BRUMFIELD, Daniel C., M. D., Pike County, MS., then Ascension Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ************************************************ Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 598. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association. Brumfield, Daniel C., M. D., of Darrow, Ascension parish, was born Dec. 13, 1870, in Pike county, Miss. His parents were Jesse K. Brumfield, a native of Mississippi, and Jane (Harvey) Brumfield. The family records show that the Brumfields were among the early settlers in York district, S. C., the first of the name to remove to Washington parish, about 1813, were John and Margaret (Kelly) Brumfield. Their son, Jesse, married Hannah Youngblood, of Washington parish, and went to reside on Union creek, in Pike county. Their son, also married Jesse, settled near Bogue Chito, on a plantation south of Holmesville, formerly owned by William Love in 1809. he became a popular citizen, was elected sheriff for 4 years, a member of the state legislature in 1848, and was parish supervisor for a long time. Isaac Brumfield, his son, married Elizabeth Holmes. Jesse K. Brumfield (father of Dr. D. C. Brumfield) was in the Confederate army during the Civil war with 2 brothers, one of whom was killed in battle, while they were soldiers in Co. K, South Mississippi regiment. The surviving veteran of the great struggle between North and South is a resident, with his wife, of Tylertown, Miss., living in comfortable retirement after having spent many years in farming. Four children were born to Jesse K. Brumfield and wife: Daniel C., Claude Isaac, merchant in Tylertown; Loyie, wife of Dr. Jesse N. Ball, of Tylertown, and Jessie, who married Charles Davis, a cotton dealer at Chickasha, Ok. Dr. Brumfield, who is the subject of this sketch went through the preliminary studies in public schools before attending the University of Mississippi, at Clinton, graduating in 1894, and then matriculating in the medical department of Tulane university, New Orleans, which granted him his degree of M. D. in 1900. Since that year, Dr. Brumfleld has been practicing his profession at Darrow. From 1905 to the present time he has been a member of the board of health, and in 1912 was elected coroner of the parish of Ascension. He is a member of the Louisiana state and parish medical societies. In the ranks of fraternal orders, the doctor is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, the Red Men, the Elks, and the Red Cross society, of Donaldsonville, Ascension parish; also with the Masons, of which order he is a member in high standing, belonging to the Chapter and Commandery. Dr. Brumfield is a bachelor.