Missouri Lucinda Perkins Brodnax
Brodnax Family-Circa 1894: Front (L to R): Myrtle, Thomas W., Lena, Missouri Lucinda, Mary Olive, Annie holding her daughter Ima, and Cox. Back (L to R): Bruce, Whit, and Lula.
Missouri Lucinda Perkins was born in 1856 in Birmingham, Alabama. She was the daughter of Hillard Washington and Lucinda Wilman Perkins. She married Thomas Whitaker Brodnax in San Augustine, Texas on July 28, 1873.
After their marriage, T. W. and Lucinda soon traveled to the Honest Ridge community in Limestone County. They met Mr. D. Oliver and lived in his house for a while. They later bought a place at Honest Ridge where ten of their eleven children were born. The oldest, Annie Thomas (1874-1955), was born at Mr. Oliver’s place. Their other children were Lula Dixie (1876-1933), Bruce Bloom (1878-1959), Myrtle (1880-1900), Albert Whitaker (1883-1949), Cox William (1885-1961), Mary Olive (1888-1988), Lena Pearl (1890-1942), Bonneau (1893-1893), Ida (1895-?) and Rosa (1896-1989).
Lucinda died in Mexia on March 3, 1913, and T. W. died on August 28, 1935. They are buried in the Honest Ridge Cemetery.
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