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Frances A. Buster1,2,3

#16075, (ca. 1837 - 1875)
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Key Events:

  • Frances A. Buster was born ca. 1837 in Charlotte Co., Virginia.4,5,6
  • Frances married William Edward Britton, son of Isham H. Britton and Mary W. Toot, on 30 Jan 1866 in Halifax Co., Virginia, and older sister of the woman his younger brother Andrew had married eight years before.7,8,9
  • Frances died on 2 Jul 1875 in Halifax Co., Virginia, at age ~38, in childbirth.10,11
Frances also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with William Edward Britton:

Citations

  1. John Buster household, 1850 U.S. Census, Charlotte Co., Virginia, shows name as Frances H. Buster.
  2. John Buster household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows name as Frances A. Buster.
  3. "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," FamilySearch.org, record for Wm. E. Britton and Fannie A. Buster.
  4. John Buster household, 1850 U.S. Census, Charlotte Co., Virginia, shows age 13 and county.
  5. "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," FamilySearch.org, record for Wm. E. Britton and Fannie A. Buster, shows age 29 at marriage 30 Jan 1866, county, as Charlotte, and state.
  6. Register of Deaths, Virginia, Halifax Co., 1875, no. 16, Fannie A. Britton, shows age 39 at death 2 Jul 1875, and county, as Halifax.
  7. "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," FamilySearch.org, record for Wm. E. Britton and Fannie A. Buster, shows date, county, and state.
  8. W. E. Britton household, 1870 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  9. William E. Britton household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, there is no wife shown.
  10. Register of Deaths, Virginia, Halifax Co., 1875, no. 16, Fannie A. Britton, shows date and county.
  11. Wm. E Britton household, 1880 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows her husband as a widower.

Mary E. Britton1,2,3

#16076, (1852 - 1921)
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Key Events:

  • Mary E. Britton was born on 24 Feb 1852 in Halifax, Halifax Co., Virginia.4,5,6
  • Mary died on 23 Mar 1921 in Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia, at age 69.3
  • She was buried on 24 Mar 1921 in Britton Family Cemetery, Halifax Co., Virginia.3
Mary also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Citations

  1. William E. Britton household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows name as Mary E. Britton.
  2. W. E. Britton household, 1870 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows name as Mollie E. Britton.
  3. Mollie E. Britton, Mollie E., Certificate of Death.
  4. William E. Britton household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows age 7 and state.
  5. Mary E. Britton household, 1900 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows month, as Jan, year, age 48, and state.
  6. Mollie E. Britton, Mollie E., Certificate of Death, shows date, with month as Feb, town, and county.

Henrietta Carrington Britton1,2,3

#16078, (ca. 1857 - 1921)
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Key Events:

  • Henrietta Carrington Britton was born ca. 19 Feb 1857 in Charlotte Co., Virginia.4,5
  • Henrietta married Lafayette Hopkins Fallen, son of James E. Fallen and Elizabeth J. Tharp, ca. 1877. He was the older brother of the woman her uncle, Melcajas A. Britton, would marry a year later.6,7,8
  • Henrietta died on 23 Jun 1921 in Roanoke, Halifax Co., Virginia, at age ~64.9
  • She was buried on 23 Jun 1921 in Hunting Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Nathalie, Halifax Co., Virginia.10
Henrietta also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with Lafayette Hopkins Fallen:

  • Paul Carrington Fallen
  • James Fallen
  • William Edward Fallen
  • George Thomas Fallen
  • Mary E. Fallen
  • Minnie Thwreat Fallen

Citations

  1. William E. Britton household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows name as Henrietta C. Britton.
  2. W. E. Britton household, 1870 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows name as Henrietta Britton.
  3. Mrs. Henry Carrington Fallon, Mrs. Henry Carrington, Certificate of Death, shows father's surname as Britton.
  4. William E. Britton household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows age 3 and state.
  5. Mrs. Henry Carrington Fallon, Mrs. Henry Carrington, Certificate of Death, shows age 64 yrs 4 mo 4 days at death 23 Jun 1921, and county.
  6. L. H. Fallen household, 1880 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows married.
  7. Henretta C. Fallen household, 1900 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows married 23 years.
  8. Layfette H. Fallen household, 1910 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows married 34 years.
  9. Mrs. Henry Carrington Fallon, Mrs. Henry Carrington, Certificate of Death.
  10. Mrs. Henry Carrington Fallon, Mrs. Henry Carrington, Certificate of Death, shows date and cemetery.

Sarah Ligon Britton1,2,3,4

#16079, (1858 - Bet 1887 and 1900)
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Key Events:

  • Sarah Ligon Britton was born on 7 Jan 1858 in Halifax Co., Virginia.5,6,7
  • Sarah married William S. Purkins, son of George W. Purkins and Sarah J. Marton, on 2 Jun 1881 in Halifax Co., Virginia.3
  • Sarah died between 1887, when her daughter Mary was born, and 1900, when her husband was living with his cousin and shown as widowed, and her two older children were living with her sister Mary. It might be supposed she and Mary died soon after the child's birth, but no record of her death or that of the daughter has been found. The Halifax Co. death records from 1887 to 1896 have been searched and neither has been found in those or any other records.8
Sarah also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Childwith an unknown spouse:

Children with William S. Purkins:

Citations

  1. Register of Births, Virginia, Halifax Co., 1858, no. 33, Sarah E. Britton.
  2. William E. Britton household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows name as Sarah L. Britton.
  3. "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," FamilySearch.org, record for Wm S. Purkins and Sarah L. Britton.
  4. William Edward Perkins, William Edward, Certificate of Death, shows name as Ligon Britton.
  5. Register of Births, Virginia, Halifax Co., 1858, no. 33, Sarah E. Britton, shows date and county.
  6. William E. Britton household, 1860 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows age 1 and state.
  7. W. E. Britton household, 1870 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows age 11 and state.
  8. Walter T. Purkins household, 1900 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows her husband as widowed.

Henry Lacy Britton1,2,3

#16080, (1868 - 1935)
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Key Events:

  • Henry Lacy Britton was born on 22 Nov 1868 in Halifax Co., Virginia.4,5,6
  • Henry married Bettie Leigh Canada, daughter of Henry Harrison Canada and Ellen Pocahontas Morgan, ca. 1888 in Staunton Hill, Halifax Co., Virginia.7,8,9
  • Henry died on 6 Apr 1935 in Richmond, Virginia, at age 66.2
  • He was buried on 8 Apr 1935 in Riverview Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.2
Henry also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Bettie Leigh Canada:

  • Annie Ellen Britton
  • Henry Edward Britton
  • Bettie Willis Britton
  • Sarah Virginia Britton
  • Mable Eunice Britton
  • Cecille L. Britton
  • Hughes Lacy Britton

Citations

  1. W. E. Britton household, 1870 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows name as Henry Britton.
  2. Henry L. Britton, Henry L., Certificate of Death.
  3. Mable Eunice Britton, Mable Eunice, Delayed Certificate of a Birth, shows name as Henry Lacy Britton.
  4. W. E. Britton household, 1870 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows age 1 and state.
  5. Wm. E Britton household, 1880 U.S. Census, Halifax Co., Virginia, shows age 22 and state.
  6. Henry L. Britton, Henry L., Certificate of Death, shows date, county, and state.
  7. Henry L. Britton household, 1900 U.S. Census, Danville City, Virginia, shows married 12 years.
  8. H. L. Britton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Virginia, shows married 22 years.
  9. Mable Eunice Britton, Mable Eunice, Delayed Certificate of a Birth, shows town, county, and state.

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