Individual Details
James T. Briscoe
(22 Apr 1868 - 5 Apr 1928)
Atchison Daily Globe, Atchison, Kansas, Friday April 6, 1928, Page 6, Col. 2: Valley Falls. James Briscoe, universally known as "Jim" Pancoast, died at the family home Thursday morning after being confined to his bed for ten years by paralysis. With his parents he came to Valley Falls from Charles City, Iowa, in 1874, and this has been his home ever since. For years he was in the restaurant and shoe repairing business and commanded the admiration and respect of the entire community, for though afflicted with a disease of the bone that rendered his legs all but useless, he not only educated himself but accumulated a competency. He is survived by his mother, half-brother, William Pancoast, and half sister, Mrs. Belle Wilburn, at home, and a number of relatives in Iowa. The funeral services were held from the family home Friday, conducted by Rev. Chas. H. Kimball.
Valley Falls Vindicator, Friday, April 13, 1928: James Brisco was the eldest son of Thomas A. and Elizabeth Brisco and was born on a farm near Charles City, Iowa, on the 22nd day of April 1868, and passed to the great beyond from his home in this city, April 5th, 1928, lacking only seventeen days of having attained the age of sixty years. With his mother and stepfather Walter Pancoast and brother William he came to Valley Falls on the 10th of Dec. 1874 and this has been his home ever since.
His surviving relatives are his mother, at home, a brother Theodore at Waterloo, Iowa; three half brothers and three half sisters in Iowa, his half brother William and half sister Mrs. Belle Wiburn at home. In 1917 he suffered a stroke of paralysis which rendered him helpless the remainder of his life. Jim was a member of the Modern Woodman lodge in which he carried a $2,000 insurance policy; and by pallbearers from the lodge his body was borne to its last resting place. The services were held at the home Friday conducted by Rev. Charles H. Kimball. Interment was in Farrar cemetery.
Valley Falls Vindicator, Friday, April 13, 1928: James Brisco was the eldest son of Thomas A. and Elizabeth Brisco and was born on a farm near Charles City, Iowa, on the 22nd day of April 1868, and passed to the great beyond from his home in this city, April 5th, 1928, lacking only seventeen days of having attained the age of sixty years. With his mother and stepfather Walter Pancoast and brother William he came to Valley Falls on the 10th of Dec. 1874 and this has been his home ever since.
His surviving relatives are his mother, at home, a brother Theodore at Waterloo, Iowa; three half brothers and three half sisters in Iowa, his half brother William and half sister Mrs. Belle Wiburn at home. In 1917 he suffered a stroke of paralysis which rendered him helpless the remainder of his life. Jim was a member of the Modern Woodman lodge in which he carried a $2,000 insurance policy; and by pallbearers from the lodge his body was borne to its last resting place. The services were held at the home Friday conducted by Rev. Charles H. Kimball. Interment was in Farrar cemetery.
Events
| Birth | 22 Apr 1868 | Near Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa |  | ||
| Death | 5 Apr 1928 | Valley Falls, Jefferson Co., Kansas | | ||
| Burial | Farrar Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson Co., Kansas | |
Families
| Father | Thomas Jefferson Briscoe (1846 - 1908) |
| Mother | Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cross (1850 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Theodore "Dode" Briscoe (1871 - 1941) |
Endnotes
1. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987.
2. Valley Falls Vindicator, Obituary of James Brisco (n.p: Friday, April 13, 1928, n.d).
3. Valley Falls Vindicator, Obituary of James Brisco (n.p: Friday, April 13, 1928, n.d).
4. Valley Falls Vindicator, Obituary of James Brisco (n.p: Friday, April 13, 1928, n.d).