R V Brannon (M)
(4. Jul. 1947 - 28. Oct. 1991), #234331

     R V Brannon was born on 4. Jul. 1947. He married Ella Dee Dial, daughter of Dee Aldalphus Dial and Edith Beatrice Hughes. R V Brannon died on 28. Oct. 1991 at Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi, at age 44.

Last Edited=31 Jan 2008

Richard Timothy Brannon (F)
#234454
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=10th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Richard Timothy Brannon was the daughter of Christopher Brannon and Benita Byrum.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Richard Brannon (M)
(1830 - ), #317029

     Richard Brannon was born in 1830 at Ohio. He married Mary Victoria Morris, daughter of George Morris and Jedidah Newman.
Richard Brannon appeared on the census of 1870 at Union County, Ohio.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Polly Branscom (F)
#344770

     Polly Branscom married (Unknown) (Unknown).

Last Edited=3 Dec 2005

Artis Branscum (F)
#344912
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Relationship=8th cousin of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=9th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Artis Branscum was the daughter of Thurlo Luther Branscum.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Basha Cordelia Branscum (F)
(13. Jan. 1880 - 28. Sep. 1936), #79197
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Basha Cordelia Branscum was also known as Basha Cordelia Branscom. Basha Cordelia Branscum was born on 13. Jan. 1880 at Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Isaac Charles Branscum and Martha Elizabeth Van Cleve. Basha Cordelia Branscum married John J. Dunlap on 23. Nov. 1902. Basha Cordelia Branscum died on 28. Sep. 1936 at Burley, Cassia County, Idaho, at age 56.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Bertha E. Branscum (F)
(Aug. 1896 - ), #344944
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Bertha E. Branscum was born in Aug. 1896. She was the daughter of William Walter Branscum and Maggie Pogue. Bertha E. Branscum married James E. Moore, son of William Edd Moore and Margie Josephine Branscum, on 30. Aug. 1914.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Bertha Ernestine Branscum (F)
(13. Feb. 1885 - 12. Jan. 1962), #79198
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Bertha Ernestine Branscum was born on 13. Feb. 1885 at Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Isaac Charles Branscum and Martha Elizabeth Van Cleve. Bertha Ernestine Branscum married Robert Meadows on 25. Nov. 1905. Bertha Ernestine Branscum died on 12. Jan. 1962 at Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, at age 76.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Bronson Deon Branscum (M)
#344906
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Relationship=8th cousin of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=9th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Bronson Deon Branscum was the son of Otis Rector Branscum and Eva Long.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Bural Branscum (M)
#344913
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Relationship=8th cousin of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=9th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Bural Branscum was the son of Thurlo Luther Branscum.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Cindy Branscum (F)
#344920
Relationship=8th cousin of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=9th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Cora Elva Branscum (F)
(May. 1900 - ), #344949
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Cora Elva Branscum was born in May. 1900. She was the daughter of William Walter Branscum and Maggie Pogue.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Dexter Allen Branscum (M)
(20. Oct. 1896 - 3. May. 1959), #344898
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Dexter Allen Branscum was born on 20. Oct. 1896 at Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas. He was the son of Henry Franklin Branscum and Arizona Jane Webb. Dexter Allen Branscum married Velma Barnes on 10. Jan. 1926. Dexter Allen Branscum died on 3. May. 1959 at Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, at age 62.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Diane Branscum (F)
#344918
Relationship=8th cousin of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=9th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Donald Dean Branscum (M)
#344901
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Relationship=8th cousin of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=9th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Donald Dean Branscum was the son of Dexter Allen Branscum and Velma Barnes.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Edith Branscum (F)
(1903 - ), #344950
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Edith Branscum was born in 1903. She was the daughter of William Walter Branscum and Maggie Pogue. Edith Branscum married Olen Gammill on 25. Dec. 1920.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Effie Lucinda Branscum (F)
(14. Mar. 1878 - 15. Nov. 1953), #79196
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Effie Lucinda Branscum was also known as Effie M. Lucinda Branscom. Effie Lucinda Branscum was born on 14. Mar. 1878 at Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Isaac Charles Branscum and Martha Elizabeth Van Cleve. Effie Lucinda Branscum married John Frederick Tubbs, son of Berry R. Tubbs and Nancy Ann Boyd, on 1. Jan. 1898 at Searcy, White County, Arkansas. Effie Lucinda Branscum died on 15. Nov. 1953 at Stephenville, Erath County, Texas, at age 75. She died on 15. Nov. 1953 at Yorktown, De Witt County, Texas, at age 75.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Ella Branscum (F)
(1904 - ), #344952
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Ella Branscum was born in 1904. She was the daughter of William Walter Branscum and Maggie Pogue. Ella Branscum married J. C. Wilson on 9. Feb. 1925.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Esther Matilda Branscum (F)
(5. Aug. 1865 - 25. Mar. 1955), #79189
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Esther Matilda Branscum was also known as Tildy Branscum. She was also known as Hester Matilda Branscom. Esther Matilda Branscum was born on 5. Aug. 1865 at Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Isaac Charles Branscum and Martha Elizabeth Van Cleve. Esther Matilda Branscum married Joseph Turner Mitchell on 24. Dec. 1885 at Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas. Esther Matilda Branscum died on 25. Mar. 1955 at Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, at age 89.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Flora Susan Branscum (F)
(6. Apr. 1876 - 21. Nov. 1946), #79195
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Flora Susan Branscum was also known as Flora Susan Branscom. Flora Susan Branscum was born on 6. Apr. 1876 at Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Isaac Charles Branscum and Martha Elizabeth Van Cleve. Flora Susan Branscum married William Butler, son of Francis Marion Butler and Elizabeth Wilson, on 1. Nov. 1893 at Stone County, Arkansas. Flora Susan Branscum died on 21. Nov. 1946 at Raymondville, Willacy County, Texas, at age 70. She died on 21. Nov. 1946 at Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas, at age 70.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Gladys Irene Branscum (F)
(23. Jan. 1914 - 15. Sep. 1987), #344921
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Gladys Irene Branscum was born on 23. Jan. 1914 at Grapevine, Tarrent County, Texas. She was the daughter of Henry Franklin Branscum and Arizona Jane Webb. Gladys Irene Branscum married Samuel Jerome Black on 7. Jan. 1949 at Fort Sumner, DeBaca County, New Mexico. Gladys Irene Branscum died on 15. Sep. 1987 at Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, at age 73.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Gracie Ernest Branscum (F)
(1. Jun. 1894 - 10. Mar. 1966), #304153
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Gracie Ernest Branscum was born on 1. Jun. 1894 at Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Henry Franklin Branscum and Arizona Jane Webb. Gracie Ernest Branscum married Hohn Hugh Teel. Gracie Ernest Branscum died on 10. Mar. 1966 at Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, at age 71.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Henry Franklin Branscum (M)
(20. Nov. 1867 - 10. May. 1955), #79190
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Henry Franklin Branscum was also known as Branscom. Henry Franklin Branscum was born on 20. Nov. 1867 at New Burnside, Johnson County, Illinois. He was the son of Isaac Charles Branscum and Martha Elizabeth Van Cleve. Henry Franklin Branscum married Arizona Jane Webb, daughter of William Allen Webb and Cynthia Josephine Brown, on 18. Sep. 1892 at Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas. Henry Franklin Branscum resided at at Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, in 1913. He resided at at Muleshoe, Baily County, Texas, in 1923. He died on 10. May. 1955 at Muleshoe, Baily County, Texas, at age 87.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Ina May Branscum (F)
(9. Sep. 1898 - 15. Oct. 1899), #344948
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Ina May Branscum was born on 9. Sep. 1898. She was the daughter of William Walter Branscum and Maggie Pogue. Ina May Branscum died on 15. Oct. 1899 at age 1.

