Individual Details

5 Jun 1917 World War I Draft Registration
James Edgar Brigance, age 21 of Commerce, TX, was born 28 July 1895 in Ladonia, TX. He was a railroad clerk working for the St. L. & S. W. railroad in Commerce. He requested exemption for support of his mother. Medium height & build, brown eyes, black hair.

Texas Death Certificate #20416
Edgar Brigance of Keller, Tarrant Co, TX died on 25 Jul 1917 - his neck was broken when automobile turning over. He was born 22 Jul 1895 in Texas and was 22 years old. He was a car inspector for St. L. & S. W. His father given as H. F. Brigance; his mother as "Lucile" White - both born in Texas. C. M. White of Keller was the informant - perhaps his mother's half-brother, Charles M. White. The body was taken to Commerce for burial.

Edgar Brigance is buried Rosemound Cemetery, Commerce, Hunt Co, TX. His grave marked has his birth as 28 July rather than the 22nd.

Birth	28 Jul 1895	Texas
Death	25 Jul 1917

Father	Haywood Thomas Brigance (1852 - 1899)
Mother	Nancy Lucinda WHITE (1861 - 1958)
Sibling	John Henry Brigance (1885 - 1968)
Sibling	Jessie B. Brigance (1891 - 1912)
Sibling	Nannie Bess Brigance (1893 - 1981)