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George Anderson Brimberry

1 Dec 1843 – 6 Jan 1923

Birth1 Dec 1843
Death6 Jan 1923
CemeteryDavis Cemetery
Grapeland , Houston County , Texas , USA
Added byMYates Vandver on 27 Oct 2011
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9098616

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Photo of Civil War Veterans of Houston County, Texas, George A. Brimberry is #2

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~GEORGE ANDERSON BRIMBERRY~ (1843-1923), nicknamed Gray, The 7th son of Matthias & Elizabeth (Minton) Brimberry. born in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. Served with brothers, James and Peter, in Randal's 28th Texas Cavalry Regiment. Married 1870 to Nancy Jane Denson (1851-1932). George Anderson Brimberry, 28th Texas Cavalry. Nancy and her sister Polly, wife of Elbert Brimberry, were the progeny of John and Mary Ann (Crawford) Houston Denson. Mary Ann Crawford's first husband was a relative of General Sam Houston and was killed in the Surveyor's Indian Fight near Dawson in 1838. Mary Ann's parents were Joseph Crawford and Mary (Polly) Cauble/Cobble, of Rowan County, NC. John Denson and his parents, Thomas C. and Polly Denson of Anson County, NC, migrated to Texas before the war for independence from Mexico. A Confederate pensioner, George A. Brimberry died in 1923. A farmer, he donated land for the Sunset Christian Church near Grapeland. George A. and Nancy (Denson) Brimberry had 7 children: William M. (m. Cora Price)---this writer's paternal grandparents; James S. (m. Julia Green); Fannie (died young); Lydia (m. John James); Roxie Ann (m. Joe Colkin); Ben F. (m. Beulah Owens); and Marshall L. (m. Eula Coleman).

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