Albert Newton Brigance

Albert Newton Brigance

• Father: John Newton Brigance b. 19 December 1841, d. 16 February 1925
• Mother: Mariah Wessie Brooks b. 13 November 1845, d. 6 February 1898

• Albert Newton Brigance was born on 14 May 1877 in Tennessee.
• John Newton Brigance and Mariah Wessie Brooks appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Sharon Station, Weakley County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included Albert Newton Brigance, Charles Lee Brigance. Also in the household were children John S. (age 15), Minnie F. (13), Ann E. (11), William (9), Robert F. (7) and Odie (11/12), not yet recorded.
• Albert Newton Brigance appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Kaufman County, Texas, boarding in the household of Walter and Susie Jones (his sister?), enumerated next to the household of his brother Charles.
• He was a day laborer, according to the 1900 census.
• He married Comar Allie Landrum, daughter of Samuel Alexander Landrum and Sarah Caldonia Wilson, circa 1901.
• Albert Newton Brigance and Comar Allie Landrum appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Mabank, Kaufman County, Texas, at Mason Street. Also in the household were children Archie N. (age 8), May (5), Louis C. (3) and Troy L (1-1/12), not yet recorded.
• He was employed doing odd jobs, according to the 1910 census.
• Albert Newton Brigance registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, while living with his wife Cora in Ennis, and employed there as a laborer by J. A. Davis.
• Albert Newton Brigance and Comar Allie Landrum appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, at 809 East Brown Street. Other members of the household included Jimmy Lee Brigance. Also in the household were children Archie (age 18), May (15), Clyde (13), Louis (11) and Madge (7), not yet recorded.
• He was employed as a house carpenter, according to the 1920 census.
• Albert Newton Brigance and Comar Allie Landrum appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas. Other members of the household included Jimmy Lee Brigance. Also in the household were children Madie (age 17), Clarie (9) and Joe (4-2/12), not yet recorded.
• He was employed as a house carpenter, according to the 1930 census.
• At the time of his death Albert Newton Brigance was living in Corsicana, Navarro County, Arkansas, at 1011 North 13th Street.
• Albert Newton Brigance died on 22 July 1952 at age 75 in Navarro County, Texas, . Informant was Mrs. Clarence Powell.
       Anna E. Powell (1904-2000) and her husband Clarence B. Powell (1898-1954) also are buried at Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery, but her relationship to Coma and Albert Brigance has yet to be discovered.
• His wife Comar Allie Landrum became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery, Retreat, Navarro County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 18 Feb 2012