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Daniel Branson

1816 – 1856

Birth1816
Death1856
CemeteryNichols Cemetery
Fayette County , Illinois , USA
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142750461

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____________________ ~~ DANIEL BRANSON ~~ ________________________ (Pittsylvania County, VA is divided into 7 Districts: Banister, Callands-Gretna, Chatham-Blairs, "Dan River", Staunton River, Tunstall, & Westover.) “Daniel Branson” was born in 1816 @ Pittsylvania Co., VA. He died in 1856 @ Fayette Co., Illinois…the same place & year as his wife’s death. (There was a cholera epidemic since 1854.) ________________________ DANIEL was born to "John Branson" & "Jane (Jennie) Norton". His parents married on 2-17-1800 @ the Dan River District of Pittsylvania Co., VA. They lived in Chatham. They had 8 Children, but only 6 Lived-to-Birth. DANIEL was their 5th. Child. ________________________ DANIEL’s FATHER: "John Branson" was one of 8 children (7 brothers & 1 sister) who were born to 'Absolom Branson & Jemima Lorton Branson' (who married in 1764). John was born in 1772 & died between 1851--1855 @ Pittsylvania Co., VA. He lived there his whole life. * In 1800 "John Branson" was the ONLY Branson family member left in VA. His father Absolom had died in Buncombe Co., NC 1798 after leaving VA; his mother Jemima had died in Grainger Co., TN in 1800. John's SIBLINGS were either in TN or in IN. John Branson 'alone' stayed in Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., VA where he married Jennie Norton in 1800. * ________________________ DANIEL’s MOTHER: "Jane (Jennie) Norton" was born on 7-1-1773 to "John Norton, Sr." & “Elizabeth ?Wilson? Norton”. Jane is thought to have died about 1849 @ Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., VA. ________________________ ** Unfortunately, DANIEL’s father John seemed to have trouble with fidelity & his marriage vows to his wife Jennie. Father John was arrested for adultery in Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., VA more-than-once. What was his relationship with his wife & children? I don't know. In the "early 1800's" this kind of public shame may have caused "John’s Own Family's Migration FROM VA". ** THE MIGRATION of JOHN & JENNIE's CHILDREN to other states is therefore understandable. Of the 6 Children, 4 went to Illinois; 1 went to TN; & 1 stayed in Pittsylvania Co., VA. Distancing oneself from scandal seemed important in the early 1800's. ________________________ DANIEL BRANSON's LINEAGE: Absolom Branson 1740-1798 + Jemima Lorton 1744-1800 John Branson 1772—between 1851-1855 + Jane Norton 1773—about 1849 Daniel Branson 1816-1856 + Cinthia Godsey 1818-1856 ________________________ DANIEL’s SIBLINGS: 1. "John N. Branson" (1801-1880); m: in 1829 to "Cynthia Hunter" (1803-1880); had 10 Children; MOVED to Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., TN by The Census of 1830. 2. "Susannah W. Branson" (1804-1893); m: on 11-5-1823 to "John Crenshaw Bullington" (1802-1859); had 11 Children; REMAINED in the Dan River District of Pittsylvania Co., VA. (Some reports say this family later moved from Pittsylvania Co., VA “following her mother’s (Jennie Norton Branson) death” which was sometime before the 1850 Census. They were said to have moved to Putnam Co., TN sometime before John C. Bullington’s death in 1859. There are 50 unmarked graves in the Bullington Cemetery there; Susannah’s & John C.’s graves may be there.) 3. "William Burwell Branson" (1806-1866); m: on 12-25-1844 to "Mary Ann Pryor" (1822-1878); had 1 Son; MOVED to Fayette Co., Illinois. + William Burwell Branson & his sister, Elizabeth Constance Branson, married Pryor Siblings, Mary Ann Pryor & George Allen Pryor. The Pryor Family had been in Fayette Co., Illinois since the 1830's. + 4. "Martha Jane Branson" (1810-1860); m: on 11-11-1828 to "Samuel Haislip" (1811-1853); had 7 Children; MOVED to Fayette Co., Illinois. 5. DANIEL BRANSON (1816-1856); m: on 12-19-1839 to CINTHIA GODSEY (1818-1856); had 2 Children; they MOVED to Fayette Co., Illinois. *** This couple had his father John living "with them" when The Census of 1850 was taken in Pittsylvania Co., VA…there was no mention of his mother Jennie in this census. Thus, it is surmised that Jennie died prior to 1850. (Why not have the daughter, Susannah Branson Bullington, who had remained in Pittsylvania Co., VA care for her father? It could be that his arrests for adultery against her mother soured her “or” that “perhaps her mother was living with her”. Her siblings ALL moved from VA "when" they could). Following father John's death (which was between 1851-1855), DANIEL & CINTHIA & their children Moved to Fayette Co., Illinois where 3 of Daniel's Siblings already lived! Daniel & Cinthia both died in 1856 in Illinois. There had been a Cholera Epidemic since 1854. *** 6. "Elizabeth Constance Branson" (1817-1908); m: on 11-6-1839 to "George Allen Pryor" (1817-1866); had 7 Children; MOVED to Fayette Co., Illinois in 1843. ________________________ DANIEL BRANSON MARRIED “Cinthia Godsey” (1818-1856) on 12-19-1839 @ Pittsylvania Co., VA. They had 2 Children. CINTHIA was the daughter of: “William Godsey” (1794-1866) & “Francis Haislip Godsey” (1801-1855). She was the 2nd. of 10 children born to her parents. ________________________ “Daniel Branson” died in 1856 @ Fayette Co., Illinois with his wife dying @ the same place & in the same year as her husband. Undoubtedly, they were loved & missed by their children & extended family in Illinois & by Daniel’s other siblings who were in TN & VA in 1856. ________________________ ~~Lynda, 2-great’s-granddaughter to Daniel’s brother, John N. ________________________

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