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Almon Asbury Branson

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Almon Asbury Branson

Birth
Anderson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
25 Apr 1865 (aged 27)
Tennessee, USA
Burial
Grainger County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Asbury's father Samuel David (S.D.)Branson wrote in 1882 that his son 'Almon Asbury' married Sabre Dotson March 2, 1862. That "Asbury was a recruiting officer in the Union Army which position he held until his death, April 25, 1865." From the Baker family papers it was written that "Asbury a civil war vet who started home on sick leave from the army got to his Aunt Susan Baker's and died there and was carried in a cart to Grainger County to the Kitts Cemetery and buried." Note: Susan Baker was sister to S.D. - their parents David & Susannah (Boulton) Branson. Their grandparents Thomas and Jemima (Hammack) Boulton.
CIVIL WAR Pension File Summary: Almon and Sabra had two children: Eli Sevear (born 1 January 1863) and Sheridan Almon Asbury (born 3 October 1864)Branson. Sabra died about July 17 or 23, 1887 in her parents home in Grainger Co TN. Almon Asbury's father Samuel David became guardian of the two boys and later Samuel David gave Thomas Lathim guardianship of the boys. Info posted by Retha Shiplet descendant of Thomas & Jemima Boulton.
Asbury's father Samuel David (S.D.)Branson wrote in 1882 that his son 'Almon Asbury' married Sabre Dotson March 2, 1862. That "Asbury was a recruiting officer in the Union Army which position he held until his death, April 25, 1865." From the Baker family papers it was written that "Asbury a civil war vet who started home on sick leave from the army got to his Aunt Susan Baker's and died there and was carried in a cart to Grainger County to the Kitts Cemetery and buried." Note: Susan Baker was sister to S.D. - their parents David & Susannah (Boulton) Branson. Their grandparents Thomas and Jemima (Hammack) Boulton.
CIVIL WAR Pension File Summary: Almon and Sabra had two children: Eli Sevear (born 1 January 1863) and Sheridan Almon Asbury (born 3 October 1864)Branson. Sabra died about July 17 or 23, 1887 in her parents home in Grainger Co TN. Almon Asbury's father Samuel David became guardian of the two boys and later Samuel David gave Thomas Lathim guardianship of the boys. Info posted by Retha Shiplet descendant of Thomas & Jemima Boulton.

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