We haven't heard much about the Brumbalow family, but apparently they were pretty close to the Jeffreys for a time. CLAUDE BETHEL BRUMBALOW was born November 25, 1916 in Hamilton county, Texas to Joe B. and Ruby May Jeffrey Brumbalow. Ruby was a daughter of Andrew Bethel Jeffrey - brother to William M. Jeffrey - my great grandfather. Claude is my second cousin (once removed).
As a child Claude is on the 1930 census and the 1940 Hamilton County census with his family and a couple of Jeffreys. In 1930, Claude was 14 and living with them was Jerry Jeffrey, listed as uncle to head of household (Claude's father, Joe) and Frank Jeffrey listed as brother-in-law. Coincidentally, I had been looking for Jerry on the censuses but had never found him until now.
In 1940 Frank Jeffrey is gone but Jerry is still there at age 74. Claude was 24 and working with the Soil Erosion Corp.
He later married Annie Bell Anthony and they had at least five children.
I almost cried when I found the death certificate of the oldest daughter. At age 7, Patsy Fay died of extensive burns caused by her clothes catching on fire from the stove. She was in the hospital 45 days before she died. I can't imagine....
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Another sad birth and death.
Infant Petty
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