth dates for William Alexander and other children
of Larkin and Elizabeth Briscoe. She reports William Alexander born 3
December 1853, but his brother John Thomas born in 28 April 1853 -- less than
5 month later!
The 1900 census reports the birth of John Thomas as April 1853, so the birth
of W A is likely wrong. I have not been able to check all the details on this
family myself, so expect other errors to be present.
-- Leta's Family,
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2804391/person/-1815879730?ftm=1
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1860 Federal Census, Polk County, Arkansas, 26 July, Sulphur Springs, PO
Shetucket, page 87 (scan 681), Hse #603, Fam #598
Wm G Bescoe (Briscoe)36 M Farmer $700 Real Estate $400 Personal born Ala [b
abt 1824]
Sally Bescoe 33 F born Tenn Cannot read or write [b abt 1827]
William Bescoe 5 M born AR [b abt
1855]
William Greenberry Briscoe
Birth 16 May 1824 in Apple Grove, Morgan, Alabama
Death 22 May 1903 in Frederick, Tillman, Oklahoma
Parents:
James W Briscoe
Birth 1804 in Charlotte, Virginia
Death 1 Dec 1862 in Sevier, Arkansas
Mary Polly Dossey
Birth 1807 in Franklin, Tennessee
Death 1851 in Madison, Sevier, Arkansas
Spouse Sarah Sallie Ralls
Birth 13 Mar 1827 in Obion, Tennessee
Death 26 Jun 1888 in Llano, Llano, Texas
-- Anderson2, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26932610/person/1952805351
"James W. Briscoe was a Justice of the Peace in Alabama and Sevier Co.,
Arkansas where he moved in 1837. His son, William Greenberry Briscoe married
Sarah Roll there Janauary 11, 1844. ... After the death of his father on
December 1, 1861, William G. and his family moved to Groesbeck, Limestone Co.,
Texas, and later to Robertson County, Texas, where Briscoe built the first gin
in the county. His wife Sallie died in 1880. He came to Tillman, Oklahoma in
1904 etc"
-- "James Warren Briscoe,"
http://briscoe.eu/James_w_briscoe/james_w_briscoe.htm
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Wm Briscoe
Age 19, Birth Year abt 1825
Residence Sevier, Arkansas
Spouse's Name Sarah Rolls
Spouse's Age 17
Spouse's Residence Sevier, Arkansas
Marriage 13 Mar 1844 Sevier County
1850 Federal Census, Sevier County, Arkansas, 11 November, Madison Township,
page 422 (scan 211B), Hse/Fam #347
William Briscoe 26 M Farmer $No Valuation Real Estate b Alabama [b abt 1824]
Sally Briscoe 23 F b Tennessee [b abt 1827]
Mary Briscoe 6 b Arkansas [b abt 1844]
James Briscoe 5 M b Arkansas [b abt 1845]
Martha Briscoe 4 b Arkansas [b abt 1846]
- page 423 -
Thomas Briscoe 2 M b Arkansas [b abt 1848]
Charles Briscoe 0 M b Arkansas [b abt 1850]
1860 Federal Census, Polk County, Arkansas, 26 July, Sulphur Springs, PO
Shetucket, page 87 (scan 681), Hse #603, Fam #598
Wm G Bescoe (Briscoe) 36 M Farmer $700 Real Estate $400 Personal born Ala [b
abt 1824]
Sally Bescoe 33 F born Tenn Cannot read or write [b abt 1827]
Mary E Bescoe 15 F born AR [b abt 1845]
James Bescoe 14 M born AR [b abt 1846]
Thomas Bescoe 11 M born AR [b abt 1849]
Charles Bescoe 10 M born AR [b abt 1850]
Franklin Bescoe 9 M born AR [b abt 1851]
Sarah Bescoe 7 F born AR [b abt 1853]
Adaline Bescoe 7 M born AR [b abt 1853]
William Bescoe 5 M born AR [b abt 1855]
George Bescoe 3 M born AR [b abt 1857]
John Bescoe 1 M born AR [b abt 1859]
William and his family have not been found in the 1870 census.
