Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Briscoe, Peter H ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com April 29, 2006, 5:16 pm Author: History of Grundy County IL 1914 Peter H. Briscoe, who successfully carries on general farming and stock raising on his valuable farm of 200 acres, which is situated in Section 24, Aux Sable Township, Grundy County, Ill., was born in this township May 23, 1853, and is a son of Nicholas and Mary Ann (Byrnes) Briscoe. Nicholas Briscoe and his wife were both born in King's County, Ireland, where they grew up and married and in 1849 took passage on a sailing vessel for the United States. In the fall of 1849 they were safely landed at the port of New Orleans, La. Their objective point was Illinois, so they came up the Mississippi River and in April, 1850, came to Dresden, Grundy County. Mr. Briscoe had secured a tract of land to rent, in Aux Sable Township, Grundy County, on which the family lived until 1855, and then moved to Minnesota. In that State they lived until August, 1857, and then came back to Aux Sable Township and again settled on rented land. In 1862 Nicholas Briscoe moved to a tract of 360 acres, which he bought in 1866, and this continued to be the family home. He improved this land and continued to reside here until his death which occurred August 1, 1882, his widow surviving him until September 8, 1883. Of their children there are four yet living: Maria, who is the wife of James Mead of Aux Sable Township; Eliza, who is the wife of William Harrison, of Washington; and Peter, the youngest of the family; Patrick, of Channahon, Ill., is now deceased. Peter Briscoe attended the local schools in his boyhood and gave his father assistance until his own marriage and then settled on 200 acres of the home farm, which his father had given him, and on which he erected a fine residence. His entire attention is given to his farm industries and he is numbered with the township's substantial and representative men. On November 3, 1879, Mr. Briscoe was married to Miss Margaret A. Burke, who was born in Aux Sable Township, October 5, 1859, and is a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Welsh) Burke. The father of Mrs. Briscoe was born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1824 and the mother in King's County, Ireland. The father came to New York in 1847 and later became a resident of Grundy County, Ill. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe: John Nicholas, living at home, was born August 6, 1880; Elizabeth Mary, born May 31, 1881, is the wife of Patrick Whalen, of Morris, Ill.; Thomas A., born October 19, 1882, married Margaret Feeney and they live at Channahon, Ill.; Frances E., born March 10, 1884, died October 26, 1884; Esther M., born April 4, 1885, is the wife of Henry Talbot, of Troy Township, Will County, Ill.; William E., born October 13, 1886, lives at home; Francis J., born August 26, 1888, died December 21, 1892; Henry P., born December 1, 1889; Madoline E., born February 18, 1891; Loretta A., born March 1, 1892; Irene C., born May 15, 1893; Andrew L., born July 25, 1894; Katherine E., born February 8, 1896; Richard B., born February 11, 1897; George L., born January 21, 1899, died April 10, 1899; Monica E., born November 26, 1900; and Anna L., born June 1, 1904. There are eleven grandchildren. In politics, Mr. Briscoe is a Democrat and his party has frequently elected him to important township offices. He served as collector from 1878 until 1879, as supervisor from 1881 until 1896, and since 1898 has been serving in the office of assessor. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America order at Minooka, Ill., and he and family are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Minooka. page 774-775 Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. Publishers; 1914 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/briscoe719nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb