Born in Alto, Franklin County, Tennessee, October 2, 1833. Attended Irving College. Winchester schoolteacher. Private, Company C, 1st Tennessee, April 27, 1861. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, October 7, 1861. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster to Heth, September 15, 1864. Prisoner of war at Sailor's Creek. Took oath, June 1865. Postwar lawyer. Died March 7, 1901. Buried in Winchester City Cemetery. One source says Brannan's middle name was Hood.
-Staff Officers in Gray, pg 81
by Robert E. L. Krick, 2003
He was the son of Robert J. BRANNAN and Mary Elizabeth CARSON. He married Lucy Ann CAMPBELL 21 OCT 1858 in Bedford Co. TN , daughter of Abram CAMPBELL and LUCY. She was born 10 SEP 1840 in TN, and died 13 SEP 1886, buried in City Cemetery, Winchester, Franklin Co. TN. He married Almeda Harriet TILLMAN, daughter of Lewis TILLMAN and Mary Catherine DAVIDSON. She was born 2 APR 1856 in Bedford Co. TN, and died 8 JAN 1929 in Dekalb Co. GA.
William Henry Brannan was grandson to James Culwell Brannan and Eliz (Hood) Brannan.
Residence: Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee
Occupation: Farmhand/Teacher/Lawyer
Private/Captain/Quartermaster
Company 'C'/Field and Staff
1st Tennessee Infantry Volunteers (Turney's Regiment)
Enrolled 29 April 1861 at Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. Received commission as Quartermaster 7 October 1861 and transferred to Field and Staff with the rank of Captain. Admitted 5 May 1864 to General Hospital No. 4, Richmond, Virginia with neuralgia. Captured at Sailors Creek, Virginia 6 April 1865. Sent to Johnson's Island POW Prison and signed the oath 18 June 1865.
OBITUARY
Captain W.H. Brannan died at his home, on north High street, this morning at an early hour, after an illness of less than a week with pneumonia. He was taken sick last Thursday night, and seemed to grow rapidly worse from the start, and his sudden death was a severe shock, not only to his family but to the whole community. No man stood higher in the estimation of the people, and no man retained their love and confidence to a higher extent. A native of Franklin County, his whole life has been one long record of usefulness, of honesty and upright bearing. In his death the county and town lose one of our prominent citizens, the County Bar one of its ablest and best loved members, and every citizen who knew him, and whom he knew, a most valued friend.
William H. Brannan was born in the 9th district of Franklin county, near Alto, Oct. 2, 1833, and until eighteen years of age he was known as a faithful farmer boy. After the death of his mother in 1851, he received permission from his father to seek his own way in the world, and began at once to earn the money for his schooling, which he did, and took a complete course in Irving College, near McMinnville, finishing in 1857; he then taught school until Turney's Volunteer Regiment marched away with Capt. W.H. Brannan in its ranks. Serving through the war, he was captured April 6, 1865, or three days before Lee's surrender, near Appomattox Court House, and taken to Johnson's Island, kept a prisoner until June, when he was paroled and returned home. He read law in the same office with Govenor [sic] Turney in 1867, receiving his license to practice in 1868, since which time he has been in active practice.
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PETER TURNEY'S 1st TENNESSEE REGIMENT
COMPANY C
Company C was organized in Winchester, Franklin County, in late April 1861. It was nicknamed "The Mountain Boys" and officers at the organization were: Captain Miller TURNEY; 1st Ltn. Nathan FRIZZELL; 2nd Ltn. William W. ESTILL and Robert BRANNAN; 1st. Sgt. William E. WATSON; 2nd Sgt. Richard F. SIMS; 3rd Sgt. William D. HARRIS; 4th Sgt. Asa JACKSON; 1st Cpl. Howard W. HERMAN; 2nd Cpl. Thomas J. FOSTER; 3rd Cpl. John B. FARRIS; 4th Cpl. Ben SPYKER.
