She and John had 2 children - Tabitha "Dule" and Francis Marion "Buddy" Henry. She is listed in the 1900 Emanuel county GA Census living with her son Francis Marion Henry and his family.
Rachel had 3 illegitimate daughters prior to her marriage to John Emmett. Nancy, Annie Eliza and Charity. Their father is said to be Rev. John "Pappy" Wilkes, so named due to the number of illegitimate children he fathered. It is said that the girls, when younger, went by whichever last name suited them, either Branch or Wilkes.
Pappy married Rachel's younger sister Charity "Oud" Branch.
Pappy's brother David married Rachel's older sister, Martha Patricia "Pattie" Branch.
The Wilkes brothers and the Branch sisters were 2nd cousins.
Nancy married John Emmett's son, Alexander Stephen Henry.
Annie Eliza 1st married John Hardy Anderson. 2nd married Unk. McKenzie
Charity married William Canady
Rachel is both my blood GGG grandmother & my step-GGG grandmother - blood via her daughter Nancy and step as she married my GGG Grandfather (Alexander's father).
She and John had 2 children - Tabitha "Dule" and Francis Marion "Buddy" Henry. She is listed in the 1900 Emanuel county GA Census living with her son Francis Marion Henry and his family.
Rachel had 3 illegitimate daughters prior to her marriage to John Emmett. Nancy, Annie Eliza and Charity. Their father is said to be Rev. John "Pappy" Wilkes, so named due to the number of illegitimate children he fathered. It is said that the girls, when younger, went by whichever last name suited them, either Branch or Wilkes.
Pappy married Rachel's younger sister Charity "Oud" Branch.
Pappy's brother David married Rachel's older sister, Martha Patricia "Pattie" Branch.
The Wilkes brothers and the Branch sisters were 2nd cousins.
Nancy married John Emmett's son, Alexander Stephen Henry.
Annie Eliza 1st married John Hardy Anderson. 2nd married Unk. McKenzie
Charity married William Canady
Rachel is both my blood GGG grandmother & my step-GGG grandmother - blood via her daughter Nancy and step as she married my GGG Grandfather (Alexander's father).
Family Members
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Martha Patricia "Pattie" Branch Wilkes
1818–1902
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Nancy Branch
1819–1870
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Isham Isaac "Isom" Branch
1823–1907
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Elias "Like" Branch
1827–1902
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Charity "Oud" Branch Wilkes
1830–1918
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Pvt James Benjamin Branch Sr
1831–1922
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Ann Eliza Branch Ricks
1835–1905
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William H "Bill" Branch
1837–1865
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Tabitha "Bitha" Branch Dixon
1839–1925
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John Branch Sr
1843–1918
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Mary Branch Beacham
1847–1918
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