Richard "Dick" Brumfield
Richard Brumfield is identified in the above picture as the black man on the left with his left hand on the shoulder of the seated Caucasian male Henry S. Brumfield Sr.
Richard Brumfield was the son of Liddie Brumfield Caston and Louis Brumfield. Richard 69 and his wife Catherine 55 years old are enumerated in the 1910 Pike County, Mississippi Federal Census along with their son Jesse is 17.
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| Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 2, Pike, Mississippi; Roll: T624_756; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0098; FHL microfilm: 1374769 |
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| Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 2, Pike, Mississippi; Roll: T624_756; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0098; FHL microfilm: 1374769 partial transcription Richard Brumfield |
By the year 1920, Richard was a widow and was living with his son Dudley "Dud" and his wife Beulah in Walthall County, Mississippi.
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| Year: 1920; Census Place: Tylertown, Walthall, Mississippi; Roll: T625_896; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 117 |
Richard, Dudley and Beulah Brumfield continued to live together and enumerated in the 1930 Walthall County, Mississippi Federal Census.
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| Year: 1920; Census Place: Tylertown, Walthall, Mississippi; Roll: T625_896; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 117 Partial transcription Dud Brumfield and Richard Brumfield |
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| Year: 1930; Census Place: Beat 5, Walthall, Mississippi; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0006; FHL microfilm: 2340904 |
Richard and his family continued to reside together in Walthall County, Mississippi until his death in February 13, 1935. On the death certificate, Dudley Brumfield is the informant. Richard born in Pike County (c0) is a widower and Catherine Brumfield is identified as his wife, Louis Brumfield as father and Littie Brumfield mother. He was buried February 14, 1935 in the Caston Cemetery.
A major brick has fallen in the genealogy wall of this black African American family with the identification of the former slave owner. Richard Brumfield's death is recognized in the local newspaper. It is this article which identifies the former slave owner Henry Brumfield with an additional identifier of his daughter Mrs. W. M. Lampton.
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| Clarion-Ledger Jackson, Mississippi 22 Feb 1935, Fri • Page 5 |
-----The Tree Gardener
