Individual Details
Samuel Melroy Brisco
(1858 - 22 Dec 1933)
On the 1910 Census at White Bluffs, Benton Co., Washington, Samuel M. and Elsie Brisco appear. They have been married 8 years. This is Elsie first marriage and Samuel's second. They have a 16 year old male boarder in the household. Samuel is a fruit farmer.
White Bluffs was an agricultural town in Benton County, Washington. It was evacuated in 1943 along with the town of Hanford to make room for the nuclear production facility known as the Hanford Site. When U.S. government seizures of homes of White Bluffs residents occurred beginning in March 1943, some homes were seized immediately for government office buildings. Residents were given from three days to two months to abandon their homes. Homes and orchards were burned by the government to clear the site. The remains of some 177 persons buried at the White Bluffs Cemetery were moved on May 6, 1943 to the West Prosser Cemetery, some 30 miles away. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A check by Carol Johnson, Genealogy Librarian, Washington State Library on March 9, 2009: Unable to find an obituary of Samuel. She looked in the Kennewick Courier Reporter, The Yakima Daily Republic and the White Bluffs Spokesman and did not find an obituary.
Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, November 18, 2017.
White Bluffs was an agricultural town in Benton County, Washington. It was evacuated in 1943 along with the town of Hanford to make room for the nuclear production facility known as the Hanford Site. When U.S. government seizures of homes of White Bluffs residents occurred beginning in March 1943, some homes were seized immediately for government office buildings. Residents were given from three days to two months to abandon their homes. Homes and orchards were burned by the government to clear the site. The remains of some 177 persons buried at the White Bluffs Cemetery were moved on May 6, 1943 to the West Prosser Cemetery, some 30 miles away. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A check by Carol Johnson, Genealogy Librarian, Washington State Library on March 9, 2009: Unable to find an obituary of Samuel. She looked in the Kennewick Courier Reporter, The Yakima Daily Republic and the White Bluffs Spokesman and did not find an obituary.
Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, November 18, 2017.
Events
| Birth | 1858 | Iowa |  | ||
| Marriage | 7 Aug 1901 | King Co., Washington - Elsie Robertson | | ||
| Death | 22 Dec 1933 | White Bluffs, Benton Co., Washington | | ||
| Burial | West Prosser Cemetery, Benton Co., Washington | |
Families
| Spouse | Elsie Robertson (1871 - 1945) |
| Father | Elias H. Briscoe (1835 - 1905) |
| Mother | Louisa A. Lang (1832 - 1911) |
| Sibling | William A. Brisco (1855 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Robert James Brisco (1860 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Mary L. Lewis (1869 - 1911) |
Endnotes
1. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 204.
2. 1860 Census Winneshiek Co., Iowa.
3. Washington County Marriages, 1855-2008.
4. Washington State Digital Archives (n.p: www.digitalarchives.wa.gov, n.d).
5. Interment.net.