Life History
1848 |
Born in Tennessee.1,2 |
23rd Sep 1866 |
Married James Anderson BRINKLEY in Newbern, Dyer, Tennesse.1 |
about 1868 |
Birth of son Robert BRINKLEY in Dyer County, Tennessee.2 |
Jan 1870 |
Birth of son George BRINKLEY in Dyer County, Tennessee.4,2 |
11th Jul 1872 |
Birth of son James Mathew BRINKLEY in Green County, Arkansas.5,6,7,8,9,10,11 |
before 1876 |
Death of son Robert BRINKLEY in Arkansas |
May 1876 |
Birth of son Robert Clarence BRINKLEY in Arkansas.12,7,13 |
about 1877 |
Died in Newbern, Dyer, Tennesse.3 |
Notes
- Maggie Burton
Birth 1848 in North Carolina
Death Abt 1877 in Newbern, Dyer, Tennessee
Marriage 23 Sep 1866 Newbern, Dyer, Tennessee, to James Anderson Brinkley
-- Williams/Brinkley/Mason/Vaughn, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/49994/person/-2062686592?ftm=1
Here we see that family sources report the death of Maggie occurred in Newbern, Tennessee, in about 1877. Yet family sources also report that two of her children were born in Arkansas, in 1872 and 1876. The 1870 Dyer County, Tennessee, census reports James M born in Tennessee, which makes sense, since they are still in the county where they married and are still living. Yet later censuses report both him and later brother Robert C (born 1876) as born in Arkansas. This period of the family's life is confusing and family members are searching for corroborating evidence to clarify and fill in the gaps.
Perhaps Maggie actually died in Arkansas, and was taken home for burial?
Robert C Brinkley appears to be a child of the same James and Maggie Brinkley who earlier had a son named Robert, who must have died after the 1870 census in Dyer County, Tennessee. It has been proposed that they named the later Robert C after the lost child. We find Robert C in later censuses, married to Beulah, living in Johnson County, Texas, where the family finally settled.
Sources
- 1. Ancestry Trees
- Marion Mixon, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12166079/person/-321972759?pg=32818
- 2. 1870 Federal Census, Dyer County, Tennessee
- 21 July, Civil District 6, Page 33 (scan 99), Hse/Fam #241
- 3. Ancestry Trees
- Williams/Brinkley/Mason/Vaughn, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/49994/person/-2062686592?ftm=1
- 4. 1870 Federal Census, Dyer County, Tennessee
- 24 June, Civil District 13, Enumeration District 145, page 4A
- 5. 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
- 15 April, Walters, District 65, page 2B, Hse/Fam #46
- 6. Ancestry Trees
- Marion Mixon, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12166079/person/-262218756
- 7. 1880 Federal Census, Dyer County, Tennessee
- 3 June, Newbern, District 15, page: 9, Hse #75, Fam #76
- 8. 1900 Federal Census, Johnson County, Texas
- 4 June, Justice Precinct 5, District 64, Grandview, page 3B, Hse/Fam #55
- 9. 1920 Federal Census, Little River, Arkansas
- 6 January, Lick Creek, District 34, page 3B, Hse #51, Fam #58
- 10. 1930 Federal Census, Little River County, Arkansas
- 22 April, Lick Creek Township, District 16, page 2B, Hse #35, Fam #36
- 11. Ancestry Trees
- Brinkley, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4583074/person/-1580296009?ssrc=&ftm=1
- 12. 1900 Federal Census, Johnson County, Texas
- 4 June, Justice Precinct 5, District 64, Grandview, page 3B, Hse/Fam #54
- 13. 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
- 13 July, Strauss Township, District 62, page 4A, Hse/Fam #179