Fifth Generation

28. Jeremiah Briscoe was born on 14 March 1797 in Shelby Co., Kentucky.¹³ He died on 29 November 1880 at the age of 83 in Floyd Co., Iowa.¹³ He was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Floyd Co., Iowa.¹⁵³ Will of Jeremiah Briscoe
In the name of God Amen. I Jeremiah Briscoe of the age of 84 years being sound of mind and understanding and realizing the uncertainty of life do humbly make, publish and ordain this to be my last will and testament. And I do hereby appoint my son John Briscoe to sole executor of this my last will and testament without bonds, I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Clementina Briscoe daughter of John Briscoe the feather bed and bedding belonging to me and to my grandson Joseph Briscoe son of John Briscoe my chest, and to my daughter-in-law Catherine wife of Robinson Briscoe of Des Moines my pocket knife, the one now at Nicholas Reams, and to my son Robinson Briscoe my crooked handle cane the one given me by my son Eli, and to my grandson Walter Briscoe my old cane, and to my daughter Elizabeth Reams my brass handled knife, and to my son John Briscoe all the residue of my property of any name and nature and I authorized and empower him to settle and collect any debts which may be due me at the time of my death. And I request that out of any such accounts he pay to my son Thomas J. Briscoe five dollars and in case of no such collection I would ask that he pay the said sum of five dollars to my son Thomas J. Briscoe in remembrance of me and I humbly revoke and cancel all former wills made by me and constitute this my last will and testament. And I also give to my daughter in law Adaline Briscoe wife of John Briscoe my scissors the ones used by me in cutting my beard. Given under my hand this day 2nd of November 1880 at Pleasant Grove, Floyd County Iowa.
Lewis Gorthan
C. J. Clark
witnesses Jeremiah Briscoe
Probated May 17, 1881 at the Circuit Court, Charles City, Ia.
Floyd County

From Abigail Ferris & James Clason Their Ancestry and Descendents by Fay Morehouse Medhaug page 206 & 207 Elizabeth Farmer and Jeremiah Briscoe were married on 12 December 1817 in Shelby Co., Kentucky.¹³

29. Elizabeth Farmer was born on 24 December 1802 in Shelby Co., Kentucky.¹³ She died on 12 February 1871 at the age of 68 in Floyd Co., Iowa.¹³ She was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Floyd Co., Iowa.¹⁵³

Children were:

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Eleanor Briscoe was born in 1818 in Kentucky.^13,154 She was born in 1821 in Shelby Co., Kentucky.¹⁵⁵ She died on 23 March 1851 at the age of 33 in Monroe Co., Indiana.¹⁵⁵ Eleanor died between 1860 and 1870 at the age of 42 in Probably Monroe Co., Indiana.
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Jeremiah Briscoe Jr. was born about 1820 in Shelby Co., Kentucky.¹⁵⁶ He died UNKNOWN. There was a Jeremiah Briscoe on the 1850 and 1860 census of St. Clair Co., Illinois. He was born in 1809. Not ours.
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Louisa Briscoe was born in 1820.¹⁰⁶ She died in 1822 at the age of 2.¹⁰⁶
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John Briscoe was born on 5 June 1822 in Shelby Co., Kentucky.¹⁵³ He died on 11 February 1904 at the age of 81 in Goodell, Hancock Co., Iowa.¹⁵⁷ He was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Floyd Co., Iowa.¹⁵⁷ On the 1856 Iowa State Census taken 23 July 1856 at Jefferson Township, Alamakee County shows John with his wife Adeline and children Elizabeth, Pryer, Matilda, Lyddia, Jeremiah, Harriet, Emma and Leelen. John is a plow maker.
