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     Rebecca was born circa 1858 at Suwannee Co., Florida.¹ She was the daughter of Robert H. Brannan and Mary Boatright.

     Reed was born circa 1908 at Suwannee Co., Florida.¹ He was the son of Alonza L. Brannan and Josephine Reed.

     Robert was born on 22 July 1908 at Suwannee Co., Florida. He was the son of Robert Charles Oscar Brannan and Ruby M. Smith. He married Lillie Mae Wrede, .¹ Robert died on 1 December 1986 at age 78. His body was buried at Friendship Cemetery., Suwannee Co., Florida.²

     Robert was born on 9 November 1874 at Suwannee Co., Florida.¹ He was the son of William Francis Brannan and Mary Ann Curl. He married Ruby M. Smith, , on 25 December 1904 at Suwannee Co., Florida.² Robert died on 2 March 1916 at Suwannee Co., Florida, at age 41. His body was buried in March 1916 at Friendship Cemetery., Suwannee Co., Florida.³

     Robert was born on 10 November 1898 at Suwannee Co., Florida. He was the son of Thomas Solomon Brannan and Mary Etta Williams. He married Ida Lula Rye, daughter of William Albert Rye and Mary Elsie Chauncey, on 1 February 1917 at Suwannee Co., Florida.¹ Robert died on 24 October 1978 at Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida, at age 79.

     Robert was born circa 1819 at Georgia.² He was the son of Thomas Brannen and Nancy Donaldson. He married Mary Boatright, daughter of Chesley John Daniel Boatright and Rachel Geiger, circa 1842 at Florida. Robert died on 28 November 1864 at Elmira, Chemung Co., New York. His body was buried at Elmira Prison Cemetery, Elmira, New York.
     Robert's occupation: Farmer.
Biography of Robert H. Brannan:

We believe that Robert H. Brannen is the son of Thomas Brannen and Nancy Donaldson. We have not found any direct evidence that would confirm that relationship. However, we have found a preponderance of evidence that strongly supports this relationship and no evidence that disproves it. Evidence that shows Robert H. Brannen to be the son of Thomas Brannen is as follows:

     1. Robert H. Brannan is likely named after his maternal grandfather, Robert Donaldson. It was a very common practice to name the first male child after his maternal grandfather.


     2. Robert H. Brannan appears with Thomas Brannan in Hills and Turners Company of Volunteers in the Florida Indian Wars 1836-1840.

     3. Robert H. Brannan appears with William Brannan in Hills and Turners Company of Volunteers in the Florida Indian Wars. Sarah A. Brannen, the widow of William D. Brannen, applied for and received a pension in 1902 for William D. Brannen's Indian War service claiming he served in Capt. Hills, Capt. Turners and Capt. Langford's Co. of the Florida Volunteers. William D. Brannan, is the proven son of Thomas Brannan and Nancy Donaldson. His middle name is Donaldson. This clearly shows that William and Thomas Brannan of the Florida Indian Wars are son and father. Since Robert H. Brannan is a year or two older (Robert was born circa 1819 and William 1821 or 1822) than William it stands to reason that Robert being an older son would also have served in the Volunteer militia along with his father and younger brother.

     4. Robert H. Brannan appears with Thomas Brannan and William Brannan in the 1847 tax digest of Madison County Florida. He is absent in the 1842 Voters records for Florida statehood, as are the names of William and Thomas Brannen. This suggests a relationship between Robert and Thomas.

     5. Robert H. married Mary Boatright about 1842 based on the birthdates of their children. They very likely married in Madison Co. Florida as that is where she and her parents were living at the time. We also know that Thomas Brannen moved into Madison Co. Florida from Lowndes Co. Georgia about 1842 or 1843, this is about the time Robert married Mary Boatright so we have Robert and Thomas near each other thus again suggesting a relationship.

     6. There is an unidentified older male born between 1815 and 1820 in the family of Thomas Brannen in the 1820, 1830 and 1840 Census records. Robert, born circa 1819, fits the age description of each of those three census records.

     7. Robert names his children Frank, Martha, Owen, Rebecca and Ann which are Brannen and Donaldson family names. Unfortunately, we do not find a Thomas in Robert's family.