BRANNAN, William Henry Pvt., b. 2 Oct. 1833, Franklin Co., TN, d. 7 Mar. 1901, s/o Robert H. BRANNAN and Mary Elizabeth CARSON; m. (1) Lucy A. CAMPBELL (2) Almeda TILLMAN.~ *Residence, Winchester, fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, 6'1". Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Winchester, aged 30; received commission as quarter-master 7 Oct 61 and transferred to Field & Staff with the rank of Captain; admitted 5 May 64 to General Hospital No. 4, Richmond, VA, with neuralgia; captured at Sailors Creek, VA, 6 Apr 65; sent to Johnson's Island and signed the oath 18 June 65.*
BRANNAN, Willis Pvt./2nd Ltn., b. 23 Mar. 1836, Franklin co., TN, d. 12 Apr. 1907, TX, s/o Robert H. BRANNAN and Mary Elizabeth CARSON; m. Sarah Frances (JONES) BRANNAN.~ *Residence Winchester, fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, 6'1". Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Winchester, aged 28; captured at Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 63; also shown as captured at South Mountain on 5 July 63; exchanged 17 Mar 64 at Point Lookout and transferred to City Point, VA; captured at Petersburg, VA, 2 Apr 65; sent to Johnson's Island 9 Apr 65 and released on oath 18 June 65. Believed to have been transferred to Co I of this Regiment as a Second Lieutenant*
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Children of Lucy Ann CAMPBELL and William Henry(Capt) BRANNAN are:
i. Robert Hood BRANNAN was born 1870 in Franklin Co. TN.
ii. W.C. BRANNAN was born 1872 in Franklin Co. TN. He married Maggie NUNLEY 8 DEC 1889 .
iii. Horace Davidson (Capt) BRANNAN was born 12 NOV 1872 in Franklin Co. TN, and died 21 FEB 1949 in City Cemetery Winchester, Franklin Co. TN . Horace married Lucy Pearl FARRIS 2 SEP 1901 in Winchester, Franklin Co. TN daughter of Joseph A. FARRIS and Louisa J. HORTON. She was born 29 MAR 1882 in Maxwell, Franklin Co. TN, and died 22 OCT 1970 in City Cemetery Winchester, Franklin Co. TN.
iv. Stella Lucille BRANNAN was born 13 DEC 1877 in Franklin Co. TN, and died 9 SEP 1948 in Los Angles, CA. She married Charles S. BONE 9 JAN 1896 in Lincoln Co. TN.
Children of Almeda Harriet TILLMAN and William Henry (Capt) BRANNAN are:
i. Samuel Tillman BRANNAN was born 1890, and died 13 MAR 1959 in Atlanta, Dekalb Co. GA.
ii. Francis Marion BRANNAN was born 28 NOV 1895, and died APR 1969 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co. AR.
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William Henry Brannan
Source: Book titled Glimpses into the Lives and Times of the Confederate Soldiers Known to Be Buried in City Cemetery, Winchester, Tennessee, researched and compiled by Joy Quandt Gallagher, President 1996-1998 Peter Turney Chapter #1927 United Daughters of the Confederacy, Winchester, Tennessee, 1998, pages 28-31.
William Henry Brannan was Captain in Company C, 1st Turney's Tennessee Infantry, CSA
Soldier born October 2, 1833, Franklin County, Tennessee, son of Robert H. Brannan and Mary Elizabeth Carson
Soldier died March 7, 1901, Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee
Soldier member of Peter Turney Bivouac ACS
Married October 21, 1858, Miss Lucy A. Campbell, daughter of Rev. James and Lindy C. Campbell
Wife born September 30, 1840, Tennessee
Wife died September 13, 1886
Wife buried beside soldier in City Cemetery, Winchester, TN
Known children: Robert H. (1869- ), W.C. (ca. 1871- ), Horace Davidson (1872- 1949), and Stella L. (ca. 1878- )
Married second November 29, 1888, Miss Almeda A. Tillman, daughter of Lewis Tillman, Sr. and Mary C. Davidson
Wife born Bedford County, Tennessee
Wife died January 8, 1929, Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia
Wife buried cemetery name unknown
Known children: Samuel "Sam" Tillman and Francis Marion ( -1967)
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Brannan's second wife's obituary in Thursday, January 10, 1929, The Truth and Herald, Winchester, Tennessee:
Mrs. Almeda Tillman Brannan, widow of Capt. W.H. Brannan, late of Winchester, died Tuesday at the home of her son, Sam E. Brannan in Decatur, Ga., following an illness of a few days from pneumonia.
The body was taken Wednesday to Nashville to the home of her brother's widow, Mrs. Newton Tillman. Funeral services will not be until Friday morning awaiting the arrival of her brother, Gen. Sam Tillman and his daughter from New York.
Mrs. Brannan was born near Shelbyville, Bedford county, was a graduate of the old Mary Sharp College at Winchester and since going to Nashville to make her home has been an active member of the Mary Sharp College Club of that city. She was a devout member of the Church of Christ.
