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Vessie Mae Brittain

Female 1886 - 1968  (82 years)


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  • Name Vessie Mae Brittain  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 1 Oct 1886  Time, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 1 Oct 1968  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Liberty Springs Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • It appears that Vissie's mother, Margarett E. Britton, a 68 year old widow, born in Texas, was living with them at the time of the 1930 Federal Census. Her father was born in Georgia, and her mother in Alabama. Her Texas Death Certificate indicates she was the daughter of Bud Brittian and Peggy Harvey. The informant was Mrs. Judge Cordray, a daughter.

      Name: Vessie Mae Smith
      Death Date: 01 Oct 1968
      Death Place: Pineland, Precinct 2, Sabine, Texas
      Gender: Female
      Race: W
      Death Age: 82 years
      Estimated Birth Date:
      Birth Date: 01 Oct 1886
      Birthplace: Texas
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name:
      Father's Name: Bud Brittian
      Father's Birthplace:
      Mother's Name: Peggy Harvy
      Mother's Birthplace:
      Occupation: Housewife
      Place of Residence: Pineland, Precinct # 2, Sabine, Texas
      Cemetery: Liberty Springs
      Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
      Burial Date: 03 Oct 1968
      Additional Relatives: X
      Film Number: 2137188
      Digital Film Number: 4188418
      Image Number: 2673
      Reference Number: cn 73705
      Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
    • (Medical):Her death certificate also indicated she had been an invalid for about 40 years, with the cause unknown
    Person ID I15201  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Thomas Strouse "Bud" Brittain,   b. 29 Oct 1858, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1912, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Margaret "Peggy" A. Harvey,   b. 7 Feb 1862, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1932, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 26 Mar 1881  [5, 6
    Family ID F11923  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family June Alvin Smith,   b. 26 Aug 1883, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1969  (Age 85 years) 
    Married Abt 1904  [4
    • "There was a church wedding in 1904 with Burnis and Mattie Lou Honeycutt Vickers as attendants.
    Children 
     1. Beula Ethel Smith,   b. Abt 1905, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1930  (Age ~ 25 years)
     2. Eula Mae Smith,   b. 19 Nov 1907, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1985, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     3. Myrtis Jane Smith,   b. 12 Jul 1910, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 2005, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     4. Reece Thomas Smith,   b. 25 Apr 1913, Time, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 2010, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
     5. Britton Love Smith,   b. 23 Jun 1916, Time, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1995, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     6. Clarance Adron Smith,   b. Abt 1919, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1928, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 9 years)
     7. Zelma Mozelle Smith,   b. 21 Oct 1921, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 2011, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     8. Rev. June Aldous Smith,   b. 7 Dec 1923, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 2001, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2012 
    Family ID F1332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Oct 1886 - Time, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Oct 1968 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Liberty Springs Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 33 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    3. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 5 Enumerated 13 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 14A 186-186 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 24 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.).

    6. [S1207] McCary, Mackie & Kay "Harvey Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.