George Washington Branning
1799-1877
Generation No. 1
1 GEORGE WASHINGTON BRANNING (ANDREW B.2, DE BRANNING1) was born 11
June 1799 in North Carolina, and died 1877. He married MARY ELLEN
PHILLIPS Abt. 1825, daughter of MATTHEW PHILLIPS and MARTHA BARNES.; She
was born 1808 in Georgia, and died 29 March 1889 in Green Cove Springs,
Clay, Florida.
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During the Civil War, George Branning served in C.S.A. He
enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st Cavalry Regiment Florida on 15
May 1861. He was transfered to Company C, 4th Infantry Regiment Florida
on 15 December 1863.
He surrendered on 26 April 1865.
�More About MARY ELLEN PHILLIPS:
Cause of Death: pneumonia
Children of GEORGE BRANNING and MARY PHILLIPS are:
;i. BECKY4 BRANNING, b. 12 February 1827.
2. ii. MARY ELLEN BRANNING, b. 21 January 1830, Middleburg, Clay,
Florida; d. 11 August 1881.
3. iii. MARTHA LUCINDA BRANNING, b. 20 November 1831, Middleburg, Clay,
Florida; d. 1903, Florida.
4. iv. FRANCES MARGARET BRANNING, b. 1833, Middleburg, Clay, Florida; d.
13 January 1910, Green Cove Springs, Clay, Florida.
5. v. THOMAS JESSUP BRANNING, b. 19 August 1837, Middleburg, Clay,
Florida; d. 1913, Green Cove Springs, Clay, Florida.
vi. ROBERT RICHARD REID BRANNING, b. 31 December 1839, Middleburg,
Clay, Florida; d. 29 February 1860, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida.
More About ROBERT RICHARD REID BRANNING:
Burial: 1860, Middleburg U. Methodist Cemetery- FL
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
6. vii. DAVID LEVY BRANNING, REV., b. 29 October 1842, Middleburg,
Clay, Florida; d. 29 April 1910, Waldo, Alachua, Florida.
7. viii. GEORGE WASHINGTON BRANNING,JR., b. November 1845, Middleburg,
Clay, Florida.
8. ix. WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BRANNING, b. 1848, Middleburg, Clay,
Florida; d. 1925.
Generation No. 2
2.; MARY ELLEN4 BRANNING (GEORGE WASHINGTON3, ANDREW B.2, DE BRANNING1)
was born 21 January 1830 in Middleburg, Clay, Florida, and died 11
August 1881. She married JOHN ALEXANDER SUMMERLIN (Source: U.S. Census
- Clay County, Florida (year/page), 18600/160.) 03 September 1846 in
Jacksonville, Duval, Florida. He was born 21 February 1822, and died 18
March 1869 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida.
More About JOHN ALEXANDER SUMMERLIN:
Military service: Captain - 1st FL Regiment Cav - CSA
Children of MARY BRANNING and JOHN SUMMERLIN are:
9. i. EDWARD CABELL 5 SUMMERLIN, b. 12 September 1845; d. 06
October 1912.( m. Ellen Gnann had Alpha Summerlin she remarried G.W. Branning Jr.)
;ii. JACOB SUMMERLIN, b. 11 March 1849; d. 23 November 1897, St. Lucie,
Florida; m. JOSEPHINE SIKES.
;iii. MARY RENEDY SUMMERLIN, b. 26 July 1851, Florida; d. 05 October
1851, Florida.
;iv. SALLIE EMMA SUMMERLIN, b. 27 May 1853, Florida; d. Aft. 1876,
Florida; m. JIMMY GAINES.
;v. LIZZIE SUMMERLIN, b. 20 October 1855, Florida; d. 19 January 1933,
Florida; m. ARTHUR CABELL OSTEEN, 24 May 1876; b. 20 January 1855; d. 22
March 1916.
;vi. CARRIE SUMMERLIN, b. 16 January 1858, Florida; d. 01 June 1859,
Magnolia, Florida.
;vii. JOHN ALEXANDER SUMMERLIN, b. June 1860, Florida; d. Aft. 1881,
Florida.
;viii. THOMAS DEXTER DIXIE SUMMERLIN, b. 1862; d. July 1939; m.
CAROLINE WELLS.
