Briscoe, Edward Eugene, Jr.

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Edward Eugene Briscoe, Jr. was born in 1901 to Edward Eugene Briscoe, Sr. and Lena Emma Bollinger Briscoe. His father was involved in the home building and real estate business, and owned the Gene Briscoe Lumber Company. Edward Jr. attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas from 1920 to 1924. He later received a Master’s degree from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. On October 12, 1936 Briscoe married Sarajane Bodenmiller. He taught English and History at Edgar Allan Poe Junior High in San Antonio for twenty-two years, until retiring in 1966. Briscoe had a lifelong interest in history and published multiple articles. Briscoe’s interests lay mainly in the local history of his native Crawford County, Texas Christian University sports, composer Samuel Bollinger (a relative on his mother’s side), and the genealogy of his own family.

From the guide to the Briscoe Family Genealogy Collection 2003-145; 2004-077., 1900-1980, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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San Antonio (Tex.)
Crawford County (Ark.)
Fort Smith (Ark.)
Granger (Tex.)
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