A note by Cora Lee Boughan reads:
Richard Temple Brizendine son of Wilton & Terza his wife was born May. 5, 1879. & died Oct. 5. 1937.

On 5 May 1879, Richard T. Brizendine was born in Essex County, Virginia, son of Wilton Brizendine, a farmer of Essex County, and Thursday Brizendine. [Essex County, Virginia, Birth Register, page 177.]

1910 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia:
Rappahannock District, Dwelling 6, Family 6
Brizendine, Wilton, 62, widowed, farmer on general farm, rents farm, farm schedule 6
Brizendine, Richard T., 30, farmer
Brizendine, James W., 28, farmer
Brizendine, Mary F., 25
Brizendine, Walter A., sailor

On 12 September 1918, Richard Temple Brizendine registered for the World War I draft, giving his full name as Richard Temple Brizendine; residing at Dunnsville, Essex, Va.; age 39; born 5 May 1879; white; native born; farmer working at Dunnsville, Essex, Va.; nearest relative Mary Fannie Brizendine (sister) of Dunnsville, Essex, Va.; medium height, medium build; blue eyes, brown hair; no disabilities. [World War I Draft Registration Card, Roll 1984711.]

1920 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia, census:
Rappahannock District, E.D. 44, Dwelling 141, Family 142, Fairfield Road
Brizendine, R. T., head, rented, 40, farmer, general farm
Brizendine, W. A., brother, 31, laborer, home farm
Brizendine, M. F., sister, 33

Richard T. Brizendine married Cora L. Boughan on 24 October 1923 in Essex County, Virginia, by the Rev. T. N. Tombes, a Baptist Minister. He was 44, single, born in Essex County, living in Laneview, and a farmer. She was 41, single, born in Essex County, living in Dunnsville. The parents were Wilton Brizendine and Thursday Shearwood, and Thomas W. Boughan and Mary E. Taylor. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 2, page 60.]

1930 U.S. Census, Middlesex County, Virginia
Jamaica Magisterial District, Enumeration District 60-2, Sheet 2-A
U.S.-17, Dwelling 32, Family 34
Brizendine, Richard T., head, owned, value $2,000 [crossed through, as were many other records], on a farm, male, white, 50, married, age at first marriage 44, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, farmer on general farm, works on own account, at work previous day, not a veteran, 29 on farm schedule
Brizendine, Cora V., wife, female, 47, married, age at first marriage 40, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation

He was buried at Ephesus Baptist Church, Dunnsville, Virginia. The tombstone confirms his birth date and provides a death date of 5 October 1937. The tombstone has a space for his wife Cora Lee Boughan Brizendine, but no death date, so she may not be buried there.