;ix. LULLA SUMMERLIN, b. 08 January 1867; m. (1) S. S. BUELL, 14 May
1884; m. (2) HENRY C. CARR, 1933; d. 1935; m. (3) JOHN P. LITTS, 1937;
m. (4) FRANK HASSELL, 1943.
3.; MARTHA LUCINDA4 BRANNING (GEORGE WASHINGTON3, ANDREW B.2, DE
BRANNING1) was born 20 November 1831 in Middleburg, Clay, Florida, and
died 1903 in Florida. She married THOMAS JEFFERSON HENDRICKS 24
December 1846 in Middleburg, Clay, Florida, son of ISAAC HENDRICKS and
CATHERINE HICKISON. He was born 26 October 1826 in Florida, and died
1867 in Clay County, Florida.
Children of MARTHA BRANNING and THOMAS HENDRICKS are:
10. i. SAMUEL MIERCHEN5 HENDRICKS, b. Abt. 1847, Clay County, Florida;
d. 1918.
11. ii. LLEWELLYN ORLANDO HENDRICKS, b. Abt. 1849, Clay County, Florida.
12. iii. WILLIAM LEDWITH HENDRICKS, b. Abt. 1853, Clay County, Florida.
;iv. INFANT HENDRICKS, b. 1854.
;v. MARY HENDRICKS, b. 1856.
;vi. THOMAS J. HENDRICKS, b. September 1859, Clay County, Florida.
4; FRANCES MARGARET4 BRANNING (GEORGE WASHINGTON3, ANDREW B.2, DE
BRANNING1) was born 1833 in Middleburg, Clay, Florida, and died 13
January 1910 in Green Cove Springs, Clay, Florida. She married WILLIAM
WASHINGTON HULL, SR. 21 April 1853 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida. He
was born 1819, and died 01 January 1892.
More About FRANCES MARGARET BRANNING:
Burial: January 1910, Middleburg Cemetery - Middleburg,FL.
Children of FRANCES BRANNING and WILLIAM HULL are:
13. i. GEORGE BRANNING5 HULL, b. 1854, Florida; d. 1929.
14. ii. SARAH MATILDA HULL, b. 1856, Florida.
15. iii. MARY ELLEN HULL, b. 1858, Florida.
;iv. JOSEPH MAXIE HULL, b. 1860, Florida; d. 1870, Florida.
16. v. WILLIAM WASHINGTON HULL, JR., b. 1865, Florida; d. 1916.
;vi. FRANCES MARTHA HULL, b. 1868, Florida; d. 1876, Florida.
;vii. SUE MAGGIE BELLE HULL, b. 1871, Florida; d. 1879, Florida.
17. viii. MYRTLE FLORENCE HULL, b. 1878, Florida; d. May 1904.
5.; THOMAS JESSUP4 BRANNING (GEORGE WASHINGTON3, ANDREW B.2, DE
BRANNING1) (Source: U.S. Census - Clay County, Florida (year/page),
1880/327C.) was born 19 August 1837 in Middleburg, Clay, Florida, and
died 1913 in Green Cove Springs, Clay, Florida. He married MARY HENRY
GAINES 06 December 1860 in Whitesville, Florida, daughter of LEWIS
GAINES and MARY TAYLOR. She was born 1841 in Florida, and died 1921
in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida.
Notes for THOMAS JESSUP BRANNING:
; On 15 april 1862, Thomas J. Branning enlisted and served as a
Sgt. in Co. B of the 2nd Florida Cavalry (aka 9th Florida Infantry)
during the Civil War. He surrendered on 20 May 1865.
More About THOMAS JESSUP BRANNING:
Burial: 1913, Hickory Grove Cemetery- Green Cove Springs,FL.
Military service: Company B, Second Florida Cavalry
More About MARY HENRY GAINES: She is the half sister of Capt. Winston Stephens
Burial: 1921, Hickory Grove Cemetery- Green Cove Springs,FL.
Children of THOMAS BRANNING and MARY GAINES are:
;i. BERTHA MAY "BIRDIE"5 BRANNING, b. 1861, Florida; m. OTTO JOSEPH
MUHLBACHER.
18. ii. EVA MAY BRANNING, b. 1864, Florida.
p;iii. REID BRANNING, b. Abt. 1866, Florida; d. Abt. 1866, Florida.
19. iv. LEWIS CLARK BRANNING, b. 1868, Florida; d. 1947, Miami, Dade,
Florida.
