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Below is a family biography included in The History of Giles County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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HENRY M. BRANNON, merchant, is a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Carson) Brannon, and was born in Franklin County, Tenn., October 21, 1842, and is of Scotch-Irish origin. Robert Brannon was born in Tennessee in 1795, and Elizabeth Brannon, his wife, was born in the same State in 1798. The former died in 1854, and the latter in 1849. Our subject received a fair education and came to Pulaski in 1859, where he remained until the breaking out of the war. In 1861 he enlisted in Company C, First Tennessee Regiment, Confederate States Army, and was in the leading battles fought in Virginia. He was captured at Petersburg, Va., in 1865, and was a prisoner two months in Fort Delaware. In 1867 he began merchandising in Pulaski, where he is still engaged in that business. In 1872 he wedded Mattie M. Bugg, daughter of Hon. R. M. Bugg, and to them were born six children: Annie L., Robert B., Pattie C., Thomas F., Lizzie M. and an infant not named. Mr. Brennon is one of the leading merchants of this portion of Tennessee. At the time of the organization of the Peoples National Bank he was elected one of the directors, and now holds that position. He is one of the prominent men of the city, and he and wife are exemplary members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Masonic fraternity.
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This family biography is one of 95 biographies included in The History of Giles County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Giles County was included within The History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin & Moore Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin , Moore Counties of Tennessee
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