Madison County Military

Veteran's Name: Brittain, Alfred		Father: Joseph Brinson
Residence:		Father's nativity:
Occupation: Farmer		Mother: Mary Jane Hart
Date of birth: 17 Feb 1833		Mother's nativity:
Place of birth: Marion County, Indiana		Wife: Eliza Sturman, died 1858
Date of death: 23 Oct 1913		2nd wife: Julia Barrow, born Dekalb County, Missouri, 30 Oct 1859, died 15 Feb 1914, Winterset
Place of death: Madison County, Iowa		3rd wife:
Place of burial: McDonald Cemetery
Cause of death:		Children Maria (Roy) Preston, Winterset, Iowa Newton, Tumptulip, Washington Martha (A. D.) Guiberson, Winterset, Iowa Seth, Winterset, Iowa Joseph (deceased, Va.) Pleasant (dead) David, Winterset, Iowa

War record
Rank: Private	Company: A		Regiment: 39th
State: Iowa		Organization: Infantry
Enlistment date: 08 Sep 1862
Enlistment age: 28		Residence: Winterset
Mustered out: 05 Jun 1865 at Washington, D. C.
Discharged:
Transfers:
GAR membership
Post name: Pitzer		Date joined: 01 FEb 1884
Post No.: 55 (67)		Age at joining:
Place: Winterset		Transfers/Other: Re. 1st term 1901, Sus 2d term 1904

Sources: Roster Iowa Soldiers: Brittain, Alfred/Ex-Soldiers Living Iowa 1886: Brittain, Alfred - res Winterset/

Notes: 1. Wife Julia Barrow was daughter of David and Maria Barrow. David, born Kentucky, after some years in Missouri, moved to Monroe Township, Madison County, Iowa 1852. 2. Alfred Brittain's parents - His parents moved to Kansas and are buried there. Alfred Brittain came to Iowa from Missouri in 1854, took land in Madison County where he farmed during his lifetime. A granddaughter Mrs. Clark is now living on the old home place. 3. Graves Registration names also children: Robert, Stephen, Mrs. J. F. Ringenberg 4. Iowa Census 1860, v. 33, p. 525 shows: Alfred Brittain age 27 farmer born Indiana, Julia 51 born Missouri, Children born Iowa: Seth 10, Joseph 8, Miriah 4, Pleasant 3, Martha 2 5. David night watchmen at State House Des Moines 1949; his children Estella (Chas) Cox, Winterset, Iowa; Mildred (Emerald) Waltz, Winterset, Iowa; John (Clara Sole), Winterset, Iowa; William (single) Los Angeles, California; Robert (Josephine McKenzie) res Winterset, Iowa; Alfred, deceased, Winterset, Iowa Transcriber's note: Note 5 appears to be a mixture of David's children and Alfred's children.