Announcement of her death is learned with regret by a large number of friends in Winchester where with her late husband and their family she lived for many years. She was the mother of two sons, Sam E. Brannan of Decatur, and Major Francis Brannan of the U.S. Army stationed at Honolulu, and was the stepmother of H.D. Brannan of Belvidere.
-Staff Officers in Gray, pg 81
by Robert E. L. Krick, 2003
He was the son of Robert J. BRANNAN and Mary Elizabeth CARSON. He married Lucy Ann CAMPBELL 21 OCT 1858 in Bedford Co. TN , daughter of Abram CAMPBELL and LUCY. She was born 10 SEP 1840 in TN, and died 13 SEP 1886, buried in City Cemetery, Winchester, Franklin Co. TN. He married Almeda Harriet TILLMAN, daughter of Lewis TILLMAN and Mary Catherine DAVIDSON. She was born 2 APR 1856 in Bedford Co. TN, and died 8 JAN 1929 in Dekalb Co. GA.
William Henry Brannan was grandson to James Culwell Brannan and Eliz (Hood) Brannan.
Residence: Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee
Occupation: Farmhand/Teacher/Lawyer
Private/Captain/Quartermaster
Company 'C'/Field and Staff
1st Tennessee Infantry Volunteers (Turney's Regiment)
Enrolled 29 April 1861 at Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. Received commission as Quartermaster 7 October 1861 and transferred to Field and Staff with the rank of Captain. Admitted 5 May 1864 to General Hospital No. 4, Richmond, Virginia with neuralgia. Captured at Sailors Creek, Virginia 6 April 1865. Sent to Johnson's Island POW Prison and signed the oath 18 June 1865.
OBITUARY
Captain W.H. Brannan died at his home, on north High street, this morning at an early hour, after an illness of less than a week with pneumonia. He was taken sick last Thursday night, and seemed to grow rapidly worse from the start, and his sudden death was a severe shock, not only to his family but to the whole community. No man stood higher in the estimation of the people, and no man retained their love and confidence to a higher extent. A native of Franklin County, his whole life has been one long record of usefulness, of honesty and upright bearing. In his death the county and town lose one of our prominent citizens, the County Bar one of its ablest and best loved members, and every citizen who knew him, and whom he knew, a most valued friend.
William H. Brannan was born in the 9th district of Franklin county, near Alto, Oct. 2, 1833, and until eighteen years of age he was known as a faithful farmer boy. After the death of his mother in 1851, he received permission from his father to seek his own way in the world, and began at once to earn the money for his schooling, which he did, and took a complete course in Irving College, near McMinnville, finishing in 1857; he then taught school until Turney's Volunteer Regiment marched away with Capt. W.H. Brannan in its ranks. Serving through the war, he was captured April 6, 1865, or three days before Lee's surrender, near Appomattox Court House, and taken to Johnson's Island, kept a prisoner until June, when he was paroled and returned home. He read law in the same office with Govenor [sic] Turney in 1867, receiving his license to practice in 1868, since which time he has been in active practice.
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PETER TURNEY'S 1st TENNESSEE REGIMENT
COMPANY C
Company C was organized in Winchester, Franklin County, in late April 1861. It was nicknamed "The Mountain Boys" and officers at the organization were: Captain Miller TURNEY; 1st Ltn. Nathan FRIZZELL; 2nd Ltn. William W. ESTILL and Robert BRANNAN; 1st. Sgt. William E. WATSON; 2nd Sgt. Richard F. SIMS; 3rd Sgt. William D. HARRIS; 4th Sgt. Asa JACKSON; 1st Cpl. Howard W. HERMAN; 2nd Cpl. Thomas J. FOSTER; 3rd Cpl. John B. FARRIS; 4th Cpl. Ben SPYKER.
BRANNAN, William Henry Pvt., b. 2 Oct. 1833, Franklin Co., TN, d. 7 Mar. 1901, s/o Robert H. BRANNAN and Mary Elizabeth CARSON; m. (1) Lucy A. CAMPBELL (2) Almeda TILLMAN.~ *Residence, Winchester, fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, 6'1". Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Winchester, aged 30; received commission as quarter-master 7 Oct 61 and transferred to Field & Staff with the rank of Captain; admitted 5 May 64 to General Hospital No. 4, Richmond, VA, with neuralgia; captured at Sailors Creek, VA, 6 Apr 65; sent to Johnson's Island and signed the oath 18 June 65.*
BRANNAN, Willis Pvt./2nd Ltn., b. 23 Mar. 1836, Franklin co., TN, d. 12 Apr. 1907, TX, s/o Robert H. BRANNAN and Mary Elizabeth CARSON; m. Sarah Frances (JONES) BRANNAN.~ *Residence Winchester, fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, 6'1". Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Winchester, aged 28; captured at Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 63; also shown as captured at South Mountain on 5 July 63; exchanged 17 Mar 64 at Point Lookout and transferred to City Point, VA; captured at Petersburg, VA, 2 Apr 65; sent to Johnson's Island 9 Apr 65 and released on oath 18 June 65. Believed to have been transferred to Co I of this Regiment as a Second Lieutenant*
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Children of Lucy Ann CAMPBELL and William Henry(Capt) BRANNAN are:
i. Robert Hood BRANNAN was born 1870 in Franklin Co. TN.
