Gale (Gayle) Brumfield part 2

Gale Brumfield Homestead 

Gale Brumfield was a farmer in Washington Parish, Louisiana.   He obtained his land through the homestead application  #1153 which was initially filed in December 10, 1869. 

According to the 1870 census , Gale Brumfield would have been 44 years old at the time of his application.  In the Final Proof document of the homestead application, he had a wife and eight children and cultivated 40 acres with the improvements of a corn crib, smoke house and stable.

 March 14, 1876  almost 7 years after the initial application  he later satisfied the necessary requirements for the homestead. Gale Brumfield was able to receive final approval June 13, 1876 of 153 acres of land in Washington Parish, Louisiana. 

Gale Brumfield continued to work his homestead. He is enumerated in the 1880 Federal Agriculture census for Washington Parish, Louisiana. His name is the second name listed.

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