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Isaac Charles Branscum (M)
(2. Aug. 1835 - 17. Dec. 1917), #79185
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     Isaac Charles Branscum was also known as Branscom. Isaac Charles Branscum was born on 2. Aug. 1835 at Wayne County, Arkansas. He was the son of (Unknown) (Unknown) and Polly Branscom. Isaac Charles Branscum married Martha Elizabeth Van Cleve, daughter of Rev. Wilson Frost Van Cleave and Nancy Jones Lawrence, on 1. Oct. 1857 at Johnson, Illinois. Isaac Charles Branscum died on 17. Dec. 1917 at Onia, Stone County, Arkansas, at age 82. We have information from several sources that Isaac and his brother William were born before their mother married Burtrum. Our goal in presenting the information is neither to judge nor to titillate but rather to discover as much as we can of the ancestry of Isaac and William.
The first of the two major sources of information is a letter dated January 25, 1947 in which Isaac's eldest daughter, Mary Ann (Mollie), at age 87 wrote for her nephew, Charles Tubbs. Her recollections concerning her father's family. The letter begins:

What I know of the history of my Father's people. Isaac was raised by a Mr. and Mrs. Stone in Johnson County, Illinois. He had one brother ([Bill], William) and I don't know who raised him. I never heard my father say. Our Grandmother married a Mr. Butrum. They had three girls and three boys: Marina, Mary Ann, and Jane, Tom, Jasper ans George. The most of them passed away when I was small, but I remember going with Pa and Ma to visit them once. When Jasper and George were both very sick and died soon after we went home. However, my parents and uncle Bill lived only 8 miles apart and visited often. They were both farmers.
Some of Isaac's grandchildren confirmed the essence of this account: that Isaac had one brother and that the others were half-brothers and sisters, and that the marriage of Isaac's mother and Mr. Butrum occured after he and William were born.
The marriage records for Wayne County, Kentucky, show a marriage between John Butrum and Polly Branscum on December 6, 1838. Lewis Parker officiated and Andrew Criswell served as security. Another entry in the records shows March 12, 1838 as the date of the wedding. Sometimes one date is for the marriage bond and the later date is for the solemnization. In the will of Thomas Branscum on March 13, 1841, he referred twice to a daughter as Polly Butrum. It seems safe to conclude, therefore, that Polly was the mother of Isaac and William. We must nonetheless be cautious in our conclusions until futher documentation is discovered.
William's side of the family provides the second source of information about the identity of the mother of Isaac and William. Hilda Jackson, William' grandaughter, related the legend that she had heard from the previous generation. In this account the mother's name was Sarah. She disgraced ther family by marrying an Indian. When the Indians were forced to move westward, possiably on the "Trail of Tears" in 1838, Sarah went with her husband and their two sons. The husband died enroute. The coustom of the tribe was that the widow of a dead Indian became the wife of his brother. But Sarah did not wont to be the wife of her dead husband's brother. She ran away, Stole a mule, took her sons and crossed the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau, and fled to Johnson County, Illinois where she had relatives. Later she remarried a man named Butrum and had Children whose decendents still live nearby.
William's daughter Mae Lewis, says "don't hold much stock in this tale." Mae added these pieces to our puzzle:
(1) William was born in "that part of Kentucky that was close to Southern Illinois."
(2) William's father was named Thomas.
(3) It is likely that William and Isaac had different fathers.

Could the first story be right? Could the second story be true? From what doccuments we know of to now the first is more likely right. But maybe Isaac and William had different fathers and maybe different mothers. Did Polly marry an Indian. As you can see this is a real puzzle. Maybe by presenting this story, someone out there might have some kind of eviadence to prove one way or the other. If so please contact me:

