Brann.William.1814.Pendleton.BIO

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffen, 7th ed.,
Pendleton Co.

WILLIAM A. BRANN, a farmer and tobacco dealer at Morgan, Pendleton Co.,
Ky., was born in that county September 5, 1814, and is a son of Joseph and
Anna (Moore) Brann, natives of Virginia, who settled in Pendleton County
when young on Crooked Creek.  Joseph Brann and Anna Moore were married
about 1809 and thirteen children were born to their union--seven daughters
and six sons--of whom our subject was the third child.  William A. Brann
received a common-school education, and has followed farming all of his
life; he settled where he now resides in 1884, where he is the owner
of 800 acres of land.  In 1853, he was elected to the Legislature from
Pendleton County, re-elected in 1857 and again elected in 1861.  In
1865 he was again a candidate for the same office, but was defeated
fraudulently and he contested, and a new election was called which elected
him to the office.  He has been a magistrate for many years.  In 1841 Mr.
Brann married Miss Martha Callen, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Callen of
Pendleton County, and to their union seven children have been born:
John C., Mary C., Margaret, Rebecca, Nancy, James and Martha. Rebecca
died in infancy.  Mr. Brann has been a member of the Christian Church for
about twenty-five years, of which church his wife is also a member.
Mr. Brann is a Democrat.


Submitted by: WRFC71A@prodigy.com (MRS BEULAH A FRANKS)
Date: Sun,  6 Jul 1997