John Brisco History of Floyd County, Iowa, Pages 849 - 851
One of the earliest pioneers of Iowa, and one who has seen nothing but frontier life since his early boyhood in Shelby County, Ky., until now, was born of good old Kentucky stock in Shelby County. His parents moved from there to Monroe County, Ind., when he was a small boy. His reminiscences of Indiana or Hoosier pioneer life; of their log cabins without a scrap of iron; their primitive customs as a whole, are very interesting. He lived at home, assisting his father to carry on the farm until his nineteenth year, when he went to work on the river, piloting the old styled flat boat between Louisville, Ky., and New Orleans. It was a life of intense hardship. One of these boats, floating with the stream, took fifteen days or more to do the journey. The boats, when they arrived, were sold for the lumber in them, though some of them have been brought up the stream by means of ropes and horses. In 1843 he married Adeline Head, of Monroe County. Her father emigrated from "New Virginia" when she was but two years of age. Their names were Josiah and Lydia Head. Both died when she was quite young. Mrs. Brisco is a grand example of what our early pioneer women were, having endured privations and hardships with her husband, working in the field as in the house, being a "better shot" with the frontiersman's rifle than the majority of them themselves, and lastly having raised a family of fourteen children, the greater portion living today to bless the mother and father from whom they have inherited sound constitutions and pure blood. Mr. Brisco, today is healthy and vigorous. Upon Mr. Brisco's marriage they moved to Kosciusko County in the fall of 1847, and from there moved to Allamakee, living there until 1861, when he moved to Riverton. In Allamakee County he moved to Rossville, where he bought 200 acres - two besides himself living in that section at that time, and laid out the town, now Rossville. He carried on the farm for three years, then moved to town and went into the manufacturing of plows and blacksmithing with David Skinner, and remained in the company seven years, when he sold out and formed a partnership with Mr. Ross and built a steam grist mill, which he ran about one year, returning to the farm. During the time he ran the manufacturing of plows he went into and established a shop at Oronoko, on Zumbro River, running it one year and sold out. During this time he also made two trips to Pike's Peak, it being the time of the gold fever, crossing the plains four times with an ox team; the first time there was a company of sixty men and thirty wagons; the second time twenty-seven men, one woman and sixteen wagons. During the last trip they made a halt at Denver, the Indians being on the war path. At the time of their settlement in Iowa, bears and game were abundant. Mrs. Brisco has seen five bears at one time. The pigs had to be kept in the house; and being afraid they would molest the children, Mrs. Brisco learned to use the rifle. Some of her shots rival the stories of the frontier marksman. Her husband once wagered a pair of pants against a new dress that she could not kill over four or five partridges or wood pheasants at a shot; but her scoring thirty-one birds with every shot won the dress. Few women in the history of frontier life have equaled this. Squirrels and wild turkey were doomed if she could see as much as their heads. She has killed two deer. In 1870 he bought a farm of ninety acres in Pleasant Grove and lived there four years; then sold it and bought the one of 160 acres, where he now resides. Their children are - Prier L., Lydia M. and Elizabeth Jane, born in Monroe County, Ind.; Jeremiah and Harriet M., born in Kosciusko County, Ind.; Matilda I. (the first child born in the county), John L. (died when three years old), Emmie L. (Died in infancy), Josiah, Clementine, and Robinson M., born in Allamakee County, Ia; Charles C., Francis U. and Walter M. born in Riverton, Floyd County.
On the 1860 U. S. Census of Franklin, Allamakee Co., Iowa, Adaline Briscoe appears as head of household with her children Pryor S., Eliza M., Elizabeth, Jeremiah, Harriet, Josiah, Clementine, and Matilda. Listed last in the household is Jeremiah Brisco age 13 born in Kentucky and Elizabeth Brisco age 10 born in Kentucky. These may be a niece and nephew.
On the 1870 U. S. Census of Riverton Township, Floyd Co., Iowa, John Brisco, appears with his wife Adaline and children Josiah, Clementine, Robertson M., Charles A., Francis E., and Walter. John is a farmer.
On the 1880 U. S. Census of Pleasant Grove, Floyd Co., Iowa, John Brisco appears with his wife Adaline and children: Josiah, Clementine, Robinson, Charles A., Francis, and Walter. Granddaughter Emma Felcher age 15 is also in the household. John's occupation is farmer.
On the 1900 U. S. Census of Avery Township,Goodell Town, Hancock Co., Iowa, John and Adaline appear alone. They have been married 57 years.
