Life History
14th Feb 1885 |
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4th Sep 1904 |
Married Lena B GILLIS in Parker County, Texas.8 |
22nd Jun 1954 |
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after 22nd Jun 1954 |
Buried in Spring Creek Cemetery, Weatherford, Parker, Texas.1 |
Notes
- 1900 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 4 June, Voting Precinct 4 Outside Weatherford, District 65, Page 2B, House #26, Family #27
Briscoe, Isaac J Head W M Jun 1832 67 Married 19 years [m abt 1881] MO TN TN Farmer Owns Farm
Briscoe, Hattie R Wife W F Aug 1843 56 Married 19 years 6 children/6 living MS TN TN
Briscoe, Henry Son W F Feby 1885 15 Single TX MO MS Farm Laborer
By 1910, Henry has been married 5 years and he and his wife are living in the household of his parents Isaac and Hettie.
1910 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 4 May, Justice Precinct 1, District 65, page 11A, Weatherford Thorpe Springs and Granbury Rd, Hse #180, Fam #181
Briscoe, Isaac J Head M W 77 Marriage 2 Married 28 years MO TN TN None, Own Income Owns [b abt 1833]
Briscoe, Hettie Wife F W 67 Marriage 2 Married 28 years 7 children/6 living MS TN TN [b abt 1843]
-- Hse #180, Fam #181 --
Briscoe, Henry Head M W 25 Marriage 1 Married 5 years TX MO MS Farmer Rents [b abt 1885]
Briscoe, Lena Wife F W 23 Marriage 1 Married 5 years 0 children TX CA AL Farm Laborer [b abt 1887]
Henry's WWI Registration apparently indicates he had no middle name.
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Henry Briscoe
Residence Rt 2 Weatherford, Parker, Texas
Birth 14 Feb 1885, Medium Height, Stout Build
Brown Eyes, Dark Hair
Occupation Farming
Wife Lena Briscoe, Weatherford, Parker, Texas
Registered 12 September 1917, Weatherford
I have not found Henry and Lena in the 1920 census.
1930 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 5 April, District 18, page 1A, Harmony Rd, Hse/Fam #7
Briscoe, Henry Head Owns No Radio M W 45 Married at 19 TX MS MS Farmer
Briscoe, Lena Wife F W 45 Married at 19 Tex Washington Alabama
The death certificate of the person who appears to be our Henry Briscoe reports he died 22 Jun 1954 in Parker County. S H Norton reports he died in 1935, but gives no source documentation, and does not report a place of death. I have found no other Henry Briscoe living in Parker County.
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Certificate #35725
Henry Briscoe
Death 22 Jun 1954 Parker County
A co-researcher Wanda Cox found Henry and Lena's burial information and sent me a transcription. "In Spring Creek Cemetery there are two Briscoes."
BRISCOE, HENRY 2/14 1885 6/23 1954 }DS LENA, S/ISAAC J.& HETTIE
BRISCOE, LENA GILLIS 12/4 1884 5/24 1968 }DS HENRY"
-- Wanda Cox, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 18 September 2009
Sources
- 1. Email Sources
- 2. 1910 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
- 4 May, Justice Precinct 1, District 65, page 11A, Weatherford Thorpe Springs and Granbury Rd, Hse #180, Fam #181
- 3. 1900 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
- 4 June, Voting Precinct 4 Outside Weatherford, District 65, Page 2B, House #26, Family #27
- 4. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- 5. 1930 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
- 5 April, District 18, page 1A, Harmony Rd, Hse/Fam #7
- 6. Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
- Certificate #35725
- 7. S H Norton, Notes on Obituary of I J Briscoe
- Name: Location: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12946943/person/-42662784/media/1?pg=32768;;
- 8. Ancestry Trees
- Briscoe/Sloan, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13477246/person/-63355300?ssrc=&ftm=1