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Merrill Gates BRANNON

Merrill Gates BRANNON

Male 1897 - 1976  (78 years)


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  • Name Merrill Gates BRANNON
    Birth 6 Dec 1897  Rush Fork, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1910  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1929  [4] 
    salesman 
    Residence 1929  Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1930  Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [5] 
    washing machine salesman 
    Census 1940  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 6] 
    Residence Keezletown, Rockingham Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Residence 1970  Auburn, Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 17 Jun 1976  Harrisonburg, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Cause: leukemia 
    Burial Brannon Cemetery, Rush Run, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I24834  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 May 2021

    Father Henry BRANNON,   b. 15 Aug 1850, Louisa Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1942, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    Mother Rosa Dove "Dovie" BENT,   b. 24 Apr 1861, Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1936, Auburn, Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F7390  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edna BOWLES,   b. 13 Oct 1904, Lawrenceburg, Anderson Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1951, Auburn, Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)  [8]
    Marriage 15 Feb 1929  Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Summit Co, Ohio (City of Akron), enumerated on Apr 12 1900:
      Merrill G. Brannon, 32, b. WVa (father b. Va, mother b. WVa), salesman (washing machines), monthly rental for home $30; wife Edna, 23, b. Kentucky (both parents b. Ky).

      1940 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated in April 1940:
      Henry B. Brannon, 88, b. Va, widowed, home is owned and is a farm, home value $3,500; son Stanley, 46, b. WVa, single, farm laborer, 8 yrs school; dau Estella, 44, b. WVa, single, 8 yrs school; son Merrill, 42, b. WVa, farmer, 4 yrs college; dau-in-law Edna, 35, b. Ky, 2 yrs college; granddau Ann, 10, b. Ohio; granddau Barbara Lou, 6, b. Ky; grandson Donald, 4, b. WVa.
    Children 
    +1. Ann L. BRANNON,   b. 5 Feb 1930, Barberton, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 2015, Sissonville, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    >2. Barbara Lou BRANNON,   b. CA 1934, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Donald G. "Doc" BRANNON,   b. 18 Feb 1936, Rush Run, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 2021 (Age 85 years)
    Documents
    24834_MerrillGatesBrannon_EdnaBowles_MarriageRecord_15Feb1929.jpg    		24834_MerrillGatesBrannon_EdnaBowles_MarriageRecord_15Feb1929.jpg
    Family ID F33025  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    24834_BRANNON_MerrillGates_1897-1976_DeathCertificate.jpg    		24834_BRANNON_MerrillGates_1897-1976_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S56] Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S157] Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    6. [S2689] 1940 Census, Gilmer County, WV.

    7. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.