Obituary of John Briscoe from The Iowa Recorder, Wednesday, February 17, 1904. John Briscoe was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, January 7th, 1822, and died at Goodell, Iowa February 11th 1903.[misprint]. He was married to Adeline Head in 1843. They moved to Allamakee county, Iowa in 1861 and to Pleasant Grove township, Floyd county, in 1870. Fourteen children were born to them. Those left to mourn the deceased are his wife, Adeline, and eleven children: Pryor L., Elizabeth J., Jeremiah, Harriet M., Matilda I., Josiah, Clementine, Robison M., Charles C., Francis U. and Walter. Mr. Briscoe united with the Methodist church in 1872, remaining faithful till death. He was a pioneer, coming to this state in an early day and enduring the hardships of a pioneer life. he was universally respected by his large circle of acquaintances and neighbors. Those best acquainted with him speak in highest terms of his integrity, neighborliness and piety. He not only leaves a large number of relatives, but also a large circle of acquaintances to mourn his death. The funeral services were conducted at his home in Goodell, where he had resided for the last twelve years, and the body interred in the cemetery at Pleasant Grove Sunday morning, February 14th.
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Benjamin Briscoe was born in 1824. He died in In Civil War from Iowa.
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Warrick Briscoe was born about 1826. He died in In Civil War from Winneshiek Co., Iowa.
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Sarah Ann Briscoe was born in 1827 in Kentucky.^13,158 She died in 1889 at the age of 62.¹³³ She was buried in Marquardt Cemetery, Chippawa Co., Wisconsin.^133,159 On the 1860 U. S. Census of Bluffton, Winneshiek Co., Iowa, Sarah A. Briscow [sic] appears in the household of her parents Jeremiah and Elizabeth. Also in the household is Sarah's brothers Thomas J. and Hezekiah, sister Catherine, and neice Henrietta Kraft.
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Robertson Mills Briscoe was born on 2 April 1830 in Monroe Co., Indiana.¹³ He died on 4 May 1919 at the age of 89 in Bloomfield Township, Polk Co., Iowa.^106,156 He was buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, Polk Co., Iowa.¹⁰⁶ On the 1870 U. S. Census of Bloomfield, Polk Co., Iowa, R. M. Brisco appears with his wife Catherine and children Martha, Emma, Charles, Jennetta, Ida and Clara. R. M. is a farmer.
On the 1880 Census of Polk Co., Iowa. R. M. appears with his wife Catherine and children Charles H., Jenette, Ida, Carrie, Samuel, Kate and Baby age 7 months.
From the book: Polk Co., 1880 Bloomfield Township Biographies, Polk Co., Iowa
BRISCO, R. M. - Farmer and stock raiser, section 34, P. O. Des Moines. Was born April 2, 1830, in Monroe county, Indiana, and when fourteen years of age moved with his parents to Koscinako county, the same State, where he lived until nineteen years old. From there he went to Berrian county, Michigan, where he remained until 1865. He then came to this county, and April 1, 1865, settled on section 27, just north of his present home. He owns 400 acres of land, all improved and in cultivation. The north line of his land is two miles south of the incorporation of Des Moines, while his building is three miles. September 5, 1850, he married Miss Catherine J. Wykoff, a native of Indiana, born October 26, 1834. Her mother is living with them. She was born in Jefferson county, Virginia, in 1800, and enjoys reasonable good health. Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe have a family of ten children living: Sarah E., Martha E., Emma F., Charles H., Jennette B., Kittie, Maggie, Ida, Clara and Samuel B. Two are dead: Alice E. and Annie D.
On the 1900 U. S. Census of Bloomfield, Polk Co., Iowa, R. M. Brisco appears with his wife K. J. and daughters Kit and Mabel. On the same page are listings for their sons C. H. and Samuel.
On the 1910 U. S. Census of Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa, Robinson Briscoe age 81 appears with his wife Katherine J. age 75. Their daughters Kittie P., Mabel and Emma F. Jones, as well as two grandchildren Ethel M. and Burton R. Jones are also in the household. Robinson has his own income. Kittie is an office worker in a medicine company, Mabel is a stenographer in a physician's office and Emma works as a dressmaker at home. Ethel is a teacher/principal of a high school. Katherine is the mother of 12, 9 of whom are currently living. Emma is a widow who is the mother of 5, 4 of whom are currently living.
