Individual Details
Jeremiah Briscoe
(14 Mar 1797 - 29 Nov 1880)
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.
Obituary not found at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, November 19, 2017.
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.
Obituary not found at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, November 19, 2017.
Events
| Birth | 14 Mar 1797 | Shelby Co., Kentucky |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 Dec 1817 | Shelby Co., Kentucky - Elizabeth Farmer | | ||
| Death | 29 Nov 1880 | Floyd Co., Iowa | | ||
| Burial | Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Floyd Co., Iowa | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Farmer (1802 - 1871) |
| Child | Jeremiah Briscoe Jr. (1820 - ) |
| Child | Louisa Briscoe (1820 - 1822) |
| Child | Eleanor Briscoe (1821 - 1860) |
| Child | John Brisco (1822 - 1904) |
| Child | Benjamin Harrison Briscoe (1824 - ) |
| Child | Warrick Briscoe (1826 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Ann Briscoe (1827 - 1889) |
| Child | Robertson Mills Briscoe (1830 - 1919) |
| Child | Samuel M. Briscoe (1831 - 1863) |
| Child | Mary Ann Briscoe (1834 - 1914) |
| Child | Elias H. Briscoe (1835 - 1905) |
| Child | Elizabeth Briscoe (1838 - 1903) |
| Child | William Henry Briscoe (1842 - 1920) |
| Child | Hezekiah Briscoe (1845 - 1862) |
| Child | Thomas Jefferson Briscoe (1846 - 1908) |
| Child | Cathrine B. Briscoe (1847 - 1930) |
| Father | James Briscoe (1764 - 1804) |
| Mother | Catherine Caress (1770 - 1832) |
Endnotes
1. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987.
2. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987.
3. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987.
4. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 203.