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W. V. Brann, a farmer and tobacco dealer, was born in Weakley County, Tenn., August 3, 1828, one of seven surviving members of a family of nine children of James and Rebecca Brann. James Brann was born in North Carolina, in 1789, was married in his native State, and came to Tennessee about 1826, being among the early settlers of Weakley County. He was a farmer, and died in 1863. His wife was a North Carolinian, born in 1803, and is now residing with her youngest child, A. C. W. V. Brann resided on a farm, and was educated in the common schools. In 1859 he married Eliza J. Webb. Mrs. Brann was born in Weakley County, Tenn., in 1838, and is the mother of eight children: Lillian (Mrs. G. S. Knox), J. C., Charley, Horton F., Jennie, Fannie, Flossie and Willie. Mr. Brann is extensively engaged in growing tobacco. For about two years he was salesman in a mercantile house in Farmersville, and resided at that place ten years. After a six years’ residence in Obion County, he moved to Gardner’s Station, and in 1878 moved to his farm of 545 acres, which he had previously purchased. He later sold a portion of his farm and now owns 400 acres. He is engaged in the warehouse tobacco business, in Mayfield, Ky., and is a man of industrious habits, and good business qualifications. He has given his children the advantages of acquiring good educations, and is a man widely known and well respected. He is conservative in his political views, and is a member of the Masonic and K. of H. fraternities.