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

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 29 September 1922, a marriage license was issued in Essex County to William B. Sadler and Mary F. Brizendine, who were married on 2 October 1922 in Church View, Middlesex County, Virginia. He was 68, widowed, white, born in Middlesex County, living at Laneview, Virginia, son of George W. Sadler and Mary A. Taylor, occupation farmer. She was 39, single, white, born in Essex County, living in Laneview, Virginia, daughter of Wilton Brizendine and Theresa Brizendine. Marriage by W. L. Naft. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 2, page 23.]