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~~ "ANDREW" JACKSON BRANSON ~~
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"ANDREW" Jackson BRANSON was born in 1845 in Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., TN. He died in 1918 @ Ennis, Ellis Co., TX.
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ANDREW was the son of "John N. Branson" (1801-1880) & "Cynthia Hunter Branson" (1803-1880).

"John N. & Cynthia" MARRIED in 1829. They are on The 1830 Census in Fayetteville, TN.

Father, John N. Branson, was a "Brick Mason".

HIS PARENTS lived in Fayetteville, TN from The 1830 Census until John N.'s death in Feb. 1880 @ age 79. Cynthia was listed on The 1880 Census in Fayetteville but died on 10-31-1880 @ 77.
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10 SIBLINGS were born @ Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., TN:

1. Sarah Jane Branson b: 1829
2. Franklin Daniel Branson b: 1832
3. Martha Cynthia Branson b: 1834
4. Thomas Benton Branson b: 1836
5. John Rufus Branson b: Jun 1838
6. James Polk Knox Branson b: 1840
7. ANDREW JACKSON BRANSON b: 1845
8. William Bonner Branson b: 11-26-1847
9. Sophronia Branson b: 1849
10.Amanda Branson b: 1850.
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BRANSON LINEAGE:

Thomas Branson 1635 England--1684 MD
+ Amy ?Morris?

Michael Branson 1680 MD--after 1744 MD
+ Rebecca ?Yates?

Absolom Branson 1740-1798
+ Jemima Lorton 1744-1800

John Branson 1772--1851-55
+ Jane Norton 1773--about 1849

John N. Branson 1801-1880
+ Cynthia Hunter 1803-1880

Andrew Jackson Branson 1845-1918
+ 1st. wife = J. B. Lacy
+ 2nd. wife = Clara Cunningham 1870-
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ANDREW's MOTHER's LINEAGE:

William Hunter, I 1624-?
+ ?

William Hunter, II 1650-1729
+ Joane ?

Nicholas Hunter 1678-1749
+ Rebecca Hardy 1683-1785; m: 1703

Isaac Hunter 1705-1749
+ 2nd. wife Sarah Hill; m: 1724

Reuben Bonahan Hunter 1735-1794 (or 1796)
+ Sarah Speight 1737-1811; m: 1760

Reuben Hunter 1761-1833
+ Cynthia Utley 1762 (or 1764)-1854; m: 1783
*** There was a "Cholera Outbreak in 1854 in TN". ***

Cynthia Hunter 1803-1880
+ John N. Branson 1801-1880; m: 1829

*** Cynthia Hunter's Father, "Reuben Hunter", is buried in Lincoln Co., TN @ a VERY small cemetery called "Hunter (Reubin) Cemetery" where he is buried with "4 Branson's". ***
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Unfortunately, I do not have any information on ANDREW's WIVES' LINEAGES.
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~~ANDREW's 1st. WIFE = "J. B. LACY" MARRIED Andrew Jackson Branson on 12-9-1873 in Ellis Co., TX.

They had at least ONE SON, "WILLIAM BONNER BRANSON" on
1-28-1882 @ Ennis, Ellis Co., TX. William married "Myrtle Hall" who was born on 1-20-1882 in Washington Co., TX. (This is about 165 miles south of where William Bonner Branson was born in Ennis, TX.)

WILLIAM died on 6-7-1957 & is buried @ Ennis, Ellis Co., TX in the same cemetery as his father. His wife Myrtle died in 1962.
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~~ANDREW's 2nd. WIFE = "CLARA CUNNINGHAM" (1870--).
They MARRIED on 2-3-1898 in Ellis Co., TX.

They had ONE DAUGHTER, "LIZZIE V. BRANSON" in 1899.
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CONFUSION OVER THE NAME: "ANDREW JACKSON BRANSON".

There were at least 3 or 4 Andrew Jackson Branson's in the 1800's....confusing & complicated all-by-itself!

But, if it wasn't confusing enough, ANDREW & HIS BROTHER further complicated things!

The 2 brothers were born to: "John N. Branson & Cynthia Hunter Branson". They were: "Andrew Jackson Branson (b: 1845)" & "William Bonner Branson (b: 1847)". THEY NAMED their first SONS after one another!!!

So, ANDREW named HIS SON "William Bonner Branson" to HONOR HIS BROTHER who had "the exact same name"!

Then, ANDREW's BROTHER "William Bonner Branson" named his first son "ANDREW JACKSON BRANSON" to HONOR HIS BROTHER who had "the exact same name"!

This was honorable but terribly confusing!
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ANDREW served in The Confederate Army during The Civil War. He was in "Co. B 8th Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A."
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~~ ANDREW's Migration From TN to TX ~~

The 1870 Census places ANDREW in Lincoln Co., TN; Census Place: District Lincoln, Tennessee; Roll M593_1544; Page: 268B; Image: 254; Family History Library Film: 553043

ANDREW left TN after The 1870 Census & at least 7 years before his parents deaths in 1880 & migrated to TX. He settled in Ennis, Ellis Co., TX between 1871-1873.

ANDREW MARRIED J. B. LACY on 12-9-1873 in Ellis Co., TX.

He & J. B. had his son in Jan. of 1882; he married for a 2nd. time in Feb. of 1898 & had a daughter in 1899. These were all done in Ellis Co., TX.
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"Andrew Jackson Branson" died in 1918 & is buried @ Ennis, Ellis Co., TX in The Myrtle Cemetery with a Confederate Inscription on his gravestone. He was appreciated & loved by his family!
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~~Lynda, great-granddaughter to ANDREW's favorite BROTHER, "William Bonner Branson"; the brother he honored by naming his son the same exact name.
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