Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Six degrees of Separation: Caston & Brumfield Families Part 10





Parent Guardian
Name of Children
Age
Male
Female
Bob Brumfield
Harriett Brumfield
16

x

Sena
14

x

James
12
x


John
 9
x


Jesse K.
7
x

Thomas Brumfield
Mary Brumfield
13

x

The year 1890 is important to anyone interested in genealogy research,  This is the year that the majority of the United States federal census  was destroyed in a fire. The school records provided some of  information that would have been available in the census enumeration. Thomas Brumfield  and his daughter Mary 13 years old are listed in the 1890 Pike County, Mississippi school records at the bottom of the image. Thomas whose birth year of 1853 derived from the 1870 census would have been 37 years old. I have included the children  of Bob (Robert) Brumfield who will be in future blog posts.


The Tree Gardener



Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Six degrees of Separation: Caston & Brumfield Families Part 9

 Thomas Brumfield Family


School records have been a good source for genealogy information for me.  The records I have found are actually enrollment records. The act of racial segregation has also separated the records  into colored and negro from white students.  In  most enrollment records , the race, name, age and sex of the child along with the name of the parent or guardian are given. These records have filled in the 10 year gaps in the federal census enumerations. The information in the school records are sometimes more accurate because it was recorded by someone who actually knew the student and parent.   


 With Thomas Brumfield, I have been able to identify his daughter Mary who is 8 years old in the 1885 Pike County school record. Thomas whose birth year of 1853 derived from the 1870 census would have been 32 years old. I have included  Irvine Brumfield children in the school record which I will refer to in a latter blog post.

"Mississippi, Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14208-41161-22?cc=1856425&wc=M6NC-7P8:167436801,167437202 : accessed 21 December 2014), Pike > 1885 > image 7 of 178; Government Records, 
Jackson.

Name of Child
Age
Sex
Color
Parent Guardian
Brumfield Martha A.
13
F
Col
Irvine Brumfield
          “        Irvine R. H. W.
11
M
  “
         “
          “        Sherman S.
10
M
  “
        “
           “       William W.
 8
M
  “
        “
         “         Louis M.
5
M
  “
        “
         “          Mary
8
F
 “
Tom Brumfield

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Six degrees of Separation: Caston & Brumfield Families Part 8


Isham Brumfield



 Irvin and Robert Brumfield homesteaded 80 and 160 acres respectively in Pike County Mississippi. My mother Irvin Brumfield’s granddaughter stated that Isham or possibly Isom Brumfield was Irvin’s father.  I have yet been unable to verify this information.  Isham Brumfield (Broomfield/ Bromfield)   however homestead 160.26 acres of land in Walkers Bridge, Pike County, Mississippi beginning in December, 1870. At the time of his homestead, his family consisted of 3 children.  The 1870 Federal Pike County census lists Isham Brumfield 49 years old with 3 children Eli 14, Henrietta 18 and Hester 10.  His initial application was filed March 6, 1873. 

  He almost missed the opportunity to own the land because of a missed proof filing date. He missed the filling date after five weekly notices dated from March 12th to April 9th 1880 in the newspaper Magnolia Gazette.   He requested that his homestead application be reinstated which was cancelled January 14, 1881.   The reasons for the missed filing in the request for reinstatement was secondary to “severe disease of   both of his eyes from which he became totally blind.” and ignorance of the law.  In the testimony of claimant dated October 21, 1881, he stated he was 63 years old with three children.  He had a dwelling house, stables valued at $200.00 and cultivated 20 acres and raised 5 crops. His witnesses Solomon Singleton and Jacob Ellzey also verified his homestead from December, 1870 to October 12, 1881.    Isham Brumfield displayed fortitude of character because with sightlessness his homestead was reinstated and he received title to the land in December 13, 1884.




Saturday, December 27, 2014

Lost & Not Found

The Allen County Library has a section on the second floor which has the genealogy books and materials. It appears relatively safe with one main entrance. While  I  was at the library, my laptop computer was stolen. I notified the library security and filed a police report.  The  policeman told me that the likelihood of getting it back was slim.
The four year old computer itself had little financial value. The information contained within was of great personal value. The  good news for me is that my computer is password protected. I however changed all my passwords that are  available.  I used  an external hard drive to backup my computer prior to my trip.  I also  used Evernote to store my genealogical  research which is on my smartphone.
  Since this loss, I have learned more about computer security and reminded myself  that no place is truly safe.