The Briscoe Family
The Briscoe family has been traced to England and France. The Cowley County Briscoes came from the family of Dr. John Briscoe who came to Maryland in 1634 in "The Ark and the Dove" expedition.
John Hinton Briscoe II was born August 28, 1852, Lewis County, Missouri, the fourteenth child of John H. and Mahila Van Meter Briscoe. He married Addie Renner January 26, 1872. Two children were born to them, Sallie and John III. The family left Missouri for Cowley County, Kansas in 1883. The father and son came by wagon and the mother and daughter by train. They settled in the Upper Grouse Creek area where they farmed and ran cattle. There were few fences so the children herded cattle. They did attend school a few months.
John H. Briscoe III married Alta J. Woolsey October 23, 1900. Their lives were lived in Cowley County except for a brief period in Utah. They are the parents of Ernest Albert, Laurence Barrie, Carol Briscoe Mayberry, Faith Briscoe Lee, and Josephine Briscoe Boerngen. None of the children lives in Cowley County now. However Ernest and his wife Mabel lived on Grouse Creek and later Silver Creek, leaving his home in 1973. Ernest and Mabel have four children, Barbara Parsons, Evelyn Clark, Robert (Bob) and Patricia Pearson. Barbara lives in Cowley County. Three great-grandsons live in Hutchinson; Patrick, Michael, and Blake Briscoe are carrying on the family name in Kansas.
submitted by Mrs. Harley (Barbara) Parsons
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