Like many previous Friday Finds, today's item comes from the notebook of BRILES items given to me by fellow researcher, Mildred Barby. This item is the obituary for Max M. Briles, author of a Briles genealogy. Wednesday, July 24, 1985The Coffey County Reporter page 7 Memorial services for Max M. Briles was held on Saturday, …
Category: Coffey County Kansas
Divorced Part 2
Do you remember the days of snail mail? Thanks to a comment made by a reader of my previous post, Divorced, I used snail mail to seek out copies of the marriage and application for divorce. Thanks to the kindly service of the employees in the Coffey County Clerk's office and the office of the …
Alexander Briles
Alexander Briles was born on 14 Mar 1817 in North Carolina, United States.1–3He purchased on 24 Apr 1838 in Randolph county, North Carolina.4 land being parcel of 240 acres John Briles purchased from Ezra Dorsett for $500 from John BrilesHe lived in Randolph county, North Carolina on 1 Jun 1840.5 Alexander Briles was listed as …
Divorced
Have you encountered a hint on a census record that you've yet to prove? That's my situation with the 1880 census record for Alexander Briles. Alex Briles was listed as a head of household on the 1880 census in Coffey county, Kansas. According to the census, Alex was a 60 year old divorced male farmer …
Militia
When researching civil war records, have you used any militia records? If you had ancestors living in Kansas during the civil war, they just might be listed in Kansas militia records. Since my BRILES family was living in Coffey county Kansas during the civil war, I found Alexander Briles, his son, John Briles, nephew, Branson …
School Souvenirs
#52Ancestors We are all likely familiar with school yearbooks, but have you seen the small souvenir books that schools produced in the early 1900s? My grandfather had kept several of his. And, fortunately, his wife, my grandmother, saved them and passed them down to me. Rock Creek SchoolDistrict No. 69Burlington, KansasSeptember 18, 1899 - April …