Individual Details
William Henry Briscoe
(Mar 1842 - 28 May 1920)
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, Monroe 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.
Telephone, Bloomington, Indiana, May 29, 1920, Page 1, Col. 6: Henry Briscoe, a well known former resident, is dead at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry St. Clair in Indianapolis. The body will arrive here tomorrow via the Monon at 3:45, and burial from the train at Rose Hill.
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, Monroe 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.
Telephone, Bloomington, Indiana, May 29, 1920, Page 1, Col. 6: Henry Briscoe, a well known former resident, is dead at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry St. Clair in Indianapolis. The body will arrive here tomorrow via the Monon at 3:45, and burial from the train at Rose Hill.
Events
| Birth | Mar 1842 | Kentucky |  | ||
| Marriage | 28 Dec 1864 | Monroe Co., Indiana - Hulda A. Dobbs | | ||
| Marriage | 26 May 1883 | Monroe Co., Indiana - Mary Martha Bowles | |||
| Death | 28 May 1920 | Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana | | ||
| Burial | Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana | |
Families
| Spouse | Hulda A. Dobbs (1852 - 1883) |
| Child | William C. Briscoe (1867 - 1920) |
| Child | Rosa B. Briscoe (1870 - 1887) |
| Child | Samuel Harrison Briscoe (1876 - 1937) |
| Child | Mabel "Belle" H. Briscoe (1881 - 1906) |
| Spouse | Mary Martha Bowles (1858 - 1913) |
| Child | Norine E. Briscoe (1884 - 1944) |
| Child | Roxie Briscoe (1887 - 1900) |
| Child | Dorothy M. Briscoe (1900 - 1950) |
| Father | Jeremiah Briscoe (1797 - 1880) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Farmer (1802 - 1871) |
| Sibling | Jeremiah Briscoe Jr. (1820 - ) |
| Sibling | Louisa Briscoe (1820 - 1822) |
| Sibling | Eleanor Briscoe (1821 - 1860) |
| Sibling | John Brisco (1822 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Harrison Briscoe (1824 - ) |
| Sibling | Warrick Briscoe (1826 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ann Briscoe (1827 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Robertson Mills Briscoe (1830 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Samuel M. Briscoe (1831 - 1863) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann Briscoe (1834 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Elias H. Briscoe (1835 - 1905) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Briscoe (1838 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Hezekiah Briscoe (1845 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Thomas Jefferson Briscoe (1846 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Cathrine B. Briscoe (1847 - 1930) |
Endnotes
1. 1880 Census Monroe Co., Indiana, Page 72C.
2. 1900 Census Monroe Co., Indiana.
3. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 204.
4. Ancestry.com, U. S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
5. 1900 Census Monroe Co., Indiana.
6. E-Mail from Monroe Co. Indiana Look Up.
7. Obituary of Henry Briscoe, Telephone, Bloomington, Indiana, May 29, 1920, Page 1, Col. 6.