Martin E Brumfield 1865 MS – 1920

Martin Ellis Brumfield was born September 1865 in Mississippi. He grew up and attended school[i]in Washington Parish, Louisiana. In 1870[ii]and 1880[iii]he lived with his parents. In 1898 his name was on the voter registration list for the parish.[iv]Martin married twice. His first wife was Sallie Ann (Warren) Brumfield who died in 1899. His second wife was Dollie (King) Brumfield who died in 1948.

In 1900 Martin and Dollie owned a farm with no mortgage. The census taker was told they had been married less than a year and that Dollie was the mother of no children. Therefore, Martin’s daughter, Lola, who was nine years old, must have been the daughter of his first wife. Martin’s uncle, John D. Brumfield, lived nearby.[i]

In 1910 Dollie was the mother of four children, three living. Jewel Brumfield, 9; Jesse Alton Brumfield, 5; and Ayleen (Brumfield) Porcain, 2 years old. Martin was a farmer and a merchant in a retail store.[ii]In 1920 Jesse and Ayleen were still with their parents and little Dora Lee Brumfield was five years old.[iii]

Martin Ellis Brumfield died in 1930. He is buried in the Bogue Chitto Baptist Church Cemetery in Franklinton, Washington Parish, Louisiana. He shares a headstone with his second wife.[i]

[i]Find A Grave (findagrave.com: accessed December 2017) Memorial #24057891, Martin E Brumfield, 1865-1930 (Bogue Chitto Baptist Church Cemetery, Franklinton, Washington, LA).

[i]1900 US Census, LA, Washington; digital image, Ancestry(ancestry.com: accessed 2015) Martin E Brumfield and John D. Brumfield.

[ii]1910 US Census, LA, Washington; digital image, Ancestry(ancestry.com: accessed 2015) Martin M. Brumfield.

[iii]1920 US Census, LA, Washington; digital image, Ancestry(ancestry.com: accessed 2015) E. M. Brumfield.

[i]Haymon, Serena Abbess. Pike County, Mississippi School Census, 1878(Greenwell Springs, LA). Eli, Rosa and John Brumfield.

[ii]1870 US Census, MS, Pike, Osyka; digital image, Ancestry(ancestry.com: accessed 2015) Jesse A. Bromfield.

[iii]1880 US Census, MS, Pike; digital image, Ancestry(ancestry.com: accessed 2015) J. Alek Brumfield.

[iv]Kerns, Gloria Lambert. Washington Parish, Louisiana Records, 1810 – 1898(Baker, Louisiana: Folk Finders, 1983) 44. Voter Registration Books 1898, Washington Parish; Brumfield, Mart

1 Martin Ellis Brumfield b: Sept 1865 in MS, d: Aft. 1920
… + Dollie King b: June 1877 in LA
……2 Lola Brumfield b: September 1890 in LA
……2 Jewel Brumfield b: Abt. 1901 in LA
……2 Jesse Alton Brumfield b: Abt. 1905 in LA
……2 Ayleen Brumfield b: Abt. 1908 in LA
……2 Dora Lee Brumfield b: Abt. 1915 in LA
……2 Lola Brumfield b: Abt. 1891 in LA

Selected Sources:

• 1910 US Census, Washington Parish, LA, SD 4, ED 125, Sheet 1A. Martin Brumfield family. Merchant in retail store.
• 1920 US Census, Washington Parish, LA, SD 6, ED 133, Sheet 2A. E M Brumfield, farmer.