ii. W.C. BRANNAN was born 1872 in Franklin Co. TN. He married Maggie NUNLEY 8 DEC 1889 .
iii. Horace Davidson (Capt) BRANNAN was born 12 NOV 1872 in Franklin Co. TN, and died 21 FEB 1949 in City Cemetery Winchester, Franklin Co. TN . Horace married Lucy Pearl FARRIS 2 SEP 1901 in Winchester, Franklin Co. TN daughter of Joseph A. FARRIS and Louisa J. HORTON. She was born 29 MAR 1882 in Maxwell, Franklin Co. TN, and died 22 OCT 1970 in City Cemetery Winchester, Franklin Co. TN.
iv. Stella Lucille BRANNAN was born 13 DEC 1877 in Franklin Co. TN, and died 9 SEP 1948 in Los Angles, CA. She married Charles S. BONE 9 JAN 1896 in Lincoln Co. TN.
Children of Almeda Harriet TILLMAN and William Henry (Capt) BRANNAN are:
i. Samuel Tillman BRANNAN was born 1890, and died 13 MAR 1959 in Atlanta, Dekalb Co. GA.
ii. Francis Marion BRANNAN was born 28 NOV 1895, and died APR 1969 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co. AR.
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William Henry Brannan
Source: Book titled Glimpses into the Lives and Times of the Confederate Soldiers Known to Be Buried in City Cemetery, Winchester, Tennessee, researched and compiled by Joy Quandt Gallagher, President 1996-1998 Peter Turney Chapter #1927 United Daughters of the Confederacy, Winchester, Tennessee, 1998, pages 28-31.
William Henry Brannan was Captain in Company C, 1st Turney's Tennessee Infantry, CSA
Soldier born October 2, 1833, Franklin County, Tennessee, son of Robert H. Brannan and Mary Elizabeth Carson
Soldier died March 7, 1901, Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee
Soldier member of Peter Turney Bivouac ACS
Married October 21, 1858, Miss Lucy A. Campbell, daughter of Rev. James and Lindy C. Campbell
Wife born September 30, 1840, Tennessee
Wife died September 13, 1886
Wife buried beside soldier in City Cemetery, Winchester, TN
Known children: Robert H. (1869- ), W.C. (ca. 1871- ), Horace Davidson (1872- 1949), and Stella L. (ca. 1878- )
Married second November 29, 1888, Miss Almeda A. Tillman, daughter of Lewis Tillman, Sr. and Mary C. Davidson
Wife born Bedford County, Tennessee
Wife died January 8, 1929, Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia
Wife buried cemetery name unknown
Known children: Samuel "Sam" Tillman and Francis Marion ( -1967)
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Brannan's second wife's obituary in Thursday, January 10, 1929, The Truth and Herald, Winchester, Tennessee:
Mrs. Almeda Tillman Brannan, widow of Capt. W.H. Brannan, late of Winchester, died Tuesday at the home of her son, Sam E. Brannan in Decatur, Ga., following an illness of a few days from pneumonia.
The body was taken Wednesday to Nashville to the home of her brother's widow, Mrs. Newton Tillman. Funeral services will not be until Friday morning awaiting the arrival of her brother, Gen. Sam Tillman and his daughter from New York.
Mrs. Brannan was born near Shelbyville, Bedford county, was a graduate of the old Mary Sharp College at Winchester and since going to Nashville to make her home has been an active member of the Mary Sharp College Club of that city. She was a devout member of the Church of Christ.
Announcement of her death is learned with regret by a large number of friends in Winchester where with her late husband and their family she lived for many years. She was the mother of two sons, Sam E. Brannan of Decatur, and Major Francis Brannan of the U.S. Army stationed at Honolulu, and was the stepmother of H.D. Brannan of Belvidere.
