BRISCO & BRISCOE MISSOURI FAMILIES
WARREN COUNTY, Missouri
Dr. Warner Briscoe and wife Jane H. Slacum lived in Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri. Dr. Warner Briscoe, of Sheperdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia, and wife Jane H. Slacum of the District of Columbia, married 16 November 1825 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia. Warner and Jane first lived in Sheperdstown from 1825 to about 1837; arrived in St. Charles, Missouri shortly before 1840 and subsequently settled in Charrette Township in Warren County, Missouri. Dr. Warner Briscoe is the son of Dr. John Briscoe and Eleanor Magruder, Jefferson County, Virginia. Jane Slacum is the daughter of Captain George Slacum and Jane Harriet Howard of the District of Columbia.
Dr. Warner Briscoe, b. 28 June 1801, Sheperdstown, Jefferson
County, Virginia
Spouse: Jane H. Slacum, b. June 18, 1804, District of Columbia
Married 16 November 1825, Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia
CHILDREN
1. George Briscoe, b. ca 1828, Virginia
2. John Frederick Briscoe, January 16, 1830, Jefferson County Virginia. Served in the Confederate Army, Private, 3rd Missouri Cavalry, Company K. Married Elizabeth Jane Pendleton, 20 March 1860, Warren County, Missouri. Elizabeth was previously married to Richard Owings, September 11, 1856, Warren County, Missouri. John, a dry goods merchant, is single in the 1880 census, living with his mother Jane in Goshen, Ohio. In 1880 John was living in Cincinnati, Ohio, working as a steamboat hand. John F. Briscoe, died September 11, 1913, in the Kentucky Confederate Soldiers Home, in Pewee Valley, 20 miles northeast of Louisville. He is buried in the Pewee Valley Cemetery, in the Confederate Soldiers Section, Oldham County, Kentucky.
3. Georgiana La Mar Briscoe, b. ca 1831. Married first to William Foster King, ca. 1852, with one child born to this union: Alice King, b. ca 1853-KY. Secondly married Edwin G. Leland, about 1860, living in Trimble County, Kentucky in 1870 and later settled in Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana. Five children: Edward, George, Adela, Thomas B., and Hattie. Edwin G. Leland, a lawyer, previously married to Nancy Ann Davidson, February 4, 1847, in Madison, and they had seven children: Walter, Eliza Ann, Mary, Emma, Simeon, Andrew, and John Leland.
4. Elizabeth Briscoe, b. 1832, Jefferson County, Virginia
5. Warner L Briscoe, b. 1834, Jefferson County, Virginia. Served in the Confederate Army, Private, in Captain Johnson's Company, participated in the Battle of Mt. Zion. Wife-Sallie, b. ca. 1850-Indiana. Applicants in 1893/94 at Higginsville Confederated Home-service state as 14th Missouri Cavalry. Warner did at 310 W 17th Street, Kansas City, Missouri on May 30, 1896. .
6. Dr. Rozier Delaney Briscoe, b. December 3, 1835, Jefferson County, Virginia. Married Nancy K. RANDOLPH September 17, 1863 St. Charles County, Missouri. Lived in High Hill, Bear Creek Township, Montgomery County, Missouri. Three children: Rozier D., Warner B., and William M. R. Briscoe. Living in Portage Des Sioux, St. Charles County, Missouri by 1900. Dr. R. D. Briscoe died March 22, 1906 in St. Charles County, Missouri.
5. Barton K. Briscoe, b. 1843, Missouri. Lived with his mother Jane Briscoe in Goshen, Ohio in 1870 working as a dry goods clerk. Married Mildred "Minnie" A. MUSTER 2 June 1874, Audrain County, Missouri. Minnie was the daughter of Joseph S. and Anne Muster of Kentucky, residents of Martinsburg, Audrain County, Missouri. Minnie died February 3, 1879, at the age of 26 of tuberculosis. Obituary published:
BRISCOE- Died in Martinsburg, Audrain, Co., Missouri, February 3, 1879, after a long and painful illness, Minnie A. Briscoe, in the 26th year of her age.
The subject of this brief memoir was born in Callaway County, Missouri, September 11, 1853; was married to her husband BARTON K. BRISCOE, in the church at Martinsburg, Missouri, June 2, 1874; moved to California in May, 1875; was converted, and joined the Southern Methodist church in fall of same year and remained such to the closing hours of her life.
That invidious and fearful disease-consumption-had made deep inroads upon the beautiful form of the young wife and daughter, before she came back to the home of her girlhood, in Missouri, where the affection and love of a kind father and mother, and dear ones might administer to her wants in the dying hour.
All was done that affection and human skill could accomplish to restore to health the afflicted daughter, and to alleviate her sufferings in her closing hours, but all to no avail.
“The silver cord was loosed. "The marble chalice was broken,” and “the fragile flower was
withered;" and the spirit of the dear loved one went up to God that gave it.
