Sarah Jane Branham

1855 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Sarah Jane Branham
  Birth	1 Oct 1855	Pike County, Kentucky
  Gender	Female
  Census	1860	Pike County, Kentucky   [1]
  Census	1870	Pike County, Kentucky   [2]
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I123254	Family
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	John C. Branham,   b. Aug 1817, Floyd County, Kentucky d. 1 Apr 1905, Dickenson County, Virginia (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Mahalia Mosley,   b. 22 Nov 1822, Tennessee d. 2 Dec 1912, Clintwood, Dickenson County, Virginia (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	6 Jan 1842	Pike County, Kentucky
  	According to local tradition Mahalia was half-Cherokee and was living in a Cherokee camp when she caught the eye of a trader named John Branham. After a brief courtship, they married and settled in the Cumberland mountains where they raised 10 children: Adoline, Joseph, Richard, Tandy, Clifton, Betty, Sarah, Charity, Millie, and Polly. John often moved his family back and forth between Wise and Dickenson County, Virginia and Pike and Letcher County Kentucky. John and two of his older sons served in the War Between the States.
  Family ID	F36958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Verrazano Ward,   b. Abt 1849, Johnson County, Kentucky d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	7 May 1874	Martin County, Kentucky
  Age at Marriage	She was 18 years old - He was ~ 25 years old.
  Family ID	F36971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S218] Census - 1860 Pike County Kentucky, Page 848 (54), family 170, age 5. [S216] Census - 1870 Pike County Kentucky, Page 112 (14), family 92, age 14.

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 Oct 1855 - Pike County, Kentucky Census - 1860 - Pike County, Kentucky Census - 1870 - Pike County, Kentucky Marriage - 7 May 1874 - Martin County, Kentucky
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