Born in Alto, Franklin County, Tennessee, October 2, 1833. Attended Irving College. Winchester schoolteacher. Private, Company C, 1st Tennessee, April 27, 1861. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, October 7, 1861. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster to Heth, September 15, 1864. Prisoner of war at Sailor's Creek. Took oath, June 1865. Postwar lawyer. Died March 7, 1901. Buried in Winchester City Cemetery. One source says Brannan's middle name was Hood.
-Staff Officers in Gray, pg 81
by Robert E. L. Krick, 2003
He was the son of Robert J. BRANNAN and Mary Elizabeth CARSON. He married Lucy Ann CAMPBELL 21 OCT 1858 in Bedford Co. TN , daughter of Abram CAMPBELL and LUCY. She was born 10 SEP 1840 in TN, and died 13 SEP 1886, buried in City Cemetery, Winchester, Franklin Co. TN. He married Almeda Harriet TILLMAN, daughter of Lewis TILLMAN and Mary Catherine DAVIDSON. She was born 2 APR 1856 in Bedford Co. TN, and died 8 JAN 1929 in Dekalb Co. GA.
William Henry Brannan was grandson to James Culwell Brannan and Eliz (Hood) Brannan.
Residence: Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee
Occupation: Farmhand/Teacher/Lawyer
Private/Captain/Quartermaster
Company 'C'/Field and Staff
1st Tennessee Infantry Volunteers (Turney's Regiment)
Enrolled 29 April 1861 at Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. Received commission as Quartermaster 7 October 1861 and transferred to Field and Staff with the rank of Captain. Admitted 5 May 1864 to General Hospital No. 4, Richmond, Virginia with neuralgia. Captured at Sailors Creek, Virginia 6 April 1865. Sent to Johnson's Island POW Prison and signed the oath 18 June 1865.
OBITUARY
Captain W.H. Brannan died at his home, on north High street, this morning at an early hour, after an illness of less than a week with pneumonia. He was taken sick last Thursday night, and seemed to grow rapidly worse from the start, and his sudden death was a severe shock, not only to his family but to the whole community. No man stood higher in the estimation of the people, and no man retained their love and confidence to a higher extent. A native of Franklin County, his whole life has been one long record of usefulness, of honesty and upright bearing. In his death the county and town lose one of our prominent citizens, the County Bar one of its ablest and best loved members, and every citizen who knew him, and whom he knew, a most valued friend.
William H. Brannan was born in the 9th district of Franklin county, near Alto, Oct. 2, 1833, and until eighteen years of age he was known as a faithful farmer boy. After the death of his mother in 1851, he received permission from his father to seek his own way in the world, and began at once to earn the money for his schooling, which he did, and took a complete course in Irving College, near McMinnville, finishing in 1857; he then taught school until Turney's Volunteer Regiment marched away with Capt. W.H. Brannan in its ranks. Serving through the war, he was captured April 6, 1865, or three days before Lee's surrender, near Appomattox Court House, and taken to Johnson's Island, kept a prisoner until June, when he was paroled and returned home. He read law in the same office with Govenor [sic] Turney in 1867, receiving his license to practice in 1868, since which time he has been in active practice.
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PETER TURNEY'S 1st TENNESSEE REGIMENT
COMPANY C
Company C was organized in Winchester, Franklin County, in late April 1861. It was nicknamed "The Mountain Boys" and officers at the organization were: Captain Miller TURNEY; 1st Ltn. Nathan FRIZZELL; 2nd Ltn. William W. ESTILL and Robert BRANNAN; 1st. Sgt. William E. WATSON; 2nd Sgt. Richard F. SIMS; 3rd Sgt. William D. HARRIS; 4th Sgt. Asa JACKSON; 1st Cpl. Howard W. HERMAN; 2nd Cpl. Thomas J. FOSTER; 3rd Cpl. John B. FARRIS; 4th Cpl. Ben SPYKER.
