Papers, 1868-1892.

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Papers, 1868-1892.

Collection contains 2 items on Brisbin family genealogy; an 1868 letter from Brisbin to his wife Jane near Fort McPherson, Nebraska; an 1877 letter to Jane near the Yellowstone River in eastern Montana; a photocopy of his military record; and an 1892 obituary. Transcripts are available for Brisbin's letters of 1868 and 1877, and the genealogy materials.

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Brisbin, James Sanks, 1837-1892

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Brisbin was born in 1837 at Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, a son of Margaret and Ezra Brisbin. He studied at the Boalsburg Academy, and upon graduating Brisbin began teaching. He later purchased and edited the Centre Democrat newspaper in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and also studied law and was later admitted to the bar of Pennsylvania. Brisbin was prominently known as an anti-slavery orator. When the American Civil War began in 1861, Brisbin was a lawyer in practice. He enlisted in the Pennsylvania ...

Brisbin, Jane, 1846-1887.

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Brisbin family.

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