Surname Saturday: James Edward Brinlee and Mary Ann Sims

James Edward Brinlee
b. 3 Apr 1864, Collin County, Texas
d. 11 Feb 1908, Pauls Valley, OK
& Mary Ann Sims
b. 19 Aug 1863, Collin County, Texas
d. aft 11 Mar 1900
m. 21 Oct 1884, McKinney, Collin County, Texas
|--Alfred Elonso Brinlee
|----b. 22 Nov 1886, Grayson Co., TX
|----d. 22 Nov 1886, Grayson Co., TX
|--Cela Brinlee
|----b. 21 Jun 1888, Texas
|----d. 26 Aug 1928, Sherman, Grayson Co., TX
|---& Thomas Ferlin Sweeney
|----b. 10 Jan 1882, Kentucky
|----d. 25 Mar 1959, Sherman, Grayson Co., TX
|----m. 27 Sep 1904, Collin County, Texas
|--Disa Caroline Brinlee
|----b. 19 Jan 1890, Pauls Valley, Garvin Co., OK
|----d. 11 Jan 1961, Waco, McLennan, TX
|---& Ross Dolphus White
|----b. 6 May 1882, Rome, Georgia
|----d. 30 Mar 1952, Collin County, Texas
|----m. 1910
|--Clarence Edward Brinlee
|----b. 10 Apr 1892, Sherman, Grayson Co., TX
|----d. 22 Feb 1980, Holdenville, Hughs, OK
|---& Ethel Lena Bennett
|----b. 11 Oct 1886, Brightstar, Miller, Arkansas
|----d. 28 Feb 1985, Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma
|----m. 19 Jan 1911, Holdenville, Hughes Co., OK
|--Hiram Carroll Brinlee III*
|----b. 1 Aug 1894, Holdenville, OK
|----d. 25 May 1972, Holdenville, OK
|---& Mary Ethel Russell
|----b. 28 Mar 1904
|----d. 23 Jul 1960
|--Hiram Carroll Brinlee III*
|----b. 1 Aug 1894, Holdenville, OK
|----d. 25 May 1972, Holdenville, OK
|---& Pearl Allstate Spear
|--Lena Patricia Beatrice Brinlee
|----b. 8 Sep 1897, Indian Territory, Oklahoma
|----d. 5 Nov 1989, Kimberling City, Stone Co., Missouri
|---& Isaac Newton Barber
|----b. 30 Jun 1892, Texas
|----d. Feb 1981, Ft. Worth, Tarrant, Texas
|----m. 1921
|--Menard Cecil Brinlee
|----b. 11 Mar 1900, Pauls Valley, Garvin Co., OK
|----d. 20 Sep 1901, Pauls Valley, Garvin Co., OK

James Edward Brinlee was the oldest son of Hiram Carroll Brinlee, Jr. and Disa Caroline Boone. Mary Ann Sims was the daughter of Robert Brown Sims and Margaret Leek Brinlee. Margaret was the older sister of Hiram Brinlee, Jr., so James Edward and Mary were first cousins.

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(Photo courtesy of several cousins who have been kind enough to send it to me.)