Herman C. Cummings
%Kenneth Cummings
P.O. Box 1022
Commerce, Tx. 75428

Ollie Crymes is the source of information about Issac's boyhood; some of the information came directly from Ollie, and some of it was relayed through Florence Morrison. We can easily picture the aged Issac in the home of his daughter Alice as he regaled his grandchildren, Ollie and Roosevelt with the tales of his early life.
My granddad had no toes on his left foot--just little round stubs. On his right foot he had the big toe and the one next to it, but the other three were snall round stubs. He said this was caused by frostbite when he went without shoes. He would tell me about walking on the snow barefoot. He said he slept under boxes, in doorsteps and in barns. A man picked him up during a snowstorm and kept him during a long, hard winter. The guy was a crank. However, the man's wife was very good to him and fitted him with out grown clothing and knitted him warm woolen sox. He had a good bed and such food as they could afford. Granddad had no shoes, though. When spring came, he had to go.
Soon thereafter Granddad met the old gentleman who kept him until the old gentleman died. This old man had a store, and Granddad made deliveries for him. The old man gave him room and board and payed him something for the work he did. Granddad said that he "made it good" while he lived with the storekeeper; he had shoes, clothing and a little money. I remember his saying that he was "doing pretty good" when the old man died. Granddad dearly loved him and his wife. Granddad must have married grandmother soon after the old man's death.
It is thought that Issac knew who his father was. However, he never told us. He would say, "It's bad to be a castaway...I have learned the hard way."
I don't remember Granddad telling me where he where he was born. I just thought he was born in Illinois, since his mom and all others were living there. I don't know how long the first family kept him or just how old he was when he was put out on his own. He must have been pretty young--not more than ten years old.
The storekeepers name is thought to be Stone.
Issac was a member of the Seventh-day Baptists. Some accounts say Seventh-day Adventists, but those accounts are doubful in view of the locale and early history of the Adventist movement. Gloria Autry quotes one of her relatives as saying that Issac's family was baptist "way back beyond Issac" --how we wish we had information about those ancestors! Issac and his family continued to observe Saturday as the Sabbath after the move to Arkansas. Elizabeth was also Baptist, not Seventh-day Baptist. In 1853, at age 16-17, she joined the Cedar Creek Baptist Church, which presumably was in or near Ozark. Her father Wilson Vancleve was an Elder in the Baptist Church, but we do not know whether before or after the family moved from Kentucky to Illinois in 1850.
In October 1875 Issac and his family moved from Illinois to Stone County, Arkansas. Effie Orr says that the move was prompted by religious differences with the Mormons in Illinois. John Butler says that the Branscums left in a wogon pulled by oxen; they were part od a wagon train heading for Missouri. Somehow, according to John, Issac's family left the group and went to Arkansas instead. John says further that the trip took three years, but could hardly be so if Flora was born in Stone County in April 1876, as the record shows.
Gloria Autry heard her great-grandmother Tilda tell about the trip. Tilda was ten years old. She recalled that the family moved west in a Covered wagon, and that they crossed the Mississippi River by ferryboat.
While religious differences may have influenced the decision to leave Illinois, the decision to relocate in Stone County, Arkansas may have been influenced by the presence of relatives there. Ollie writes:
"Other Branscums lived around Onia, Timbo, Upper Clark and Fox Mountain. A man known as Uncle Andy Branscum lived at Onia and was (or said he was) a cousin to Granddad. I don't know any more than that. Anyway, they passed as cousins, and the children still claim kin. Uncle Andy was about Granddad's age."
There is a clue of kinship, albeit a tenuous one, in the names of Uncle Andy Branscum's children. His daughters were named Lucinda, Jane, Sarah and Manerva--all names Issac and Elizabeth also gave their daughters (Uncle Andy also had "a son or two," but Ollie does not recall their names).
The 1880 census for Stone County locates Issac and his family in Locust Grove Township, but all subsequent records show the family in Timbo Township. There is no evidence that Issac moved again after settling in Stone County. We are left with the possibilities either that the census-takers made a mistake or that the township lines were changed. Because Stone County was formed in 1873, only two years before Issac and his family arrived (out of the neighboring counties of Isard, Searcy, Van Buren and Independence), it is possible that there was some uncertainty about the location of township lines.
In Stone County Issac had a farm consisting of four forty-acre plots in the form of a tee. We do not know whether he obtained all four plots on his arrival or whether he later added to his original purchase of a lesser amount of land. The farm is located approximately two miles north of Timbo on the road to Onia. The area around Issac's farm is called Fairview, and the farm was called Branscum Hill. Ollie says that her grandfather's property was "on top of the hill and under the hill."
Initially Issac built a one-room log house on the property, and the family lived there while the permanent dwelling was being constructed. The one room house is long gone, but it stayed in existence long enough to serve as a "weaning house," as my mother would use the term: a first home for a child upon his or her marriage. Tilda's family lived there during the 1890's, and Effie was born there in 1895. Ollie says, "I remember a small barn, a one-room log building with shedding on each side and one end. It could be the earlier house remodeled into a barn. As the Indians say, it has been gone for many a summer."
After his father's death in 1919 Billy sold his parents' farm. But he didn't say who was the buyer. Homer and Ollie did a little sleuthing and found that Otis Powell once owned the entire 160 acre farm--excepting possibly one acre. He still owns 79 acres. He sold six acres, including the house, to his brother Leonard Powell. Leonard lives there now. Otis Powell sold the remaining 74 acres to Corbin Gammill, who still owns it.
Two houses have been mentioned; there was a third house in the farm, located fairly close to the one-room structure. It, too, consisted of a single room with a porch in front and a kitchen in the back. This house, like the other, served as a home for children when they had their own families. Willie and Flora Butler lived there around the turn of the century. Joe and Tilda Mitchell lived in the other house at the same time. Effie says that the Butlers lived "directly across the road from me," but Ollie says that the earlier house--if, indeed, the barn she recalls was once the house in question--was "across the street and down a little ways." At any rate, the two houses were quite close to each other. This third house is now gone, and Otis Powell has built his home upon the spot.
