Sarah Ann Brigance's Maiden Name
I am needing the Maiden Name of Sarah Ann Brigance b.1828. Sarah was the wife of James C. Brigance/Brigham b.1822 according to the 1850 US Census, and 1816 according to the 1860 Census. They and the children are all listed as Brighams in both. Sarah and James lived in Tennessee until James' passing, thought to have occured sometime between about 1866 or '67 and 1870. Their youngest child, Lillie Ann Brigance was born in Tennessee in 1867. In the 1870 US Census Sarah is listed as a widow and head of the house hold under the name Brigance. She and the kids are Brigances from here on. She moved to Van Buren Co., Ark. and is found there in Piney, Ark. in the 1880 US Census. Sarah passed away in Illinois in 1887. She was living there with Lillie Brigance and Lillie's husband, Larkin Hogan Gray at the time of her passing.