A large concourse of people assembled in the church at Martinsburg, where the funeral obsequies were observed, and a discourse suitable to the occasion was preached, after which the remains were borne to the old family burying-ground.
May God bless and comfort the sorrowing parents, brothers and sisters and loved ones, and may they all meet in heaven. HENRY KAY.
Montgomery City, Missouri, February 27, 1879
6. Louisa Prentice Briscoe, b. 1844, d. 1863, age 19, Warren County, Missouri
Dr. Warner Briscoe
Dr. Warner Briscoe's patients as found in probate records include in St. Charles from 1839-1844: Joseph Marrs, Edwin Curles, James Fagan, William H. Parkinsons, and William H. Paine. In Warren County from 1854-1861: Jesse Caton, Milfred Clyce, Richard Owings, Robert J. Hueston William Moores, Geroge Leachs, William Menisies, and Henry Bolles.
Dr. Warner Briscoe died in November of 1863. Warren County Probate Records, Vol. D, page 149: "It appearing to the court that there is no estate worth administering upon belonging to Warner Briscoe, decsd, the court there upon order that whatever estate there is be delivered over to the widow of said deceased Jane H. Briscoe to be disposed of by her and applied to the payment of said Warner Briscoe debts." The name of Jane H. Briscoe, widow, is mentioned in two warranty deeds of 1864. The Briscoe farm was located about three miles north of Marthasville.
Widow Jane H. Briscoe along with sons John Frederick Briscoe and Barton K. Briscoe, moved to Goshen Township, Clermont County, Ohio by 1870. Frederick Briscoe worked as a Dry Goods Merchant while brother Barton K., worked as a clerk in a store. Margaret Kilgour, 37, b. Ohio, served as a domestic servant in their household, and a Charles Nichols, age 5, born Ohio lived in the household, no relationship state.
House of Representatives - Civil War Claim
Jane H. Briscoe filed a private claim for "compensation of property damages done by the Army" to the 40th Congress 2nd Session, 1868, page 114. The claim was presented to the House of Representatives Private Claim Committee by Senator John A. Logan of Illinois. The Briscoe Farm, located about three miles north of Marthasville, was the site of a Civil War skirmish 20 March 1862. Thirty men of Co. F, Third Missouri Calvary, headed by Captain James W. McFadden, a regiment engaged in pursing bushwhackers and guerrillas during most of its term of service, went to the Briscoe farm to arrest Francis Gardere Henderson who was soliciting and drilling recruits for the Southern army. He was outspoken in his defense of the South and had previously escaped from the Union militia. The militia surrounded the farmhouse and demanded surrender. Shots answered the demand from the house. The militia returned the fire and the fighting quickly ended when the militia captured the entire party. Henderson was badly wounded and died a few days later. The last engagement of Co. F. Third Missouri Calvary was at Cherokee Bay, Randolph County, Arkansas 1 May 1865.
The Warren County Sesquicentennial, published September 1987, "Civil War," written by Mildred Simon, page 33, column 2, paragraph 2. "A man whose name is not known was shot and left by the roadside near Marthasville. He was a Union man and freely spoke his views while in town. It is supposed that he was shot by one of the Briscoes who were strongly in favor of the southern cause." No date/year is given for this event.
Jane Harriet Slacum, wife of Dr. Warner Briscoe
Jane Harriet Slacum, b. June 18, 1804, in the City of Alexandria, District of Columbia, was the sixth born child of Captain George Slacum, of Corchester Parish, Dorchester, Maryland, and Jane Harriet Howard, a native of England. Married about the year 1792 in the City of Alexandria, George Slacum, merchant, and wife Jane H. Howard had eight children-six girls and two boys. Children: 1) Julia Matilda married Dr. Frederick May of the District of Columbia; 2) George Washington-Consulate at Port of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1842-1852; then Port of Acapulco, Mexico; 3) Emmeline- died young; 4) William A.-purser in the U. S. Navy, who surveyed the upper Columbia River, Oregon for President Jackson in 1836-37 and died of fever in 1839 in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida while on duty; 5) Mary Louisa who married Attorney Joseph S. Benham of Cincinnati, Ohio; 6) Jane Harriet who married Warner Briscoe, son of John Briscoe and Eleanor Magruder--first residing in Sheperdstown, Virginia (now WVA) then removing to St. Charles County, Missouri about the year 1837; 8) Helen Adela who married Israel L. Ludlow of Cincinnati, Ohio; and 9) Georgeanna Noriss who married William Meredith Lambeth, and resided in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Jane H. (Slacum) Briscoe died in Martinsburg, Audrain County, Missouri in May of 1874.
LINCOLN COUNTY, Missouri
Lincoln County, Missouri had one Brisco family: Henryetta Brisco widow of Harrison Brisco. Harrison Brisco was the son of Captain George Cole Briscoe and Frances McMillan/McMillian. Henrietta was the daughter of Parmenas Briscoe and Ann Briscoe. They married 22 May 1808 in Nelson County, Kentucky and had seven children all born in Kentucky.
