Brickhouse Family Newsletter – June 2006
Hello Brickhouse Family! I
hope everyone is ready for a great reunion because Lee Brickhouse has something
really nice lined up. This year’s reunion will be held on August 19th
at Tyrell Hall in Columbia, NC. It is an AIR-CONDITIONED facility! It is
located at 906 Highway 64 East, across from the Hessmart. The menu this year
will be: North Carolina BBQ Pork, Chicken Savannah over noodles, garden fresh
coleslaw, buttered corn, collared greens, rolls, cornbread, and for dessert,
butter pecan pound cake and triple chocolate cake, all served with iced tea.
The reunion will start at 11am, buffet will be from 12-1pm. Price for tickets
is $10 per person, please see end of newsletter for order form. There are outdoor activities planned, as well as an
area set aside indoors for anyone who would like to bring photo albums or
picture boards.
Accommodations are available
at the Brickhouse Inn. Call Lee
Brickhouse,
1-252-766-3333 or
1-252-394-6330, for room reservations.
Other accommodations may be found in Edenton or with the Riverhouse Inn located in Columbia.
Over the past 6 months I
have had a number of requests for information concerning one particular family.
I’m assuming that each person who wrote to me did not know about the other
inquiries but I wanted to share the information I learned.
On July 6, 1840, Samuel
Brickhouse was born to John L. Brickhouse and Dolly Sawyer. Samuel was married
to Nancy Cooper in 1863; unfortunately Nancy died the following year, leaving
behind no children. In 1867, Samuel married again, to Lurina Caroline
Richardson. Lurina gave birth to 7 children: John W.-1867, Henry A.-1869,
Aletha-1870, Nancy Caroline-1872, Pheba-1876, Sammie P.-1877, and Abner
A.-1878. Poor Samuel went through another loss, in 1879 Lurina died. Samuel’s
last marriage in 1879 (not sure if this year is right), was to Sarah Elizabeth
Simmons. She bore 6 children: Avery-1882, Massonia-1880, Ida Bell-1884,
Barbara-1886, Hilda-1901, and Brownis (I think this is supposed to be Brownie)
P.-1895. There is one who is unaccounted for, James Gleen Brickhouse, according
to the date in the book, he was born in 1862, since Samuel’s first marriage
wasn’t until the following year, I’m not sure if this date is correct. If anyone has different information than
what I have here, please send it to me, one of these years I plan on revising
the book.
I’m always amazed looking
back at the number of children these families had. In today’s society, you may
receive a strange look if you say you want more than 2 kids. Back then children
were considered a blessing, and of course, help you could count on with the
demanding work that needed to be done. We are expecting our 3rd
child to be born the beginning of January, maybe the end of December. I have
had a couple of comments, even when we were just considering another child,
‘Isn’t 2 enough?’, ‘Won’t you have your hands full?’, etc. But in deciding what
to do, those thoughts did not enter, only, ‘If God is willing to bless us
again, then we would be happy to take on however many He wants to give us.’ I
believe this is how our forefathers viewed having more children, as is evident
each time you look at a chart from George at the beginning.
News and Inquiries from Across the Nation:
Going
to the Chapel - Congratulations to Greta Garrett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney P.
Garrett and Lyle Lentz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lentz, they were married on
May 20th, 2006 in Moyock, NC!
Lost-One
Lodge Brother- Linwood Brickhouse, born in 1927, the Pulaski Heights Lodge No. 673,
Free & Accepted Masons of Arkansas is trying to find you. If you are
Linwood or have information concerning him, please contact:
George
K. Coffman, P. M.
Pulaski Heights Lodge No. 673, F&AM
P.
O. Box 30364
Little
Rock, AR 72260-0364
501-653-3422
Missing
Puzzle Pieces-I received an email from Jemmie Corneilus Hassell, he is looking to
find his family from his paternal grandmother’s side which is Brickhouse. His
father’s name was James Alton Hassell. Please write to me and let me know if
you have information, I could not find any line to attach him to in the book.
Update-The Brickhouse Family History
is now being sold for $75 a book. This price includes the shipping. If you
would like to order one, please refer to the order form at the end of the
newsletter.
Thank you for your
donations! This newsletter is brought to you by the Brickhouse family that so
willingly donated money. Thank you to everyone, it means a lot to us!
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Family
History Order Form
Send request
to: June Brickhouse
251 Hall St.
Phoenixville, PA 19460
Please send me:
_____ Brickhouse Family History Book $75.00
_____ CD Rom (Computer version of book, plus video clips and photos) $50.00
_____ DVD (Film tour of Tyrrell County narrated by Gordon Brickhouse) $25.00
NAME:__________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:_______________________________________________________
CITY: ______________________ STATE _________
ZIP CODE _________
Brickhouse Family Reunion
Dinner
Order Form
ORDER TICKETS FROM: Lee Brickhouse
PO
Box 11
Columbia,
NC 27925
(252)
394-6330
Dear Lee,
Please send me ____________ Brickhouse Family Reunion Dinner Ticket(s) @
$10.00 each for the reunion on August 19, 2006.
I am enclosing $___________ for
tickets and $___________ as a contribution for other related expenses.
NAME:______________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:___________________________________________________________
CITY:__________________________
STATE ___________ ZIP CODE__________