Briscoe, Parmenas, 1839-1906

Parmenas Briscoe, the eldest son of Mary Jane Harris Briscoe and Andrew Briscoe, was born in 1839 in Houston, Texas. Parmenas served in Company 1, 2nd Battalion of the Infantry of Waul's Texas Legion during the Civil War. He ran a sawmill, worked briefly as an agent with Houston East and West Texas Rail Road, and clerked in the Harris County Clerk's office. As the eldest male in the family, Parmenas handled the legal and financial transactions for his immediate and extended family. He died in his home in Houston, Texas, in 1906.

From the description of Parmenas Briscoe papers, 1867-1909, (bulk 1879-1899). (San Jacinto Museum of History). WorldCat record id: 50045877

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