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Samuel M. Briscoe was born on 2 May 1831 in Monroe Co., Indiana.¹³ He died on 25 August 1863 at the age of 32 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri.^106,156 He was buried in Keokuk National Cemetery, Keokuk, Lee Co., Iowa.¹⁵⁶ On the 1860 U. S. Census of Bean Blossom, Monroe Co., Indiana, Saml Briscoe appears with his wife Margaret and children Dulcina, Winfield S., William L., Elizabeth W. and Amelia C. All members of the family were born in Indiana. Samuel is a merchant. The Post Office is Stineville.
Samuel moved to Decorah, Winneshiek Co., Iowa. From here he drove with his brother Thomas Jefferson Briscoe to Ft. Atkinson, Iowa and enlisted Aug. 14, 1862 in Company E, 38th Iowa Vol. Infantry. He was discharged due to disease. After his death his wife and children returned to Indiana.
This information from Abigail Ferris & James Clason Their Ancestry and Descendents by Fay Morehouse Medhaug, page 204.
Enlisted 14 August 1862 at Decorah, Winneshiek Co., Iowa, as Private in Co. E, 38th Regiment Iowa Infantry, became ill at Vicksburg, Mississippi died at Keokuk Iowa U S General Hospital. Information from Ancestry.com Edward and Sharon Froeschle.
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Mary Ann Briscoe was born on 3 April 1834 in Stinesville, Monroe Co., Indiana.¹³ She died on 15 May 1914 at the age of 80 in Greene, Butler Co., Iowa.¹⁰⁶ She was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Greene, Butler Co., Iowa.¹⁶⁰ Obituary from The Iowa Recorder newspaper at Greene, Butler Co., Iowa, 20 May 1914. Mary Ann Briscoe was born in St. Joe County, Indiana, April 3, 1834 and died in Greene, Iowa May 15, 1914, at the ripe age of 80 years, 1 month and 12 days. In 1848 she was married to Mr. Button. To this union were born two daughters, Mrs. Melvina Packman of Webster City, Iowa, now deceased and Mrs. Roe of St. Paul, Minn., who survives her. In 1853 she was united in marriage to Mr. Guido Craft. One daughter was born to them, Mrs. Henrietta Reynolds of this city. In 1862 she married Mr. David Reams, in Albert Lea, Minn., who survives her. Mrs. Reams united with the United Brethren in Christ church about forty years ago, and later having removed to Marble Rock, Iowa, and there being no church of her choice there, she joined the Baptist church of that place, in which communion she remained to the end. The funeral was held from the home on Second street on Sabbath afternoon, conducted by Rev. L. L. Lockard. Miss Grace Ellis and Mrs. C. H. Bunker furnishing appropriate music and the body was interred in Rose Hill cemetery.
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Elias H. Briscoe was born in April 1835 in Monroe Co., Indiana.^13,106,161 He died between 1900 and 1910 at the age of 65. On the 1856 Iowa Census Elias, Eliza and William A. appear at Decorah in Winneshiek Co. Elias is a farmer.
On the 1860 U. S. Census of Decorah, Winneshiek Co., Iowa, Elias Briscow [sic] appears with his wife Louise and sons William A. and Samuel M.
On the 1870 U. S. Census of Napa, Napa Co., California, Elias H. Briscoe, age 34, born in Kentucky and working as a carpenter is living with Sarah Briscoe age 40 born in Pennsylvania. Elias' sons William, Samuel and James are living with their mother and her husband Andrew O. Lewis at Bluffton, Winneshiek Co., Iowa.
Ancestry.com submitters Edward and Sharon Froeschle show Elias living in Topeka, Kansas from 1883 to 1890. Two of his sons also lived in Topeka, William and Samuel.
On the 1900 U. S. Census of Hoquiam, Chehalis Co., Washington, Elias H. Briscoe appears with his wife Louisa A. They have been married 46 years. Louisa is the mother of 5, with 4 currently living. Elias works as a carpenter/joiner.
