Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameWalter Alfred Brizendine 
Birth13 Jul 1887, Essex County, Virginia
Death13 Feb 1957, Richmond, Virginia
Burial15 Feb 1957, Glebe Landing Cemetery, Laneview, Essex County, Virginia
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia
OccupationFleet boat captain
FatherWilton Brizendine (1847-1915)
MotherThereza M. Shearwood (1848-1888)
Documentation
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 5 June 1917, Water A. Brizendine registered for the World War I draft, giving his full name as Walter A. Brizendine; age 29; residing at Dunnsville, Virginia; born 27 March 1888; natural born in Essex Co., Virginia, U.S.A.; sailor employed by J. W. Hosna[?] of Balto., Md.; no dependents; single; Caucasian; no prior military service; no exemptions; 5 feet 6 inches; stout; blue eyes, sandy hair, not bald; no disability. [World War I Draft Registration Card, Roll 1984711.]
1920 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
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
On 13 February 1957, Walter A. Brizendine died at Veterans Administration Hospital, Richmond, Chesterfield County, Virginia, where he had been for 5 days. He was a resident of Laneview, Essex County, Virginia; male; white; never married; born March 1888; age 68; fleet boat captain; born in Essex County, Virginia; citizen of U.S.A.; father was Wilton Brizendine; mother was Thenza Sherwood; informant V. A. Hospital records; cause of death subarachnoid hemorrahge (3 day interval); buried 14 February 1957 at Glebe Landing Cemetery, Laneview, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 4297.]
His obituary reads [paper unknown]:
W. A. Brizendine Dies At McGuire Hospital
Walter Alfred Brizendine, 69, waterman and boat captain died Wednesday at McGuire Hospital, Richmond. A lifelong resident of Essex County he was a veteran of World War I and a member of Glebe Landing Baptist Church. Surviving are a sister Mrs. Mary Sadler and several nieces and nephews. ¶Graveside rites were held Friday afternoon at 3 P. M. by the pastor, Rev. T. O. Herndon. Pallbearers were Messers. Burnley Kirk, W. A. Croxton, Larkin Johnson, Franklin Mitchell, Arthur Hale and Robert L. Elliott.
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 5 June 1917, Water A. Brizendine registered for the World War I draft, giving his full name as Walter A. Brizendine; age 29; residing at Dunnsville, Virginia; born 27 March 1888; natural born in Essex Co., Virginia, U.S.A.; sailor employed by J. W. Hosna[?] of Balto., Md.; no dependents; single; Caucasian; no prior military service; no exemptions; 5 feet 6 inches; stout; blue eyes, sandy hair, not bald; no disability. [World War I Draft Registration Card, Roll 1984711.]
1920 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
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
On 13 February 1957, Walter A. Brizendine died at Veterans Administration Hospital, Richmond, Chesterfield County, Virginia, where he had been for 5 days. He was a resident of Laneview, Essex County, Virginia; male; white; never married; born March 1888; age 68; fleet boat captain; born in Essex County, Virginia; citizen of U.S.A.; father was Wilton Brizendine; mother was Thenza Sherwood; informant V. A. Hospital records; cause of death subarachnoid hemorrahge (3 day interval); buried 14 February 1957 at Glebe Landing Cemetery, Laneview, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 4297.]
His obituary reads [paper unknown]:
W. A. Brizendine Dies At McGuire Hospital
Walter Alfred Brizendine, 69, waterman and boat captain died Wednesday at McGuire Hospital, Richmond. A lifelong resident of Essex County he was a veteran of World War I and a member of Glebe Landing Baptist Church. Surviving are a sister Mrs. Mary Sadler and several nieces and nephews. ¶Graveside rites were held Friday afternoon at 3 P. M. by the pastor, Rev. T. O. Herndon. Pallbearers were Messers. Burnley Kirk, W. A. Croxton, Larkin Johnson, Franklin Mitchell, Arthur Hale and Robert L. Elliott.
Spouses
Unmarried
No Children