Harrison Brisco, 1775, Prince William
County, Virginia, d. 10 Jan 1849 Lincoln Co., Missouri
Spouse: Henryetta Brisco, b. ca. 1788, Kentucky
Married 22 May 1808, Nelson Kentucky
Children:
1. Courtney Brisco, b. 1809, Kentucky
2. George Cole Brisco, b. 1811, Kentucky. Married Ann Fenton of England.
3. John McMillian Brisco, b. 1813, Kentucky. Married Joicy Fenton of England.
4. Thomas Jefferson Brisco, b. 1816, Kentucky. Married Mary E. Ware
5. Parmenas Brisco, b. 1817, Kentucky. Married Louisa Davis
6. Samuel Brisco, b. 1818, Kentucky. Married Rebecca Davis
7. Harrison Briscoe, b. 1829, Kentucky. Married Amanda Collard
COOPER COUNTY, Missouri
Cooper County, Missouri had two Briscoe brothers: Andrew Logan Briscoe and John Briscoe, sons of Captain William Briscoe and Elizabeth Wallace of Madison County, Kentucky.
Andrew Logan , b. 1776, Albemarle Co.,
Virginia; d. 1850, Cooper Co., Missouri
Spouse: Anne Kavanaugh
Married 1796, Madison Co., Kentucky
Arrived in Missouri about 1816/1828
Children:
1. Margaret "Peggy" Logan Briscoe, b. 1799, Kentucky. Married Russell SMALLWOOD
2. William Kavanaugh Briscoe, b. 1800, Kentucky. Married first cousin Frances BRISCOE.
3. Elizabeth Wallace Briscoe, b. 1803, Kentucky. Married Thomas BEST
4. Sallie Briscoe, b. 1805, Kentucky, Kentucky. Married Samuel COLE
5. Hannah Woods Briscoe, b. 1808, Kentucky. Married Stephen WOOLERY
6. Susannah Kavanaugh Briscoe,
b. 1810, Kentucky. Married William TAYLOR, b.
1806-Georgia, son of James "Old Corn" Taylor
....and Mary Mann who arrived in New Madrid, Missouri from Georgia
in 1812. Taylor family relocated to Cooper County about 1819.
7. Oliver Hazard Perry Briscoe, b. 1814, Kentucky. Married Ursula Powell HUFF.
8. Andrew Wallace Briscoe, b. 1815, Kentucky. Married three times: Hester BEARD, Rhoda McCARTY, and Mrs. Emily ROBINSON.
9. Samuel Logan Briscoe, b. 1817, Kentucky. Married Ann CORUM.
10. Anna Briscoe, b. March 1819; d. September 1819.
11. Mary Ann Briscoe, b. 1821. Married twice: W. Thomas HILL and Joseph PEAK.
12. Polly Briscoe, b. 1823, Missouri.
13. Martha "Patsy" Briscoe, b. 1825. Married Jackson ELLIOTT.
Reference Sources:
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a. "Briscoe Lineage" by R. C. Todd, Middletown,
Ohio, 1942.
b. "Taylor-Owens, Their Trails and Ties," by Thomas
Alva Taylor, Utah, 1981
John Briscoe, b. 1786, d. 1850
Spouse: Susannah Woods, b. 1790, Tennessee
Married 2 October 1807, Fayette County, Kentucky
Arrived in Missouri about 1818.
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John Briscoe and Susannah Woods, married 2 October 1807 in Fayette Co., Kentucky and arrived in Missouri about 1818. Susannah Woods was the daughter of Peter Woods and Jael Kavanaugh. John was previously married to Jenie, last name unknown.
John Briscoe, b. 1786, d. 1850
Spouse: Susannah Woods, b. 1790, Tennessee
Married 2 October 1807, Fayette County, Kentucky
Arrived in Missouri about 1818.Children:
1. Frances Briscoe, b. 1808, Fayette County, Kentucky. Married William Kavanaugh BRISCOE
2. Margaret Logan Briscoe, b. 3 May 1811, Tennessee. Married John Murrel KEETON.
3. William Martin Briscoe, b. ca. 1813, Tennessee. Married Ruth DUNCAN. Only son that remained in Tennessee. Descendents live in /
....Knoxville, Tennessee.4. John Briscoe, b. ca. 1815, Tennessee. Married Eliza GIBSON
5. Mary Ann "Polly" Briscoe, b. ca 1816. Married Charles SIMS.
6. Charles G. Briscoe, b. ca. 1818, Tennessee. Married Elizabeth ELISON
7. Elizabeth Wallace Briscoe, b. 1819, Cooper County, Missouri. Married Charles Woods KAVANAUGH
8. Jael Briscoe, b. ca. 1821, Cooper County, Missouri. Married Barnett MILLER
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