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Lawrence Eldridge Brisbin

8 Mar 1887 – 24 Feb 1975

Birth	8 Mar 1887
Death	24 Feb 1975
Cemetery	Quail Cemetery Quail , Collingsworth County , Texas , USA
Added by	Mary Hubbard Miller on 13 Jan 2015
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114202884

Bio

The Wellington Leader February 27, 1975 Lawrence E. Brisbin, 87, who farmed in the Quail area for 50 years and who has lived in the county for 70 years, died at 3:30 p.m. Monday, February 24, in Collingsworth General Hospital. He had been in ill health a number of months. Upon retiring from farming, Mr. and Mrs. Brisbin moved into Wellington about 1953. Mr. Brisbin was a strong community worker and especially supported better schools in the Quail area as long as he lived there. Born in Hill County March 8, 1887, he was the son of Henry and Cumi Brisbin. He came here from Hill County in 1904. Mr. Brisbin was a Methodist. He was married to Miss Vester Rankin November 28, 1904, near Quail. Surviving Mr. Brisbin are his wife, Mrs. Vester Brisbin; two daughtes, Mrs. Cleo Messer and Mrs. Travis McGuire of Wellington and Jack Brisbin of Amarillo; 7 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mr. Brisbin helped to rear two grandson, Jimmy Forrester and Benny Forrester of Wellington.

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Family

Parents

• Henry William Brisbin Sr 1847–1921 FaG
• Delilah Cumi Walker Brisbin 1847–1909 FaG

Spouse

• Vester Zuma Rankin Brisbin 1890–1980

Siblings

• Henry William Brisbin Jr 1873–1917 FaG
• Wilburn Alexander Brisbin 1873–1951 FaG
• Mamie Elizabeth Brisbin Aaron 1879–1956 FaG
• Lillie A Brisbin Saunders 1882–1973 FaG
• Clarence Edward "Joe" Brisbin 1885–1953 FaG

Children

• Harold Ira Brisbin 1906–1997
• Hazel Dale Brisbin Forrester 1909–1943
• Cleo Juanita Brisbin Messer 1913–2003
• Oma Lee Brisbin McGuire 1917–1992
• Leon Eldridge "Jack" Brisbin 1920–1976

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