From the 1805 book "The Vawter Family in America, on p.182 author Grace Vawter Bricnell says,
"Uriah Branham was a contractor and builder, and at times was engaged of the running of a sawmill. He lived near Vernon, Indiana. He and his brother James had taken a contract to build a plank road from Genevieve, Missouri, to the Iron Mountains. Uriah Branham went west and had been from home less than a week when he was taken sick with Cholera, and died on the Mississippi river August 22, 1851.
"Children of Uriah and Alcey (Davis) Branham: George W., Elizabeth J., Matilda, Davis, Mary A., Frances, James N. and Danville."
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A grave for Uriah Branham has not been found.
"Uriah Branham was a contractor and builder, and at times was engaged of the running of a sawmill. He lived near Vernon, Indiana. He and his brother James had taken a contract to build a plank road from Genevieve, Missouri, to the Iron Mountains. Uriah Branham went west and had been from home less than a week when he was taken sick with Cholera, and died on the Mississippi river August 22, 1851.
"Children of Uriah and Alcey (Davis) Branham: George W., Elizabeth J., Matilda, Davis, Mary A., Frances, James N. and Danville."
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A grave for Uriah Branham has not been found.
From the 1805 book "The Vawter Family in America, on p.182 author Grace Vawter Bricnell says,
"Uriah Branham was a contractor and builder, and at times was engaged of the running of a sawmill. He lived near Vernon, Indiana. He and his brother James had taken a contract to build a plank road from Genevieve, Missouri, to the Iron Mountains. Uriah Branham went west and had been from home less than a week when he was taken sick with Cholera, and died on the Mississippi river August 22, 1851.
"Children of Uriah and Alcey (Davis) Branham: George W., Elizabeth J., Matilda, Davis, Mary A., Frances, James N. and Danville."
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A grave for Uriah Branham has not been found.
"Uriah Branham was a contractor and builder, and at times was engaged of the running of a sawmill. He lived near Vernon, Indiana. He and his brother James had taken a contract to build a plank road from Genevieve, Missouri, to the Iron Mountains. Uriah Branham went west and had been from home less than a week when he was taken sick with Cholera, and died on the Mississippi river August 22, 1851.
"Children of Uriah and Alcey (Davis) Branham: George W., Elizabeth J., Matilda, Davis, Mary A., Frances, James N. and Danville."
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A grave for Uriah Branham has not been found.
Inscription
Alcey
Wife of Uriah Branham
Died
Septr 7, 1865
Aged 58 y.'s 11 m.
& 16 d.'s
Gravesite Details
Birth date calculated from headstone inscription.
Family Members
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