1880 Federal Census, Robertson County, Texas, 14 June, District 143, Bald
Prairie, page 14B, Hse #110, Fam #111
Briscoe, William W M 56 Head Farmer AL VA AL [b abt 1824]
Briscoe, Sallie W F 53 Wife Keeping House Tenn SC SC [b abt 1827]
Briscoe, Mary C W F 36 Dau Ark Ala Tenn
Briscoe, Edmond W W M 16 Son Working on Farm Ark Ala Tenn [b abt 1864]
Briscoe, Joseph L W M 13 Son Working on Farm Tex Ala Tenn [b abt 1867]
Briscoe, Henry C W M 12 Son Working on Farm Tex Ala Tenn
Carroll, James F W M 10 Grandson Working on Farm Texas -- Ark
Carroll, Clarissa A W F 8 Texas -- Ark
The birth states and ages of the children tells us about when they moved from
Arkansas to Texas. The last two sons Joseph and Henry were only a year apart
in age. They moved to Texas about 1867 or early 1868.
The history cited above reports that William established the first gin in
Robertson County, Texas. We are told in historical records that the gin,
located in the new county seat of Calvert, was already the biggest gin in the
world in the 1870s. In the 1880 census, William's family was enumerated in
Bald Prairie area of Robertson County, Texas. The birth states of the
children reported in that census tell us that William moved his family to
Texas in about 1865 or 1866. Trains started stopping on the new line in 1869.
"One of the earliest settlers was Joseph Harlan, who received a land grant in
1837. The town’s namesake, Robert Calvert, established a plantation here
around 1850. The Texas Central Railway laid tracks to Calvert in 1868 with
the trains arriving the next year. Population was drawn from the communities
of Sterling and Owensville and in time, Calvert replaced Owensville as the
Robertson County seat of government. A post office was granted that same year
(1868) and Calvert prospered as a cotton shipping point. In the 1870s the town
reportedly had the largest cotton gin in the world."
-- "Calvert, Texas," TexasEscapes,
http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsSouth/Calvert-Texas.htm
If William was the one who put in the first gin there, he set right to it
early on. This was already a big cotton area, as noted in the article below.
Already in 1871 the gin there was the largest in the world.
Sue says that this was the first gin in the country. I suspect she had a
typo, meaning the first gin int he county. Perhaps William established the
first gin in Robertson County, Texas. Wikipedia notes that by 1878, Calvert
had several gins.
"The earliest known white settler in the area was Joseph Harlan, whose 1837
land grant laid five miles south of what is now the City of Calvert. In 1850
Robert Calvert, for whom the town was named, established a plantation west of
the town. ... By 1878, Calvert was a thriving community with 52 businesses.
... The community remained a major cotton center with many gins, cotton
compresses, and cottonseed oil mills, until 1899 when the town was damaged by
floods."
-- "Calvert, Texas," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert,_Texas
William Greenberry Briscoe
Birth 16 May 1824 Apple Grove, Morgan County, Alabama, USA
Death 22 Jul 1908 (aged 84) Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial Frederick Memorial Cemetery, Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma
Spouse Sarah Ralls Briscoe 1827-1888
Children:
Nancy Adaline Briscoe Dove 1851-1918
Benjamin Franklin Briscoe 1854-1929
William Briscoe 1855-1901
George M Briscoe 1857-1939
Edmond Willis Briscoe 1861-1939
Joseph Alonzo Briscoe 1866-1945
Henry Clark Briscoe 1869-1948
Created by Paula Feb 20, 2009
-- Find A Grave Memorial #34036621,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34036621
Posted with the memorial is a short obituary cut from a local paper. Part of
it is missing. The readable part is transcribed here.