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Elizabeth Briscoe was born on 13 February 1838 in Indiana.^13,106,162 She died on 2 October 1903 at the age of 65.^106,163 She was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa.^163,164
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William Henry Briscoe was born in March 1842 in Kentucky.^165,166 He died in 1920 at the age of 78.^166,167 He was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana.¹⁶⁷ On the 1870 U. S. Census of Perry, Monroe Co., Indiana, William Briscoe age 26 appears with his wife Huldah A. and children William C. and Rosabel. William is a laborer.
1880 Census in Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana shows Will H. Briscoe with his wife Huldah A. and children Will C., Rosa and Samuel H. The senior Will is a stone mason.
On the 1900 Census of Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana, William Brescoe appears with his wife Mary and children Mabel, Hera, Roxie and Dorothy. Unable to read William's occupation.
On the 1910 U. S. Census of Bloomington, Monrose Co, Indiana, Henry and Mary Briscoe are listed with their daughter, Dorothy, age 10. Henry is a blacksmith in a foundry. Mary has had 7 children with only 2 living in 1910.
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Harrison Briscoe was born in 1845 in Monroe Co., Indiana.¹³
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Hezekiah Briscoe was born in 1845 in Indiana.^13,158 He died on 13 January 1862 at the age of 17 in Pacific, Franklin Co., Missouri in the Civil War.¹⁰⁶ He was buried. The Winneshiek Co., Iowa GenWeb site shows Hezekiah Brisco of Decorah, Iowa was with the Ninth Iowa Infantry, Company H. He died at Pacific, Missouri 13 Jan. 1862.
Brisco, Hezekiah. Age 18. Residence Decorah, nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 26, 1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Died of typhoid pneumonia Jan. 13, 1862, Pacific, Mo.
Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 2, By Guy E. Logan, Historical Sketch Ninth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
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Thomas Jefferson Briscoe.
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Catherine B. Briscoe was born on 3 August 1847 in Monroe Co., Indiana.^{13,106,168,169} She died on 14 April 1930 at the age of 82 in Mortlach, Saskatchewan, Canada.¹⁶⁹ She was buried in Mortlach Community Cemetery, Mortlach, Saskatchewan, Canada.¹⁶⁹ Ancestry.com entry from Edward & Sharon Froeschle:
According to R. M. Briscoe, his sister lived in Wisconsin in 1890.
On the 1900 U. S. Census of Cleveland, Chippewa Co., Wisconsin, Catherine Waite appears as a widow with her children Otis, Grace, May and Walter. Catherine states she has been married 35 years, and is the mother of 7, 6 of whom are currently living. Catherine and Otis are farmers.
On the 1906 Canada census of Assinibola West District, Saskatchewan, Catherine Waite appears with her children Otes, May and Walter.
On the 1911 Canada Census of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Otis Waite appears as head of a household which includes his sister May and mother Catherine. Listed directly after the family is Walter Waite, head of household. All male members are farmers. They came to Canada in 1905. Otis, May and Walter are single. Catherine is a widow. Catherine states she was born Aug. 1842.
On the 1916 census of District 24, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, the Waite family appears. Otis and his mother Catherine appear in one household. Directly after their listing is Maurice, Grace, Gladys and Lloyd Campo. Two households later, Walter and Lillian Waite appear along with Lillian's brother Henry Altman.
On the 1920 U. S. Census of Superior, Douglas Co., Wisconsin, Catherine Waite is in the household of her son-in-law Richard A. Sheff and her daughter Alice H. Richard is doing electrical work on a coal dock. There are no children in the household.
Obituary from The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, April 17, 1930: Mrs. C. Waite Passes Away at Mortlach. The death occurred at her residence in Mortlach of Mrs. Catherine Waite, 83, on Monday evening. The late Mrs. Waite was amongst the pioneers of this distract, coming here as a widow with her five children from the Western States and landing at Caron before there were any buildings. She leaves to mourn her three daughters, Mrs. Compeau north of Mortlach, Mrs. Aultman south of Parkbeg, and Mrs. Sheff of Superior, Wis., U.S.A. and one son Walter of Mortlach. Mrs. Waite was taken sick about two weeks ago with a cold which developed into pneumonia. The funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at 2.5 o'clock from the United Church.