Dr James Marion Brittain

1831 - 1911  (79 years)

• Name	James Marion Brittain  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]
  Title	Dr
  Birth	3 Nov 1831	McMinn, Tennessee, United States   [3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 19]
  Gender	Male
  LifeSketch	https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth354360/m1/194/ Find a Grave Was married to Mary E. Brittain. He was a Mason and served in the Civil War for the Confederate States of America. James M. Brittain a prominent and successful physician of Jacksonville, Texas, was born in McMinn county, Tennessee Nov. 1838. Removed to Texas Nov. 1852 and settled in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas. Enlisted in Co. C 3rd Texas Cavalry and went with the command to Missouri, participated in the campaign up to his discharge, the same year of his enlistment. He returned home and was kept there the remainder of the war as a physician and surgeon as all the doctors of the town were in the confederate service elsewhere. Dr. Brittain was kept at home by the solicitation of his people as a doctor and greatly needed to watch after the sick and afflicted of his home community. Dr. Brittain made himself successful in his practice, a good citizen, a patriotic southern man. He has of late years devoted a good portion of his time to farming and fruit culture. He is now an honored citizen of his county. [Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, Volume I; by Sid S. Johnson; Photo Susan Rebecca Kendrick Brittain 1839–1874 (m. 1857) Photo Mary Emeline Johnson Holcomb Brittain 1845–1898 (m. 1875) Photo Amanda Frances Williamson Brittain Powers 1852–1939 (m. 1900) Children Photo William I Brittain 1857–1934 Photo John Franklin Brittain 1859–1883 Photo Alice Rossetta Brittain 1861–1878 Photo Wood Lee Brittain 1867–1895 Photo James Kendrick Brittain 1868–1882 Photo Lillian Susan Brittain Evans 1871–1959 Photo Benjamin Barker Brittain 1876–1878 Photo Jake B Brittain 1879–1941 Photo Carson C. Brittain 1882–1951 Photo David W Brittain 1885–1887 Photo George B Brittain 1887–1
  FSID	9XK1-GHR  [21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26]
  Name	Dr. James Marian Brittian  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]
  Name	J M Brittain  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]
  Name	James M. Brittain  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]
  Name	James Marian Brittian  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]
  Occupation	Physician-graduate of Missouri Medical College in St. Louis, MO in March, 1882.
  Death	2 Apr 1911	Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas, United States   [4, 8, 10, 19]
  Burial	Abt 4 Apr 1911	Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas, United States   [19]
  Person ID	I78448	footsteps
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2025

  
  

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