Born: 29 Jun 1833 Died: 27 Apr 1899 in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri Father: George Brigham Mother: Margaret Shattuck Spouses: |
Wife: Sarah Francis Terry |
Born: 10 Jul 1842 in Stamford, New York Died: 31 Jul 1926 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri Father: Mother: Spouses: |
Children |
01 (F): Stella F Brigham Born: 26 Sep 1868 in Kingston, Ulster, New York Died: 27 Sep 1888 in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri Spouses: |
02 (M): George Roger Brigham Born: 1870 Died: 1872 in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri Spouses: |
03 (F): Harriet E Brigham Born: 25 Aug 1872 in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri Died: 01 Aug 1873 in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri Spouses: |
04 (M): Edwin Terry Brigham Born: 12 Feb 1874 in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri Died: 05 Jul 1950 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri Spouses: |
05 (M): Herbert Dwight Brigham Born: 04 0ct 1876 in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri Died: 04 Feb 1920 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri Spouses: |
06 (M): Vernon Theodore Brigham Born: 17 Apr 1881 in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri Died: 01 Jan 1978 in Des Moines, Iowa Spouses: |
07 (F): Mabel Jane Brigham Born: 01 Oct 1883 in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri Died: 20 Oct 1898 in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri Spouses: |
Theodore Brigham:
Cause of Death: killed by a cyclone
Notes:
Theodore was a Private in the Union Army. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry. He was discharged in August of the same year.
On April 27, 1889 as the inhabitants of Kirksville Missouri were sitting down to dinner a tornado struck. It cut a path 600 feet long by a mile long through the town with 7000 residents. 45 people were killed, around 150 were injured. Hundreds were left homeless. Theodore Brigham was found dead having been blown several hundred feet away from his house.
Marriage Notes
Married: 02 Jan 1868
Revised: March 22, 2013
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