Florida Family Groupsheet for Jabez Mercer BRITTAIN Family 
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Submitted by: Thomas M. Brittain 
Email address: gtbrittjoy@aol.com 
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Husband: Jabez Mercer Brittain (PHOTO:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/photo/ogle/jabezbrit.html) 
Birthdate: 4 May 1842 
Birthplace: Oglethorpe Co., Ga. 
Death date: 11 Feb 1912 
Place of death: Atlanta, Fulton Co., Ga. 
Father: Henry L. Brittain 
Mother: Louisa Booker 
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Marriage date: 30 Dec 1864 
Marriage place: Washington, Wilkes Co., Ga. 
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Wife: Sarah Ida Callaway 
Birthdate: 5 Nov 1845 
Birthplace: Washington, Wilkes Co., Ga. 
Death date: 5 Dec 1926 
Place of death: Atlanta, Fulton Co., Ga. 
Father: William Reeves Callaway 
Mother: Rhoda Ann Cheney 
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CHILDREN 
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Child No. 1: Marion Luther Brittain 
Sex: M 
Birthdate: 11 Nov 1866 
Birthplace: Washington, Wilkes Co., Ga. 
Death date: 2 Jul 1952 
Place of death: Atlanta, Fulton Co., Ga. 
Marriage date: 20 Dec 1888 
Marriage place: Atlanta, Fulton Co., Ga. 
Spouse's name: Letitia McDonald 
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Child No. 2: Lillian Brittain 
Sex: F 
Birthdate: 1867 
Birthplace: Unknown 
Death date: Unknown 
Place of death: Unknown 
Marriage date: Unknown 
Marriage place: Unknown 
Spouse's name: Unknown Boynton 
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Child No. 3: William Henry Brittain 
Sex: M 
Birthdate: 25 Mar 1870 
Birthplace: Cartersville, Bartow Co., Ga. 
Death date: 11 Jul 1936 
Place of death: Troup Co., Ga. 
Marriage date: 21 Oct 1896 
Marriage place: Atlanta, Fulton Co., Ga. 
Spouse's name: Martha Irene Hartsfield 
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Child No. 4: Charles Mercer Brittain 
Sex: M 
Birthdate: 16 Dec 1873 
Birthplace: Conyers, Rockdale Co., Ga. 
Death date: 13 Jan 1943 
Place of death: Ft. Myers, Lee Co., Fl. 
Marriage date: 27 Jun 1900 
Marriage place: Macon, Bibb Co., Ga. 
Spouse's name: Susan Marie Moore 
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Child No. 5: Eugene Callaway Brittain 
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1 Jan 1879 
Birthplace: Ga. 
Death date: 16 Oct 1907 
Place of death: Ga. 
Marriage date: 
Marriage place: 
Spouse's name: None 
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Documentation: 
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The Brittain Family in America.  Virginia Thompson 
Brittain, Globe Publishers International, Pasadena, Texas, 1972. 
The Baptist Encyclopedia, Cathcart, 1881. 
Oglethorpe Echo, 16 Feb 1912. 
Federal Census, Oglethorpe Co., Ga., 1850 and 1860. 
Federal Census, Bartow Co., Ga., 1870. 
Federal Census, Pike Co., Ga., 1900. 
Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865. 
War of the Rebellion:  Official Records of the Union and Confederate 
Armies, U. S. Government Printing Office, Series II, Volume 5, 1899. 
Index to Georgia Civil War Confederate Pension Files, Virgil D. White, 
Transcriber, The National Historic Publishing Company, Waynesboro, Tn., 
1996. 
The Story of Oglethorpe County, Lena Smith Wise, Historic Oglethorpe 
County, Inc., Lexington, Ga., 1980. 
The History of Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Florrie Carter Smith, Wilkes 
Publishing Company, Inc., Washington, Ga., 1970. 
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