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    Isabella M Brinsmade (James)

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    Death: unknown

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    Alternate First Name: Isabel

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Isabelle M. James married Allan Abbot Brinsmade on April 16, 1861 in New Orleans. They divorced in March 1863 in Indiana. Isabelle was the subject of a trial in 1862 for suspected espionage for the Confederacy that was highly-publicized in New York newspapers. Fanny Seward references her in her 1862-1863 diary as the subject of a conversation with Gen. Butler. 

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Isabelle M. James married Allan Abbot Brinsmade on April 16, 1861 in New Orleans. They divorced in March 1863 in Indiana. Isabelle was the subject of a trial in 1862 for suspected espionage for the Confederacy that was highly-publicized in New York newspapers. Fanny Seward references her in her 1862-1863 diary as the subject of a conversation with Gen. Butler.
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http://archives.nolalibrary.org/~nopl/inv/jpmarrindex/bjai_jay.htm., https://www.acgsi.org/court/commonpleas/orderbook/h/263.jpg
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Source Citation Year: 1860; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 10, Orleans, Louisiana; Page: 928; Family History Library Film: 803416 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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