Let us stand with young Effie Mitchell on Branscum Hill and look to the south; here is her recollection more than 80 years later:
"Beyond Grandma's beautiful garden was Aunt Mollie's first little Store, where the road turns toward Timbo. (Mollie later had a store, post office and boarding house in Timbo.) Beyond the corner was the Tubbs house and the Powell house. Across the road was Jesse Goodman's store and Dr. Stevenson's house. Dr. Stevenson was the physician who delivered me."
Now let us look with Effie to the North: "Three or four relatives lived in sight of Grandpa's, down the little hill and across the woods a mile to Clark School House (now Onia): Uncle Billy and family, Aunt Alice and family, Uncle Henry and family, all lived near each other. When Uncle Henry and family moved to Missouri, we moved into his house and lived there until we left Arkansas for Oklahoma.
Issac owned the usual animals found on a self-contained farm of the period: horses, cows, hogs, sheep and chickens are mentioned. He grew corn, cotton, oats, patatoes, wheat, turnips, cabbage and other vegetables. Aunt Zelda says that Issac was more fortunate than some of his neighbors in that his land was more fertile; he could grow crops that would not grow well on neighboring property. Aunt Zelda also recalls that Issac grew herbs and dried them for shipping to pharmaceutical houses. Neighbors came to him for herbs to cure their ills. Evidently Elizabeth had her own garden for vegetables and flowers.
Fruit was probably more important than vegetable and grain crops. There were several large orchards (Zelda says three). Issac sold apples, peaches and pears on a large scale. Effie recalls walking in the orchard with her grandfather when she was small. After the apples were picked Issac would turn the hogs loose in the orchards to eat the drops. Effie also passed on to Gloria Autry a story she heard from her mother Tilda: "Issac had a cider mill and made apple juice and cider. Sometimes the brothers would get into the cider and get drunk. One evening Henry Franklin came in very drunk. Mother martha had cut up chickens for the next day's meal, put the pices in a crock and salted them down to keep them overnight. Henry took a chicken leg from the crock and began to eat it. One of his brothers hollered at him that he was eating raw chicken--Henry was too drunk to notice!"
In 1985 Otis Powell showed Homer and Ollie Crymes an old pear tree that Issac had set out many years previously.
Issac sold fruit trees as well as fruit. John Butler called him a nurseryman and said that he spent much time in winter sitting by the fire and grafting fruit trees. He made a good living selling them. Gloria passes on this insight into Issac's temperament: "Sometimes a man would ask for a tree and would promise to pay later. Issac would give the man a tree even though he knew he would not be paid. When asked why he did so, Issac would say, "That man's children will eat apples from that tree.""
Sometimes bear meat would supplement the usual diet. Florence passed on this story to her son Cranford, who then told it to his granddaughter Connie Ivy: "Bear was plentiful when Florance was little. The bears would play in the road but hurt no one. Issac would kill a bear, cure the meat, and eat it all year round.
The family made most of their clothing. The daughters were known as accomplished seamstresses. On the back porch of the Branscum home was a loom on which Elizabeth wove cloth and carpets. Issac had a tanning vat and made shoes.
Issac valued education and instilled in his children a respect for education. We know nothing of Issac's schooling and can only be amazed that he could develop such writing skills in the circumstances he experienced as a boy. His spelling and grammar might have been flawed, but his writing is clear and to the point.
There are clues that the family was thrifty. At least Issac and Elizabeth imparted the trait of thriftiness to their daughter Effie. In her household waste was practically sinful.
The Branscum home was a stopping place for travelers. After their own children were grown, Issac and Elizabeth also took orphaned children into their home. They reared Roy Brantley, the child of one of Elizabeth's neices on the Vancleve side. Issac considered Roy as one of the family and included his name in the family records. The 1900 census also shows a boarder, Frior Lafeyette, in the Branscum household. He could have been merely a boarder of a hired hand, but Gloria's statement supports the belief that he could have been one of the persons to whom Issac and Elizabeth gave a home.
We said that Issac was a member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church. In Stone County he was known as "Sunday Ike" because he kept Saturday as the Sabbath and worked on Sunday. Two other Issac Branscums lived in Stone County at the time; they were known as "Guinea Ike" and "Drinley Iks." At school the children were teased about working on Sunday. Eventually Issac changed to the conventional branch of Baptists who kept Sunday as the Sabbath. We know from Elizabeth's obituary that she was a member of the Blue Mountain Baptist Church in Mountain View, so we can assume Issac also became a member there.
In some letters from Issac to Effie there was mention of a baptisam that took place in a creek one quarter mile from Eddie's place. I, Herman Cummings, found a picture that was taken approximatly during this time frame at a creek and a lot of people were presant. Could this baptisam be the one in the picture? Here is the account given to Gloria Autry: "All the family members congregated at the home of Eddie and Lillian Branscum to get ready for the baptisam. There seemed to be a customary uniform for those being baptised. The women and girls changed into white blouses with black skirts. The skirts were fitted at the waist and hipps but flared out below. The wemon had rolls of straight pins. They began to pin each others' skirts in pleated fashion all around the hemline to keep them from floating when they entered the water.
The families walked about a quarter of a mile to the stream where the baptism was to take place, and there they joined the families of the 29-30 others who were to be baptized. Family and friends stood in the shade of the trees along the banks while the converts entered the water. During the service Eddie paced up and down the bank with his youngest child, one-year-old Guy, in his arms. Guy was crying and making a racket.
When the service was over the three Branscum families walked back to Eddie's house. Those who had been baptised dreid and dressed.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Isaac G. Branscum (M)
(Jun. 1896 - ), #344940
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Isaac G. Branscum was born in Jun. 1896 at Illinois. He was the son of James Edwin Branscum and Lillian Looney.