Obituary of W G Briscoe
W G Briscoe, aged 84, died at his home in Frederick, July 22, 1908, and was
buried at the Frederick Cemetery July 22nd. Funeral services were conducted at
the grave by Pastor John W Jennings at 3 pm. The deceased .... -- Obituary
of W G Briscoe, The Frederik Enterprise, Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma,
23 July 1908
1900 Federal Census, Milam County, Texas, 7 June, Justice Precinct 5, District
77, page 9A, Hse/Fam #120
Briscoe, Chas Head W M May 1850 50 Married 25 yrs AR AL AL Farmer Rents
Briscoe, Nancy Wife W F Apr 1859 41 Married 25 yrs 9 children/7 living TX TN
TX
Briscoe, Bill Son W M May 1881 19 TX AR TX Farm Laborer
Briscoe, Edd Son W M Apr 1882 18 TX AR TX Farm Laborer
Briscoe, Pearl Dau W F Aug 1888 11 TX AR TX
Briscoe, Sally Dau W F Oct 1891 8 TX AR TX
Briscoe, Roxy Dau W F Mar 1898 2 TX AR TX
Terrell, Sam Boarder W M 1872 28 TX MS MS Farmer Rents
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
William L Briscoe
Birth 3 May 1881 Texas
Residence West, Texas
Spouse Mrs Clara Mae Briscoe
Father Charles Briscoe born Kentucky, Mother Unknown
Informant W E Briscoe, Cleburne [Johnson County], Texas
Age at Death 58 years, 3 months, 10 days; Farmer
Death 13 Aug 1939 Precinct 3, McLennan, Texas
Cause of death Cancer of the Stomach
Removal 13 August 1939 for burial in Cleburne, Texas by Marshall & Marshall of
Hillsboro [Hill County]
Certificate #39046 filed 15 Aug 1939, filed State 2 September 1939
William Lee Briscoe
Birth May 3, 1881 Texas, USA
Death Aug. 13, 1939 West, McLennan County, Texas, USA
Father: Charles Briscoe
Spouse Clara Mae Simmons Briscoe (1886 - 1970)
Burial Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, Block 1
Lot 2
Maintained by Chris Easley, Originally Created by Texas CSA Aug 05, 2007
-- Find A Grave Memorial #20799850,
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20799850
Zema Elizabeth Briscoe
Born 24 September 1876 Hunt, Texas
Died June 1957 Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma
Parents:
John Thomas Briscoe 1853-1932
Sarah Melissa Morrison 1854-1927
-- Family Search Trees,
https://familysearch.org/tree/person/LK3B-P5B/details?parents=9QQV-J44_LK3B-KT4
California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Lula Alma Briscoe
Birth 15 Feb 1894 Kansas
Death 29 Nov 1979 Riverside County
Social Security # 513019584
In 1950, Lula was reported as the wife of Uberter D Briscoe in the Redwood
City, California, City Directory.
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Sunnyvale, California, City Directory, 1950, p 595
Briscoe Uberter D (Lula A) mech h 242 Stanford av
But in 1954, Uberta's wife is reported as Ruth, then in 1956, no wife is
reported. But in later directories, Uberta's wife is again Lula A. Ruth may
be a third given name for Lula. Or perhaps the directory company just got it
wrong.
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1954, p 80
Briscoe Audrey Mrs h 834 Ramona Apt 1
Briscoe Elton A shop formn Palo Alto Nash r San Jose
Briscoe Uberter D (Ruth) mech Palo Alto Nash r 8 Camellia ct
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1956, p 167
Briscoe Audrey Mrs h 834 Ramona Apt 1
Briscoe Elton A mech Peninsula Motors r San Jose
Briscoe U D mech Donal F Gunn r Mountain View
In 1964, Lula and Uberter were listed in the Sunnyvale, California, City
Directory, where he was reported as U D Briscoe.
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Sunnyvale, California, City Directory, 1964, p 66
Briscoe U D (Lula A) auto mach h 1152 Northumberland dr
In In 1971 they were in Santa Cruz, California, where Uberta was reported as
retired.
