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Special Photo Feature
Four
Generations of the Branson Clan
Wherever frontiersmen ventured,
there seem to have been Bransons. Some followed their Carolina neighbor, Daniel
Boone, into Kentucky. Some went to Tennessee, perhaps along with the Crockett
family, who were also neighbors back in Virginia. One of four Branson cousins
who left North Carolina to settle in Tennessee about 1789 was John Branson, a
great-grandson of Thomas. John's grandson, born just west of Chattanooga,
Tennessee, in 1819, was named for the hero of the Battle of New Orleans of the
War of 1812 (in which we also find Bransons fighting), and became Andrew Jackson
Branson. According to Mr. Joseph M. Branson of Kansas City, Missouri, this was
the branch of the Branson family which moved to Gasconade County, Missouri in
1829, when that area was the nation's westernmost frontier. Most of the Bransons
had large families, and Andrew Jackson Branson was no exception. He married in
1841 and he and his wife had eleven children.
Among the children of Andrew Jackson Branson, we find several who, fascinated as
their ancestors had been by the magic of the words "Go west", headed across the
plains and the mountains to California, Nevada and Colorado, establishing
branches of the Branson family in the far west, where they are still well
represented today. In the years that A. J. Branson's children were growing up,
there were other Bransons journeying to California in the fever of the Gold
Rush.
Source:
http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/periodicals/wrv/V1/N2/W61b.htm
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Andrew Jackson Branson
of Colorado - four generations

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Andrew Jackson Branson and Nancy Margrave
Andrew Jackson Branson was born Oct. 30, 1819. He married Nancy Margrave on Jan. 14, 1841 in Gasconade County, Missouri. Nancy was born Feb. 23, 1822 in Missouri.
Andrew and Nancy settled in Colorado.
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John Franklin Branson and Martha Ann Boyd
John Franklin Branson (Andrew Jackson Branson's son) was born Nov. 11, 1849 in Gasconade County, Missouri. He married Martha Ann Boyd some time before 1877. Martha was born May 24, 1857 in Holt County, Missouri.
John and Martha settled in California.
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Ira Lee Branson and Clara Lucille Fowler
Ira Lee Branson was born Dec. 22, 1879 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He married Clara Lucille Fowler on June 6, 1898 in Tres Padres, Taos, New Mexico. Clara was born Aug. 17, 1882 in Hebron, Thayer, Nebraska. Ira was the Sonoma County, California Roadmaster in the early 1900's. He was the son of John Franklin Branson and Martha Ann Boyd.
Ira and Clara settled in California.
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William Franklin Branson and Betty Jane Cook
William and Betty are still alive and well, living on the West Coast. They met just prior to World War II when William was in boot camp. They were married shortly after he returned from serving in New Guinea and other campaigns. William Franklin Branson is the son of Ira Lee Branson and Clara Lucille Fowler.
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