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James Edwin Branscum (M)
(8. May. 1871 - 18. Dec. 1946), #79192
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     James Edwin Branscum was also known as Branscom. James Edwin Branscum was born on 8. May. 1871 at Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois. He was the son of Isaac Charles Branscum and Martha Elizabeth Van Cleve. James Edwin Branscum married Lillian Looney on 25. Jun. 1892. James Edwin Branscum died on 18. Dec. 1946 at California at age 75.

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Jane Branscum (F)
#344915
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Relationship=8th cousin of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=9th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Jane Branscum was the daughter of Thurlo Luther Branscum.

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Janet Wynona Branscum (F)
#344907
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Relationship=8th cousin of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=9th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Janet Wynona Branscum was the daughter of Otis Rector Branscum and Eva Long.

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Kay Branscum (F)
(1909 - ), #344955
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Kay Branscum was born in 1909. She was the daughter of William Walter Branscum and Maggie Pogue.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Lexie Branscum (F)
#344911
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Relationship=8th cousin of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=9th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Lexie Branscum was the daughter of Thurlo Luther Branscum.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Manerva Jane Branscum (F)
(21. Jul. 1861 - 10. Mar. 1867), #79187
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Manerva Jane Branscum was also known as Branscom. Manerva Jane Branscum was born on 21. Jul. 1861 at Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Isaac Charles Branscum and Martha Elizabeth Van Cleve. Manerva Jane Branscum died on 10. Mar. 1867 at Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois, at age 5.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Margie Josephine Branscum (F)
#344947

     Margie Josephine Branscum married William Edd Moore.

Last Edited=3 Dec 2005

Martha Florence Branscum (F)
(28. Nov. 1864 - 6. Apr. 1949), #79191
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Martha Florence Branscum was also known as Branscom. Martha Florence Branscum was born on 28. Nov. 1864 at Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Isaac Charles Branscum and Martha Elizabeth Van Cleve. Martha Florence Branscum married William Lawrence Wilson on 23. Jul. 1889. Martha Florence Branscum died on 6. Apr. 1949 at Onia, Stone County, Arkansas, at age 84.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Mary Ann Branscum (F)
(20. Feb. 1859 - 2. Mar. 1947), #79186
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Mary Ann Branscum was also known as Branscom. She was also known as Mollie Branscum. Mary Ann Branscum was born on 20. Feb. 1859 at Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Isaac Charles Branscum and Martha Elizabeth Van Cleve. Mary Ann Branscum married Silas Bennett Lawrence, son of John W. Lawrence and Dulcena Tapp, on 11. Jan. 1900 at Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas.
Mary Ann Branscum and Silas Bennett Lawrence appeared on the census of 2. Jan. 1920 at Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas.
Mary Ann Branscum and Silas Bennett Lawrence appeared on the census of 5. Apr. 1930 at Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas. Mary Ann Branscum resided at at Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, in 1947. She died on 2. Mar. 1947 at Last Chance, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, at age 88. She was a Teacher. She was buried in Okemah Cemetery. She was also known as Mollie Branscum. It is very likely that Mollie lived at home untill 1900, when at age 40 or 41 she was married. She could have lived at home even as late as October 1909, because Issac's letter written then states, "Mollie is mending slowly. She can walk around and help do the housework." Thereafter she must have lived nearby: (a) in September 1913 Issac wrote to Effie to say that Elizabeth had received the dress pattern Effie had sent and that Elizabeth had taken it to Mollie to have the dress made; Mollie was too busy; (b) after Elizabeth's death Issac writes about an inpending visit to Mollie as if he could normally see her often.
Here is Mollie's account of herself in her letter to her nephew Charles:
In my girlhood I tought several terms of county schools. In those days we handled from 30 to 60 students in the old alphabet style. Occasionally I needed help in order to get through by 4 in the evening, and sister Effie, your mother, was about the best help I could get. She was lovable and had the confidence of the children. They were glad to have her assistance. I went from teaching to selling goods on a small scale and was appointed Post Master and worked at that about 12 years and in 1900 married Silas Lawrence. Lived with him 45 years and he died. I am still here, almost 88, and in pretty good health except for rheumatism in my knees.
