Frances Ann Brizendine was born in July 1862 (no date) in Essex County, Virginia, to Temple Brizendine of the same county, a bricklayer, and Mary Ann Brizendine. [Essex County, Virginia, Birth Register page 38, line 8.]

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

1880 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Chapel Grove Precinct, Enumeration District 21, Sheet 203
Dwelling 201, Family 201
Brizendine, Mary, white, female, 53, widowed, keeping house, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Brizendine, Alice B., white, female, 24, daughter, single, at home, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Brizendine, Mollie K., white, female, 22, daughter, single, at home, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Brizendine, Richard, white, male, 18, son, single, works on farm, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Brizendine, Alfred, white, male, 16, son, single, works on farm, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Brizendine, Fannie, white, female, 13, daughter, single, at home, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia