Captain Francis Brigham & Persis E. Watkins

Husband: Captain Francis Brigham

Born: 12 Apr 1813 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts (1)
Died: 07 Dec 1880
Father: Ivory Brigham
Mother: Sally Wilkins
Spouses: Sophia Gleason; Emily N Houghton

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Wife: Persis E. Watkins

Born: 20 May 1818
Died: 22 Jun 1886
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:

Additional Information

Captain Francis Brigham:

Notes:

He founded the company "F. Brigham & Co." They were for many years the largest shoe manufacturer in the United States. They supplied large quantities of shoes for soldiers in the Civil War.

Marriage Notes

Married: 24 May 1856

Footnotes

Marlborough Vital Records (Franklin P Rice 1908), Pg 39.

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