Mollie and Silas had no children, else she would have mentioned them in the letter. In 1947 Mollies address was Okemah, Oklahoma. Okemah is in Ofuskee County, due east from Oklahoma City.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Nancy Cora Branscum (F)
(16. Sep. 1874 - 14. Aug. 1959), #79194
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Nancy Cora Branscum was also known as Nancy Cora Branscom. Nancy Cora Branscum was born on 16. Sep. 1874 at Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Isaac Charles Branscum and Martha Elizabeth Van Cleve. Nancy Cora Branscum married William P. Morris on 27. Oct. 1895 at Stone County, Arkansas. Nancy Cora Branscum died on 14. Aug. 1959 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, at age 84.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Nelma Jean Branscum (F)
#344905
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Relationship=8th cousin of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=9th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Nelma Jean Branscum was the daughter of Otis Rector Branscum and Eva Long.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Otis Rector Branscum (M)
(6. Mar. 1899 - 29. Sep. 1959), #344902
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Otis Rector Branscum was born on 6. Mar. 1899 at Timbo, Stone County, Arkansas. He was the son of Henry Franklin Branscum and Arizona Jane Webb. Otis Rector Branscum married Eva Long on 20. Feb. 1930 at Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico. Otis Rector Branscum died on 29. Sep. 1959 at Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, at age 60.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Penny Branscum (F)
#344919
Relationship=8th cousin of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=9th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Philip Edward Branscum (M)
#344900
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Relationship=8th cousin of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=9th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Philip Edward Branscum was the son of Dexter Allen Branscum and Velma Barnes.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Ray Branscum (M)
(22. Sep. 1895 - 31. Jan. 1916), #344943
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Ray Branscum was born on 22. Sep. 1895. He was the son of William Walter Branscum and Maggie Pogue. Ray Branscum died on 31. Jan. 1916 at age 20.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Rhoda Branscum (F)
(19. Sep. 1915 - 25. Aug. 1920), #344956
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Rhoda Branscum was born on 19. Sep. 1915. She was the daughter of William Walter Branscum and Maggie Pogue. Rhoda Branscum died on 25. Aug. 1920 at age 4.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Roy Branscum (M)
(1906 - ), #344954
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Roy Branscum was born in 1906. He was the son of William Walter Branscum and Maggie Pogue.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Sarah Alice Branscum (F)
(15. Jan. 1863 - 12. Jan. 1930), #79188
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Sarah Alice Branscum was also known as Branscom. Sarah Alice Branscum was born on 15. Jan. 1863 at Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Isaac Charles Branscum and Martha Elizabeth Van Cleve. Sarah Alice Branscum married William Jasper Sutterfield on 9. Feb. 1883 at Stone County, Arkansas; this is the second marriage for William. Sarah Alice Branscum died on 12. Jan. 1930 at Stone County, Arkansas, at age 66.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Swane Branscum (M)
#344914
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Relationship=8th cousin of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=9th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Swane Branscum was the son of Thurlo Luther Branscum.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Theda Janita Branscum (F)
#344904
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Relationship=8th cousin of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=9th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Theda Janita Branscum was the daughter of Otis Rector Branscum and Eva Long.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Thurlo Luther Branscum (M)
(9. Apr. 1905 - 6. Dec. 1986), #344909
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Thurlo Luther Branscum was born on 9. Apr. 1905 at Purdy, Berry County, Missouri. He was the son of Henry Franklin Branscum and Arizona Jane Webb. Thurlo Luther Branscum died on 6. Dec. 1986 at Muleshoe, Lamb County, Texas, at age 81.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Walter C. Branscum (M)
(Mar. 1894 - ), #344939
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Walter C. Branscum was born in Mar. 1894 at Illinois. He was the son of James Edwin Branscum and Lillian Looney.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

