Jacob Briles   Gen. 7, id #5083                                      Edited 20140120
============   Son of John Briles & Elizabeth Young                         |          
 
Born:    Oct 1844 NC, Randolph                                              |[5]       
Died:                                                                       |          
 
Marr: 1) Julia Ann Reeder                               
      m:        1868 IN,                                                    |           
      d:        1884 IN,                                                    |          
 
                           +---born----+---------------++---died----+---------------+
  1.  Charles S.                   1872 IN, Grant                                   
  2.  Robert W.                    1874 IN, Grant                                   
  3.  Albert R.                    1876 IN, Grant                                   
  4.  John E.                      1879 IN, Grant                                   
 
Marr: 2) Sarah Lawrence                                 
      m:             IN,                                                    |           
      b:    Dec 1860 IN,                                                    |[5]       
 
  5.  Walter A.                Mar 1887 IN, Grant                                   
  6.  Maud Irene               Nov 1889 IN, Grant                                   
  7.  Arminta Elizabeth        Aug 1894 IN, Grant                                   
 
Census:
                                         Age BP   Occupation            
1850 Briles, Jacob        NC, Randolph    6  NC                                                                                                        
1860 Briles, Jacob        NC, Randolph    16 NC   F.L.                                                                                                 
1870 [Record not found]                                               
1880 Briles, Jacob        IN, Grant       35 NC   Farmer                                                                                               
1890 [No records available]                                           
1900 Briles, Jacob        IN, Grant       55 NC   Town Clerk           Oct '44                                                                         
 
Excerpt from "Biographical Memoirs of Grant Co., IN", p463:

Jacob Briles was conscripted in the Confederate army in 1864 and 
served until the end of the war in the eastern part of N.C.  He 
came to Grant County, Indiana in 1866.  In May, 1900, he was 
elected city-clerk and treasurer of Fairmount.  He married 1st. 
Julia Ann Reeder in 1868, daughter of Spencer Reeder.  Jacob and 
Julia had Albert R., John E., Arminta Elizabeth, Charles S. who 
died at the age of 27, and Robert who died at the age of 24.  
Julia Ann (Reeder) Briles was called away in 1884.  Jacob Briles 
married 2nd. Miss Sarah Lawrence and they had two children, 
Walter and Maud.

[165]
 
Sources: 
[5]   National Archives, U.S. Census Records
[165] Briles, Harriet, letter dated Jul 1991

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