The date of migration for Prior and his family is not known, but his youngest daughter, Martha, was born in Kentucky on the 17th of October in 1853. Her birth certificate has recently been found and it identified her mother as Parmelia Retter. However, some census documents show that Martha was born in Missouri.952

1850 - Anderson County, Kentucky338
BRIM, Prior 47 farmer VA
Permelia 39 KY
Margaret A. 17 KY
Susan L. 15 KY
James H. 13 KY
Mary C. 11 KY
Samuel 8 KY
John R. 6 KY
Emily J. 2 KY
William D. 1/365 KY

1852, October 17th951 - Daughter Martha Lewis Brim was born on this day. Her birth was recorded in the Kentucky Birth Records, 1852-1910. This is a hand written record. It says she was born at home and her parents were living on or at Big Benson. It gives Parmelia’s name as Retter or Ritter.

1860 - Fed Census Grand River Twp, Henry Co MO, PO Clinton, Jul 12 1860 - Pg32 D596:F596953
BRIM, Prior - 56 wm (1804) farmer - $1600-$670 - Virginia
BRIM, James H. - 23 wm (1837) farm hand - Kentucky
BRIM, John R. - 16 wm (1844) farm hand - Kentucky - at school
BRIM, Jane - 12 wf (1848) - Kentucky - at school
BRIM, William B. - 10 wm (1850) - Kentucky - at school
BRIM, Martha - 7 wf (1853) - Kentucky

1865, February 28 - Prior married Catherine [Nave] Hardwick in Henry County, Missouri - She was a widow and married under the name of Tulley.

1880 - United States Federal Census District 172, Fields Creek, Henry County, Missouri
TULLEY, Catherine w f 53 divorced keeping house MO TN TN
BRIM, John H. w m 12 son farmer MO KY MO
YORK, Carrie w f 63 boarder without work VA -- VA

1852, October 17th951 - Daughter Martha Lewis Brim was born on this day. Her birth was recorded in the Kentucky Birth Records, 1852-1910. This is a hand written record. It says she was born at home and her parents were living on or at Big Benson. It gives Parmelia’s name as Retter or Ritter.

1860, 11 July — She was not listed on the 1860 census with Prior in Henry Co., Missouri.950

It looks like Catherine could have been a Hardwick, who then married James Tulley. She can be found on the 1860 Henry County, MO census with him and one Tulley child. However, there area also a load of Hardwick children. It is not known whos children they are. It also looks like James Tulley must have died in the Civil War, then Catherine Hardwick Tully married Prior Brim in 1866.

1860 - Grand River Twp, Henry Co MO, PO Clinton, Jul 11 1860 - Pg31 D594:F594950
TULLY, James - 24 wm (1836) farmer - $1600-$490 - Ohio
TULLY, Catharine - 28 wf (1832) - Missouri
TULLY, Priscilly - 3 wf (1857) - Missouri
HARDWICK, Frances - 11 wf (1849) - Missouri
HARDWICK, Rebecca - 10 wf (1850) - Missouri
HARDWICK, Julia - 8 wf (1852) - Missouri
HARDWICK, Catharine - 6 wf (1854) - Missouri
BRIM, Susan L. - 24 wf (1836) - Kentucky
LUKE, John - 19 wm (1841) farm hand - Missouri

1880 - United States Federal Census District 172, Fields Creek, Henry County, Missouri
TULLEY, Catherine w f 53 divorced keeping house MO TN TN
BRIM, John H. w m 12 son farmer MO KY MO
YORK, Carrie w f 63 boarder without work VA -- VA