William Walter Branscum (M)
(17. Feb. 1873 - 27. Sep. 1952), #79193
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     William Walter Branscum was also known as Branscom. William Walter Branscum was born on 17. Feb. 1873 at Tunnel Hill, Johnson County, Illinois. He was the son of Isaac Charles Branscum and Martha Elizabeth Van Cleve. William Walter Branscum married Maggie Pogue on 27. Dec. 1894. William Walter Branscum died on 27. Sep. 1952 at Okemah, Oklahoma, at age 79.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Willie H. Branscum (M)
(Nov. 1897 - ), #344941
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Willie H. Branscum was born in Nov. 1897 at Illinois. He was the son of James Edwin Branscum and Lillian Looney.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Willis Walker Branscum (M)
(27. Oct. 1902 - 15. Sep. 1955), #344908
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Willis Walker Branscum was born on 27. Oct. 1902 at Purdy, Berry County, Missouri. He was the son of Henry Franklin Branscum and Arizona Jane Webb. Willis Walker Branscum died on 15. Sep. 1955 at Amherst, Lamb County, Texas, at age 52.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Winnie C. Branscum (F)
(Mar. 1900 - ), #344942
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Relationship=7th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=8th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Winnie C. Branscum was born in Mar. 1900 at Arkansas. She was the daughter of James Edwin Branscum and Lillian Looney.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Amanda Branson (F)
#157461

     Amanda Branson married Horatio E. Conover, son of Ruliff Conover and Eleanor Schenck Van Cleaf, on 7. Jan. 1858.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Averill Percy Branson (M)
#288606

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Charles E. Branson (M)
#424793

     Charles E. Branson married Minnie Van Voorhis, daughter of Charles Smith Van Voorhis and Lucy Dennis.

