A note written by Cora Lee Boughan states:
Wilton Brizendine son of Temple & Mary his wife was born 2nd Sept 1847. & died Oct 28 1915

1860 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 763, Family 748
Brizendine, Temple, 40, farmer, $900 real estate, $320 personal estate
Brizendine, Mary A., 39
Brizendine, Wilton, 12
Brizendine, Alice, 10
Brizendine, Polly C., 8
Brizendine, Janetta, 6, female
Brizendine, Richard B., 4
Brizendine, Alfred, 1

1870 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Miller’s Tavern Post Office, page 130
Dwelling 325, family 325
Brizendine, Temple, 51, male, white, farmer, $1,000 real estate, $300 personal estate, born in Virginia
Brizendine, Mary A., 49, female, white, keeping house, born in Virginia
Brizendine, Wilton, 22, male, white, farm laborer, born in Virginia
Brizendine, Alice, 19, female, white, without occupation, born in Virginia
Brizendine, Polly, 17, female, white, without occupation, born in Virginia
Brizendine, Janette, 15, female, white, without occupation, born in Virginia
Brizendine, Richard, 13, male, white, farm laborer, born in Virginia
Brizendine, Alfred, 11, male, white, farm laborer, born in Virginia
Brizendine, Fannie A., 7, female, white, at home, born in Virginia

On 18 July 1878 in Essex County, Virginia, Wilton Brizendine was married to Thersa M. Shearwood by J. W. Hart. He was 25, single, born and residing in Essex County, son of Temple Brizendine and Mary Ann née Brizendine, occupation farmer; she was 25, single, born and residing in Essex County, daughter of Richard Shearwood and Lucy M. Boughan. [Essex County Marriage Register book 1, page 49.]

In the birth of his son Walter (1887), he is listed as a farmer in the Rappahannock District.

1910 U.S. Census, 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 27 October 1915, Wilton Brizendine died in Rappahannock District, Essex County, Virginia. He was male; white; widowed; born “September first” 1847; age at death 68 years, one month, 26 days; occupation mason; born in Essex County, Virginia; father was Temple Brizendine, who was born in Essex County, Virginia; mother was Mary A. Brizendine, who was born in Essex County, Virginia; informant was J. R. Shearwood of Howertons, Virginia; attended by physician from November 1910 to 27 October 1915, last seen alive 27 October 1915; died at 7 a.m.; cause of death heart and kidneys, duration 5 years; buried on 28 October 1915 at Howertons, Virginia. [Commonweath of Virginia, Certificate of Death 27926.]