     8. In 1971, John P. Tompkins (1907-1983) told us that he thought that George Brannan was the name of his grandmothers, Anna Mercy Brannan Parker's, father. It turned out that Robert H. Brannan is the father of Anna Brannan Parker (1858-1926) of Suwannee County, Florida and not George Brannen. However, John Tompkins thinking that George Brannan was his great grandfather suggests to us that a George Brannan was a very close relative of his grandmother, Anna. In addition, John Tompkins would often threaten his children (during the 1930 and 1940's) if they misbehaved by getting "George Brannan's big gun". The George Brannen of the big gun could only be George Brannen (1876-1928) of Taylor Co. Florida who is the grandson of Thomas Brannen. George Brannen of Taylor Co. was indicted for a shooting murder in 1899 in Taylor County. He was tried in Madison County in October,1901. A verdict could not be reached after two trials and the case was finally discharged by the court without a trial decision. George Brannen was thus well known in the area at the turn of the century as someone who may have used a gun to kill. It is our contention that Robert H. Brannan is the son of Thomas Brannen which makes Anna Brannan Parker a first cousin of George Brannan (1876-1928). It is reasonable to think that Anna Brannan Parker would know her first cousin that lived all their lives within 15 miles of each other. Why else would this "Big Gun" reputation of George Brannan be passed down through the Anna Brannan Parker family. We are not sure if John P. Tompkins ever met George Brannan but he would certainly have heard stories about him from his grandmother while he was growing up. We don't think he would have heard those stories if George was not related to his grandmother.

     The earliest record we have is of a Robert H. Brannan enlisting as a private in Turner's Company, 12 Reg't, 1st Brigade of the Florida Mounted Volunteers in the Florida Indian Wars. Robert H. enrolled Sept. 1, 1838 at Tallahassee and mustered out on 17 November 1838 at Camp Taylor. Robert Brannan enlisted in Capt. Hills Company, 2nd Regiment, Florida Mounted Volunteers as a private on June 16, 1837 at San Pedro for 6 months and was on the muster out rolls for this Company at Ft. Gilliland, Florida on 18 December 1837. [National Archives, Microfilm M-629, Index to Service Records Indian Wars 1815-1858] His father, Thomas and his brother William also enlisted at the same time and place in these same companies.

      Robert and his family appear in Columbia County, Florida in the 1850 Census and again in Suwannee County, Florida in the 1860 Census. Likely this is the same place as Suwannee County was formed out of Columbia in 1856. There is also a Martha Leach age 32, born Georgia living with the Brannan family in 1850. This is very likely a sister of Robert.

      Robert H. Brannan is also listed as voter no. 11 in the Poll Book of the Mineral Springs Precinct, No. 4 in Columbia Co., Florida on 2 November 1852.

     Robert, at age 54. enlisted as a private in Company E, (later transferred to Co. H) of the 9th Florida Infantry, Confederate States Army on 4 September 1863 at Lake City, Florida. Nine months later he was killed during the battle of Cold Harbor near Cold Harbor, Virginia on 3 June 1864. [Widow's Pension Application, #18725, of Mary Curl Brannan, widow of W. F. Brannan, Florida State Archive - Tallahassee, Florida]

     There is a record of an R. H. Brannan of Co. H. of the 6th Florida Infantry who died 28 November 1864 as a prisoner of war at Elmira, NY Military Prison. He is buried in the Elmira Prison Cemetery. Since the 6th Florida Infantry was later merged into the 9th Florida Infantry, as reported by Mary C. Brannan in her widow's application of W. F. Brannan, we suspect that this R. H. Brannan is in fact our Robert H. Brannan. Our rationale for this is that he was captured at the battle of Cold Harbor rather than killed and the confederate records are in error. We believe he was captured and transferred to the Federal Military Prison in Elmira, N.Y. where he died and is buried. That is the basis for his date of death and place of burial.

     Ronald was born on 24 October 1935 at Winter Haven, Polk Co., Florida. He was the son of William Frank Brannan III and Ida Estelle George. Ronald died on 27 July 1983 at Winter Haven, Polk Co., Florida, at age 47. His body was buried on 30 July 1983 at Lakeside Memorial Cemetery, Winter Haven, Polk Co., Florida.²

     Roy was born on 19 February 1926 at Live Oak, Suwannee Co., Florida. He was the son of Oliver Fletcher Brannan Sr. and Martha Ella Rye. Roy died on 8 January 1970 at age 43.

     Ruth was born on 28 July 1919 at Live Oak, Suwannee Co., Florida. She was the daughter of Oliver Fletcher Brannan Sr. and Martha Ella Rye. She married (?) Gonzalo, .¹

     Summer was born on 29 April 1901 at Suwannee Co., Florida. He was the son of John Brannon and Ardelia Roxanne Ross. He married Lawdie Starling, .¹ Summer died on 29 August 1980 at age 79. His body was buried at Beulah Church Cemetery, Suwannee Co., Florida.²