BRANNAN, William Henry Pvt., b. 2 Oct. 1833, Franklin Co., TN, d. 7 Mar. 1901, s/o Robert H. BRANNAN and Mary Elizabeth CARSON; m. (1) Lucy A. CAMPBELL (2) Almeda TILLMAN.~ *Residence, Winchester, fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, 6'1". Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Winchester, aged 30; received commission as quarter-master 7 Oct 61 and transferred to Field & Staff with the rank of Captain; admitted 5 May 64 to General Hospital No. 4, Richmond, VA, with neuralgia; captured at Sailors Creek, VA, 6 Apr 65; sent to Johnson's Island and signed the oath 18 June 65.*
BRANNAN, Willis Pvt./2nd Ltn., b. 23 Mar. 1836, Franklin co., TN, d. 12 Apr. 1907, TX, s/o Robert H. BRANNAN and Mary Elizabeth CARSON; m. Sarah Frances (JONES) BRANNAN.~ *Residence Winchester, fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, 6'1". Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Winchester, aged 28; captured at Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 63; also shown as captured at South Mountain on 5 July 63; exchanged 17 Mar 64 at Point Lookout and transferred to City Point, VA; captured at Petersburg, VA, 2 Apr 65; sent to Johnson's Island 9 Apr 65 and released on oath 18 June 65. Believed to have been transferred to Co I of this Regiment as a Second Lieutenant*
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Children of Lucy Ann CAMPBELL and William Henry(Capt) BRANNAN are:
i. Robert Hood BRANNAN was born 1870 in Franklin Co. TN.
ii. W.C. BRANNAN was born 1872 in Franklin Co. TN. He married Maggie NUNLEY 8 DEC 1889 .
iii. Horace Davidson (Capt) BRANNAN was born 12 NOV 1872 in Franklin Co. TN, and died 21 FEB 1949 in City Cemetery Winchester, Franklin Co. TN . Horace married Lucy Pearl FARRIS 2 SEP 1901 in Winchester, Franklin Co. TN daughter of Joseph A. FARRIS and Louisa J. HORTON. She was born 29 MAR 1882 in Maxwell, Franklin Co. TN, and died 22 OCT 1970 in City Cemetery Winchester, Franklin Co. TN.
iv. Stella Lucille BRANNAN was born 13 DEC 1877 in Franklin Co. TN, and died 9 SEP 1948 in Los Angles, CA. She married Charles S. BONE 9 JAN 1896 in Lincoln Co. TN.
Children of Almeda Harriet TILLMAN and William Henry (Capt) BRANNAN are:
i. Samuel Tillman BRANNAN was born 1890, and died 13 MAR 1959 in Atlanta, Dekalb Co. GA.
ii. Francis Marion BRANNAN was born 28 NOV 1895, and died APR 1969 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co. AR.
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William Henry Brannan
Source: Book titled Glimpses into the Lives and Times of the Confederate Soldiers Known to Be Buried in City Cemetery, Winchester, Tennessee, researched and compiled by Joy Quandt Gallagher, President 1996-1998 Peter Turney Chapter #1927 United Daughters of the Confederacy, Winchester, Tennessee, 1998, pages 28-31.
William Henry Brannan was Captain in Company C, 1st Turney's Tennessee Infantry, CSA
Soldier born October 2, 1833, Franklin County, Tennessee, son of Robert H. Brannan and Mary Elizabeth Carson
Soldier died March 7, 1901, Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee
Soldier member of Peter Turney Bivouac ACS
Married October 21, 1858, Miss Lucy A. Campbell, daughter of Rev. James and Lindy C. Campbell
Wife born September 30, 1840, Tennessee
Wife died September 13, 1886
Wife buried beside soldier in City Cemetery, Winchester, TN
Known children: Robert H. (1869- ), W.C. (ca. 1871- ), Horace Davidson (1872- 1949), and Stella L. (ca. 1878- )
Married second November 29, 1888, Miss Almeda A. Tillman, daughter of Lewis Tillman, Sr. and Mary C. Davidson
Wife born Bedford County, Tennessee
Wife died January 8, 1929, Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia
Wife buried cemetery name unknown
Known children: Samuel "Sam" Tillman and Francis Marion ( -1967)
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Brannan's second wife's obituary in Thursday, January 10, 1929, The Truth and Herald, Winchester, Tennessee:
Mrs. Almeda Tillman Brannan, widow of Capt. W.H. Brannan, late of Winchester, died Tuesday at the home of her son, Sam E. Brannan in Decatur, Ga., following an illness of a few days from pneumonia.
The body was taken Wednesday to Nashville to the home of her brother's widow, Mrs. Newton Tillman. Funeral services will not be until Friday morning awaiting the arrival of her brother, Gen. Sam Tillman and his daughter from New York.
Mrs. Brannan was born near Shelbyville, Bedford county, was a graduate of the old Mary Sharp College at Winchester and since going to Nashville to make her home has been an active member of the Mary Sharp College Club of that city. She was a devout member of the Church of Christ.