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Santa Cruz, California, City Directory, 1971, p 40
Briscoe U D (Lula A) retd h 1560 30th dr
In 1973, they were reported in San Jose, California, and U D was listed as
Uberta D, retired. They both died in 1979.
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
San Jose, California, City Directory, 1973, p 88
Briscoe Uberter D (Lula A) retd h 811 N Capitol av Apt 1
Lula A Briscoe
Birth 15 Feb 1894
Death 29 Nov 1979 (aged 85) Hemet, Riverside County, California, USA
Burial San Jacinto Valley Cemetery, San Jacinto, Riverside County, California
Spouse Uberter Desiax Briscoe 1899-1979
Created by C Carter 25 Mar 2014
-- Find A Grave Memorial 126904177,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126904177
1920 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 9 March, Marlow, District 265,
page 43B, Hse #137, Fam #138
Brisco, Wilder Head Owns F W 36 married TX TX AL No Occup [b abt Nov 1883]
Brisco, Willie Wife F W 34 Married TX MO MS Housekeeping [b abt 1885]
Brisco, Melton Son M W 16 Single TX TX MO Carpenter [b abt 1903]
Brisco, Burton M W 11 Single TX TX TX [b abt 1908]
Brisco, Hazel F W 9 Single TX TX TX [b abt 1910]
Brisco, Valre [sic] F W 7 Single TX TX TX [b abt 1912]
Brisco, Nita Bess F W 3yrs0mos Single TX TX TX [b abt
1916]
A Jumpp provides some interesting details about John II Duke of Brittany.
His sumamry of facts briefly introduces John thus:
John II, Duke of Brittany
Birth 1239, Death 18 November 1305
Parents John I, Duke of Brittany 1217-1286, Blanche (Princess of Navarre
Wife Beatrice of England 1242-1275
Daughter Marie of Brittany 1268 - 1339
-- Jumpp Family,
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6989980/person/-489669110?ftm=1
He provides a story form historical sources that genriches thsi outline
considerably, and provides more life facts.
John II, Duke of Brittany
John II (in Breton Yann II, in French Jean II de Dreux) (1239 - November 18,
1305) was Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond, from 1286 to his death. He
was son of Duke Jean I and Blanche, princess of Navarre.
On January 22, 1260, John married Princess Beatrice of England, a daughter of
King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence. They had six children:
Arthur II, Duke of Brittany
John de Bretagne, 1st Earl of Richmond
Marie de Dreux, wife of Guy III of Châtillon (1268-1339)
Pierre, Viscount de Leon (1269-1312)
Blanche de Dreux, wife of Philip of Artois (1271-1327)
Eleonore, Abbess of Fontevrault (1274-1329)
He was killed during the celebrations surrounding the coronation of Pope
Clement V in 1305. John was leading the pope's horse through the crowd. So
many spectators had piled atop the walls that one of them crumbled and
collapsed right on top of the unfortunate duke.
-- Jumpp Family,
http://www.ancestry.com/community/member/profile.aspx?cba=ajumpp
We are told in other sources that the crowning of Pope Clement V took place in
Lyons.
"Pope Clement V was born Bertrand de Got in 1264 CE at Villandraut in Gascony.
He was crowned as Pope in Lyons, about a year after the death of Pope
Benedict."
-- Medieval Passion, http://www.templarhistory.com/clementv.html
Daughters of the American Revolution
Molly Houston Carrett Bronson
Born in Gonzales County, Texas
Wife of E L Bronson
Descendant of Walton Harris and Buckner Harris
Daughter of Robert Houston (1849-94) and Sallie Broaddus (1853-1902), his
wife, mar 1870
Granddaughter of James Houston (1828-63) and Julia Harris (b 1833), his wife
Gr-granddaughter of Buckner Harris Jr (1801-66) and Peninah Steele, his wife
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Buckner Harris and Nancy Early, his wife
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Walton Harris and Rebeccah Lanier, his wife
Walton Harris (1739-1800) served in the army and while absent from his home in
Georgia,it was burned by the British. He was born in Chowan County, NC; died
in Wilkes Co, GA.