Last Edited=18 May 2007

James Lemuel Branson (M)
(28. Aug. 1910 - 13. Jan. 1994), #413633
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     James Lemuel Branson was born on 28. Aug. 1910 at Marion, Illinois. He was the son of Martin B. Branson and Ethel Jane Lacy. James Lemuel Branson married Irene Nellie Spooner, daughter of Lorenzo Allen Spooner and Catherine Ludlow, on 31. Jul. 1934 at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan. James Lemuel Branson died on 13. Jan. 1994 at Wildwood, Sumpter County, Florida, at age 83.

Last Edited=24 Nov 2006

Martin B. Branson (M)
#413634

     Martin B. Branson married Ethel Jane Lacy.

Last Edited=24 Nov 2006

Nancy F. Branson (F)
#397814

     Nancy F. Branson married R. Otto Beaty.

Last Edited=3 Dec 2005

Emma Branstetter (F)
#422824

     Emma Branstetter married James Hughlett.

Last Edited=11 Apr 2007

(Unknown) Brant (M)
#419797

     (Unknown) Brant married Ione Lose, daughter of Peter Belles Lose and Caroline Isabel Renn.

Last Edited=28 Feb 2007

Abigail Brant (F)
#248608

     Abigail Brant married Ezekiel Ogden.

Last Edited=3 Dec 2005

Donald August Brant (M)
#251378

     Donald August Brant married Esther Estella Shamp, daughter of Clyde Hudson Shamp and Nora Ellen Moose.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Frederick Stanford Brant (M)
#428889

     Frederick Stanford Brant married Henrietta Harbit.

Last Edited=18 Jul 2007

Jennie M. Brant (F)
#87814

     Jennie M. Brant married George A. Knapp.

Last Edited=3 Dec 2005

Marjory Lynn Brant (F)
#251380
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Relationship=8th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=10th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Marjory Lynn Brant was the daughter of Donald August Brant and Esther Estella Shamp.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Nancy Brant (F)
(7. Sep. 1827 - 11. Aug. 1905), #331529

     Nancy Brant was also known as Nancy Brandt. Nancy Brant was born on 7. Sep. 1827 at New York. She married William Denise, son of Deacon Denise Denise and Altie Hulse. Nancy Brant and William Denise were divorced. Nancy Brant died on 11. Aug. 1905 at Michigan at age 77.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Patti Sue Brant (F)
#251379
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Relationship=8th cousin 1 time removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=10th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Patti Sue Brant was the daughter of Donald August Brant and Esther Estella Shamp.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Viola Beatrice Brant (F)
(4. Oct. 1908 - 11. Jul. 1994), #428888
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     Viola Beatrice Brant was born on 4. Oct. 1908 at Lafayette, Indiana. She was the daughter of Frederick Stanford Brant and Henrietta Harbit. Viola Beatrice Brant married Hallie Edward Conover, son of Joseph Conover and Ida King, on 31. Dec. 1926 at Johnson County, Indiana. Viola Beatrice Brant married George Edward Gilliand in 1930 at Marion County, Indiana. Viola Beatrice Brant married John Cliff c 1950 at Indiana. Viola Beatrice Brant died on 11. Jul. 1994 at Seminole County, Florida, at age 85.

Last Edited=18 Jul 2007

James Branthafer (M)
#329532

     James Branthafer married Mary Louise Richardson, daughter of Benjamin G. Richardson and Verna Olive Collanbine.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Forrest Brantley (M)
(bt 1879 - 1899 - bt 1913 - 1985), #106137

     Forrest Brantley was born bt 1879 - 1899. He married Stella Crownover, daughter of James Lee Crownover and Orlena Hargrove, bt 1910 - 1943. Forrest Brantley died bt 1913 - 1985.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

(Unknown) Branton (M)
#313021

     (Unknown) Branton married Nancy Koury, daughter of Adolph J. Koury and Norma Dewailly.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Francis Braser (F)
#226141

     Francis Braser married Bernardus La Grange, son of Jacobus de La Grange and Engeltie Veeder, in 1747.

Last Edited=10 Sep 2000

Amanda Brashear (F)
#356543
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Relationship=5th cousin 3 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=6th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Amanda Brashear was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Brashear and Mary Lefferson. Amanda Brashear married (Unknown) Webb.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Anna Brashear (F)
#356539
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Relationship=5th cousin 3 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=6th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Anna Brashear was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Brashear and Mary Lefferson. Anna Brashear married (Unknown) Barnitz.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Benjamin Franklin Brashear (M)
#356538

     Benjamin Franklin Brashear married Mary Lefferson, daughter of Garret Lefferson and Sarah N. Barkalow.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006