Announcement of her death is learned with regret by a large number of friends in Winchester where with her late husband and their family she lived for many years. She was the mother of two sons, Sam E. Brannan of Decatur, and Major Francis Brannan of the U.S. Army stationed at Honolulu, and was the stepmother of H.D. Brannan of Belvidere.
-Staff Officers in Gray, pg 81
by Robert E. L. Krick, 2003
He was the son of Robert J. BRANNAN and Mary Elizabeth CARSON. He married Lucy Ann CAMPBELL 21 OCT 1858 in Bedford Co. TN , daughter of Abram CAMPBELL and LUCY. She was born 10 SEP 1840 in TN, and died 13 SEP 1886, buried in City Cemetery, Winchester, Franklin Co. TN. He married Almeda Harriet TILLMAN, daughter of Lewis TILLMAN and Mary Catherine DAVIDSON. She was born 2 APR 1856 in Bedford Co. TN, and died 8 JAN 1929 in Dekalb Co. GA.
William Henry Brannan was grandson to James Culwell Brannan and Eliz (Hood) Brannan.
Residence: Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee
Occupation: Farmhand/Teacher/Lawyer
Private/Captain/Quartermaster
Company 'C'/Field and Staff
1st Tennessee Infantry Volunteers (Turney's Regiment)
Enrolled 29 April 1861 at Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. Received commission as Quartermaster 7 October 1861 and transferred to Field and Staff with the rank of Captain. Admitted 5 May 1864 to General Hospital No. 4, Richmond, Virginia with neuralgia. Captured at Sailors Creek, Virginia 6 April 1865. Sent to Johnson's Island POW Prison and signed the oath 18 June 1865.
OBITUARY
Captain W.H. Brannan died at his home, on north High street, this morning at an early hour, after an illness of less than a week with pneumonia. He was taken sick last Thursday night, and seemed to grow rapidly worse from the start, and his sudden death was a severe shock, not only to his family but to the whole community. No man stood higher in the estimation of the people, and no man retained their love and confidence to a higher extent. A native of Franklin County, his whole life has been one long record of usefulness, of honesty and upright bearing. In his death the county and town lose one of our prominent citizens, the County Bar one of its ablest and best loved members, and every citizen who knew him, and whom he knew, a most valued friend.
William H. Brannan was born in the 9th district of Franklin county, near Alto, Oct. 2, 1833, and until eighteen years of age he was known as a faithful farmer boy. After the death of his mother in 1851, he received permission from his father to seek his own way in the world, and began at once to earn the money for his schooling, which he did, and took a complete course in Irving College, near McMinnville, finishing in 1857; he then taught school until Turney's Volunteer Regiment marched away with Capt. W.H. Brannan in its ranks. Serving through the war, he was captured April 6, 1865, or three days before Lee's surrender, near Appomattox Court House, and taken to Johnson's Island, kept a prisoner until June, when he was paroled and returned home. He read law in the same office with Govenor [sic] Turney in 1867, receiving his license to practice in 1868, since which time he has been in active practice.
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PETER TURNEY'S 1st TENNESSEE REGIMENT
COMPANY C
Company C was organized in Winchester, Franklin County, in late April 1861. It was nicknamed "The Mountain Boys" and officers at the organization were: Captain Miller TURNEY; 1st Ltn. Nathan FRIZZELL; 2nd Ltn. William W. ESTILL and Robert BRANNAN; 1st. Sgt. William E. WATSON; 2nd Sgt. Richard F. SIMS; 3rd Sgt. William D. HARRIS; 4th Sgt. Asa JACKSON; 1st Cpl. Howard W. HERMAN; 2nd Cpl. Thomas J. FOSTER; 3rd Cpl. John B. FARRIS; 4th Cpl. Ben SPYKER.
BRANNAN, William Henry Pvt., b. 2 Oct. 1833, Franklin Co., TN, d. 7 Mar. 1901, s/o Robert H. BRANNAN and Mary Elizabeth CARSON; m. (1) Lucy A. CAMPBELL (2) Almeda TILLMAN.~ *Residence, Winchester, fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, 6'1". Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Winchester, aged 30; received commission as quarter-master 7 Oct 61 and transferred to Field & Staff with the rank of Captain; admitted 5 May 64 to General Hospital No. 4, Richmond, VA, with neuralgia; captured at Sailors Creek, VA, 6 Apr 65; sent to Johnson's Island and signed the oath 18 June 65.*
BRANNAN, Willis Pvt./2nd Ltn., b. 23 Mar. 1836, Franklin co., TN, d. 12 Apr. 1907, TX, s/o Robert H. BRANNAN and Mary Elizabeth CARSON; m. Sarah Frances (JONES) BRANNAN.~ *Residence Winchester, fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, 6'1". Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Winchester, aged 28; captured at Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 63; also shown as captured at South Mountain on 5 July 63; exchanged 17 Mar 64 at Point Lookout and transferred to City Point, VA; captured at Petersburg, VA, 2 Apr 65; sent to Johnson's Island 9 Apr 65 and released on oath 18 June 65. Believed to have been transferred to Co I of this Regiment as a Second Lieutenant*
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Children of Lucy Ann CAMPBELL and William Henry(Capt) BRANNAN are:
i. Robert Hood BRANNAN was born 1870 in Franklin Co. TN.