Buckner Harris (1761-1821) served as private in Brig-Gen; Elijah Clark's
brigade at the capture of Augusta, GA. He was born in Virginia; died in
Wilkes Co, GA.
Membership #81119; also Nos. 69271, 71223, 76802, 77630
Lineage Book of Charter Members, Vol 82, p 44
The first obit below announcing her death indicates death occurred on 17 April
1902 ("this morning"), but then the story in the paper of 24 April 1902 says
she was buried "yesterday" and speaks of the funeral service as though it was
the same day. The first story announced that the funeral would be "Tuesday."
Tuesday was the 22nd of April. The memorial on find a Grave adds to the
confusion by reporting the date of death as 8 April, while the gravestone caps
it off by reporting she died on 7 April, not 17 April.
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Sallie J Broaddus Houston
Birth Nov 15, 1854 Texas, USA
Death Apr 8, 1902 Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas, USA
Obit Gonzales Inquirer Apr. 17, 1902
Mrs. S. J. Houston Dead
Mrs. S. J. Houston died this morning at 9:30 o'clock at her home in this city.
For several days her life has been in the balance and there was little hopes
of her recovery. Everything that medical skill could do and the closest
attenion from physicians, relatives and friends were expected in her behalf.
At her death she was surrounded by her children and relatives. Mrs. Houston
was the eldest child of Mrs. W.D. W. Peck, of this city, and relict of R. A.
Houston, one of the prominent stockmen of this part of the state up to his
death.
Her death will be a severe loss in the city. She was a generous, noble
Christian woman. For years she has been one of the leading spirits in the
Christian church and she never wearied in working for her church and its
interest, and was an active worker in all Christian work regardless of
denominational lines. She was generous and charitable and no appeal went
unheeded. She was a devoted wife and a most loving mother.
Especially will her loss be a severe one to her children. She was a tie that
bound then together in bonds of love and family relations. She leaves three
sons and four daughters, all but two grown to man or womanhood. Socially Mrs.
Houston was open-hearted and jovial and her home open at all times to her
friends for their pleasure or comfort. Gonzalians will regret honestly and
sincerely the death of Mrs. Houston, not only because they liked and respected
her, but also because she filled a place in the community that will be a
serious loss.
The funeral services will be held at the residence Tuesday evening at. 5
o'clock, after which the remains will be interred in the Public cemetery.Mrs.
Houston was 47, years, 4 months and 23 days of age.
Obit Gonzales Inquirer Apr. 24, 1902
Laid To Rest
The remains of Mrs. S. J. Houston were laid to rest yesterday evening at 6
o'clock in the Public cemetery. The funeral services were very impressive and
were participated in by Rev. Mr. Cramer, of Lockhart, Rev. A. J. Harris, of
San Antonio, and Rev. Mr. Stockhard, of this place. The tributes to the memory
of Mrs. Houston by Reverands Cramer and Harris were beautiful in sentiment,
expression and thought as to the Christian character, love and useful life of
Mrs. Houston. Especially beautiful was the tribute of Mr. Harris to Mrs.
Houston, his foster mother in boyhood. The remains were followed to the grave
by a large concourse of citizens and the floral offerings were beautiful and
exquisite.
Spouse Robert A Houston (1849 - 1894)
Married 13 January 1870 Gonzales, Texas
Children:
James M Houston (1872 - 1904)
Julia Houston (1874 - 1898)
Sallie Mae Houston McGaffey (1880 - 1940)
Robert Augustin Houston (1883 - 1912)
Willie Annie Houston Small (1889 - 1960)
Burial Gonzales City Cemetery, Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas, Plot 130,
Space 11
Created by Cindy S Munson May 10, 2012
-- Find A Grave Memorial #89892838,
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89892838
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