Martha Hester Brigance
b. 16 November 1853, d. 27 August 1910
- Father: Harvey Brigance b. 20 April 1820, d. 24 July 1886
- Mother: Mary Jane Hester Roan b. 19 May 1825, d. 9 January 1907
- Martha Hester Brigance was born on 16 November 1853 in Texas.
- She was known as Mittie.
- Harvey Brigance and Mary Jane Hester Roan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Martha Hester Brigance, Margaret Frances Brigance, Charles Willis Brigance, Mary Elizabeth Brigance, Virginia Clementine Brigance, Myra Ann Brigance and Charles Newton Brigance.
- Harvey Brigance and Mary Jane Hester Roan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Martha Hester Brigance, Margaret Frances Brigance, Mary Elizabeth Brigance, Virginia Clementine Brigance, Myra Ann Brigance, Harvey Ivey Brigance and Reuben Bennett Brigance.
- Margaret Frances Brigance appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Martha Hester Brigance. Also in the household was one boarder, Mrs E. L. Deadrick.
- She was employed at home as a seamstress, according to the 1910 census.
- Martha Hester Brigance died on 27 August 1910 at age 56.
- She was interred at Old Oakland Cemetery, Roans Prairie, Grimes County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 4 Jan 2015