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- bio courtesy Debra H at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176974304/reuben_branson
Reuben's Parents: Thomas Branson and Anna McGowan/McGown
Confirmed Children of Thomas Branson are:
5 Children of Thomas Branson (1778-1851) and Unknown Wife, (a native of Virginia):
Sarah, Jared, Mary Ann, Andrew (the Judge) , and David.
7 Children of Thomas Branson (1778-1851) and Anna McGown/McGowan:
Reuben, Nancy, Margaret, (George) Washington, Anna, Rhoda, and John Sevier.
0 (zero) Children of Thomas Branson (1778-1851) and third wife Susannah.
Reuben Branson DOB - March 13,1813 - DOD - March 16, 1907.
Reuben Born in the Cumberland Mountains, Tennessee - maybe a cave.
This Reuben first married Sarah Crismon/Chrisman.
(Her 2 brothers, Stephen and Moses died enroute on the Oregon Trail.)
Later widowed, Reuben married Harriet Slater. A 1906 news article has Reuben and Harriet living in Oklahoma with daughter, Samantha Phelps.
He died on his stepdaugther's farm near Judge, MO in 1907.
Source cite Reuben's death at Shan Mosely's near Judge, MO - which has been learned was at his stepdaughter's (Mary Ellen West) and husband (Shannon A. Mosley) farm.
E. Laverne Baker Shull, renown Branson Historian thought Reuben is buried in Judge Branson Cemetery. No record or stone found.
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1813 - 1907 (94 years)