ii. W.C. BRANNAN was born 1872 in Franklin Co. TN. He married Maggie NUNLEY 8 DEC 1889 .
iii. Horace Davidson (Capt) BRANNAN was born 12 NOV 1872 in Franklin Co. TN, and died 21 FEB 1949 in City Cemetery Winchester, Franklin Co. TN . Horace married Lucy Pearl FARRIS 2 SEP 1901 in Winchester, Franklin Co. TN daughter of Joseph A. FARRIS and Louisa J. HORTON. She was born 29 MAR 1882 in Maxwell, Franklin Co. TN, and died 22 OCT 1970 in City Cemetery Winchester, Franklin Co. TN.
iv. Stella Lucille BRANNAN was born 13 DEC 1877 in Franklin Co. TN, and died 9 SEP 1948 in Los Angles, CA. She married Charles S. BONE 9 JAN 1896 in Lincoln Co. TN.
Children of Almeda Harriet TILLMAN and William Henry (Capt) BRANNAN are:
i. Samuel Tillman BRANNAN was born 1890, and died 13 MAR 1959 in Atlanta, Dekalb Co. GA.
ii. Francis Marion BRANNAN was born 28 NOV 1895, and died APR 1969 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co. AR.
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William Henry Brannan
Source: Book titled Glimpses into the Lives and Times of the Confederate Soldiers Known to Be Buried in City Cemetery, Winchester, Tennessee, researched and compiled by Joy Quandt Gallagher, President 1996-1998 Peter Turney Chapter #1927 United Daughters of the Confederacy, Winchester, Tennessee, 1998, pages 28-31.
William Henry Brannan was Captain in Company C, 1st Turney's Tennessee Infantry, CSA
Soldier born October 2, 1833, Franklin County, Tennessee, son of Robert H. Brannan and Mary Elizabeth Carson
Soldier died March 7, 1901, Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee
Soldier member of Peter Turney Bivouac ACS
Married October 21, 1858, Miss Lucy A. Campbell, daughter of Rev. James and Lindy C. Campbell
Wife born September 30, 1840, Tennessee
Wife died September 13, 1886
Wife buried beside soldier in City Cemetery, Winchester, TN
Known children: Robert H. (1869- ), W.C. (ca. 1871- ), Horace Davidson (1872- 1949), and Stella L. (ca. 1878- )
Married second November 29, 1888, Miss Almeda A. Tillman, daughter of Lewis Tillman, Sr. and Mary C. Davidson
Wife born Bedford County, Tennessee
Wife died January 8, 1929, Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia
Wife buried cemetery name unknown
Known children: Samuel "Sam" Tillman and Francis Marion ( -1967)
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Brannan's second wife's obituary in Thursday, January 10, 1929, The Truth and Herald, Winchester, Tennessee:
Mrs. Almeda Tillman Brannan, widow of Capt. W.H. Brannan, late of Winchester, died Tuesday at the home of her son, Sam E. Brannan in Decatur, Ga., following an illness of a few days from pneumonia.
The body was taken Wednesday to Nashville to the home of her brother's widow, Mrs. Newton Tillman. Funeral services will not be until Friday morning awaiting the arrival of her brother, Gen. Sam Tillman and his daughter from New York.
Mrs. Brannan was born near Shelbyville, Bedford county, was a graduate of the old Mary Sharp College at Winchester and since going to Nashville to make her home has been an active member of the Mary Sharp College Club of that city. She was a devout member of the Church of Christ.
Announcement of her death is learned with regret by a large number of friends in Winchester where with her late husband and their family she lived for many years. She was the mother of two sons, Sam E. Brannan of Decatur, and Major Francis Brannan of the U.S. Army stationed at Honolulu, and was the stepmother of H.D. Brannan of Belvidere.
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