Theodore Brigham

1833 - 1899  (65 years)

• Name	Theodore Brigham
  Birth	29 Jun 1833	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Library book: History of the Brigham Family	665
  Military Service	Civil War, Union Army
  	Enlisted in the United States Navy in 1857 and went to the Mediterranean. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B of the 6th Massachusetts Volunteers, and was in the Baltimore Riot. He was discharged in August of the same year.
  		Theodore Brigham Service. Theodore Brigham Service.
  		6th Massachusetts - Baltimore Riot. Frank Leslie's Illustrations The Soldier In Our Civil War Colombian Memorial Edition. Volume one. Stanly Bradly Publishing, New York & Atlanta, 1893.
  Death	27 Apr 1899	Kirksville, Adair, Missouri
  		Kirksville, Adair, Missouri Unknown survivors Inspect the damage at the Brigham house.
  		Kirksville Tornado. The Denison Review (Denison, Iowa) Friday, April 28, 1899, page one.
  Siblings	5 siblings
  1. Margaret Ann Brigham,   b. 6 Jan 1822
  2. Mary Loring Brigham,   b. 2 Nov 1823, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 28 Feb 1856
  3. William Boynton Brigham,   b. 18 May 1827   d. 1 Apr 1856
  4. Jane Laura Brigham,   b. 23 Oct 1829
  5. Charles Sumner Brigham,   b. 15 Sep 1835, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I4203	Nagel
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	George Brigham,   b. 19 Oct 1784, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. Abt 1868, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Margaret Shattuck,   b. 9 Sep 1795, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 30 Aug 1853 (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	20 Dec 1820
  Family ID	F90	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Francis Terry,   b. 10 Jul 1842, Stamford, Delaware, New York d. 31 Jul 1926, Kansas City, Jackson‎/Clay‎/Platte‎/Cass, Missouri (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	2 Jan 1868
  Children	1. Stella F Brigham,   b. 26 Sep 1868, Kingston, Ulster, New York d. 27 Sep 1888, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri (Age 20 years)   2. George Roger Brigham,   b. 1870   d. 1872, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri (Age 2 years)   3. Harriet E Brigham,   b. 25 Aug 1872, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri d. 1 Aug 1873, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri (Age 0 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   4. Edwin Terry Brigham,   b. 12 Feb 1874, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri d. 5 Jul 1950, Kansas City, Jackson‎/Clay‎/Platte‎/Cass, Missouri (Age 76 years)   5. Herbert Dwight Brigham,   b. 4 Oct 1876, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri d. 4 Feb 1920, Kansas City, Jackson‎/Clay‎/Platte‎/Cass, Missouri (Age 43 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   6. Vernon Theodore Brigham,   b. 17 Apr 1881, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri d. 1 Jan 1978, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa (Age 96 years)   7. Mabel Jane Brigham,   b. 1 Oct 1883, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri d. 20 Oct 1898, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri (Age 15 years)
  Family ID	F1683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 29 Jun 1833 - Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Death - 27 Apr 1899 - Kirksville, Adair, Missouri  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  On April 27, 1889 as the inhabitants of Kirksville Missouri were sitting down to dinner a tornado struck. It cut a path 600 feet long by a mile long through the town with 7000 residents. 45 people were killed, around 150 were injured. Hundreds were left homeless. Theodore Brigham was found dead having been blown several hundred feet away from his house.