20. v. THOMAS JESSUP BRANNING, JR., b. 1872.
21. vi. GEORGE GAINES BRANNING, b. 22 September 1874, Green Cove
Springs, Clay, Florida; d. 1950.
;vii. MARY BRANNING (Source: Family Bible - 1859 - Otto Joseph
Muehlbacher (John Case - 2001).), b. 22 September 1874, Green Cove
Springs, Clay, Florida; d. 19 September 1876, Green Cove Springs, Clay,
Florida.
22. viii. WINSTON STEPHENS BRANNING, b. 31 March 1877; d. 1959.
23. ix. MARY HENRY BRANNING, b. 03 August 1879.
;x. GRACE BRANNING, b. 1882.
6; DAVID LEVY4 BRANNING, REV. (GEORGE WASHINGTON3, ANDREW B.2, DE
BRANNING1) was born 29 October 1842 in Middleburg, Clay, Florida, and
died 29 April 1910 in Waldo, Alachua, Florida. He married VIRGINIA
ADELL BUDINGTON 15 November 1863 in Florida, daughter of OSIAS
BUDDINGTON and SUSAN ANN.; She was born 10 September 1844 in Florida,
and died 02 October 1916 in Florida.
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More About VIRGINIA ADELL BUDINGTON:
Burial: October 1916, Waldo Cemetery - Waldo, Alachua, FL
Children of DAVID BRANNING and VIRGINIA BUDINGTON are:
24. i. LOLLA ROOK5 BRANNING, b. 12 October 1864, Lake City, Columbia,
Florida; d. 1938, Starke, Bradford, Florida.
;ii. ALPHA DELTA BRANNING, b. 1865, Florida; d. 1866, Florida.
25. iii. LEVVIE ADELIA BRANNING, b. 1867, Florida.
;iv. VIDA VIRGINIA BRANNING, b. 1871, Florida; d. 1945; m. JOHN W.
MORGAN, 1893; b. 1865; d. 1937.
;v. SUSAN MARY BRANNING, b. 1872, Florida; d. 1962; m. WALTER SCOTT
WILLS, 1891; b. 1867; d. 1958.
26. vi. GEORGE OSIAS BRANNING, b. 1875, Florida.
27. vii. FLORENCE ADA BRANNING, b. 1877, Florida; d. 1965.
28. viii. IRENE GARY BRANNING, b. 1879, Florida; d. 1969.
;ix. EMMA CASTEL BRANNING, b. 1883, Florida; d. 1884, Florida.
;x. ESTHER BRANNING, b. 1885, Florida; d. 1886, Florida.
;xi. JENNIE BRANNING, b. 1888, Florida; d. 1889, Florida.
7. GEORGE WASHINGTON4 BRANNING,JR. (GEORGE WASHINGTON3, ANDREW B.2, DE
BRANNING1) (Source: U.S. Census - Clay County, Fl
was born November 1845 in Middleburg, Clay, He married ELLEN GNANN 1874. She was born February 1850. ( her mother Elizabeth was a sister of Sarah Jane, Joseph and Roman Alvarez.)
�Children of GEORGE BRANNING and ELLEN GERNAN are:
29. i. ALPHA SUMMERLIN5 BRANNING, b. 08 January 1873, Florida; d. 1936, (was from Ellen's 1st marriage to Edward Cabell Summerlin)
Polk County, Florida; Adopted child.
30. ii. REID BRANNING, b. May 1875, Florida; d. October 1920, Green Cove
Springs, Clay, Florida.
31. iii. MAE HENRY BRANNING, b. 1878, Florida.
32. iv. IDA BELLE BRANNING, b. October 1887, Florida.
v. CENTENNIAL BRANNING, b. 1886, Florida; d. Abt. 1890, Florida.
8.; WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS4 BRANNING (GEORGE WASHINGTON3, ANDREW
B.2, DE BRANNING1) was born 1848 in Middleburg, Clay, Florida, and died
1925.; He married (1) REUBANNAH GAINES 1868, daughter of LEWIS GAINES
and MARY TAYLOR.; She was born 1848 in Florida, and died 1903.; He
married (2) KATY SANCHEZ 1904. Reubannah was also the Half sister of Winston Stephens.
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Children of WILLIAM BRANNING and REUBANNAH GAINES are:
33. i. GEORGE LEWIS5 BRANNING, b. October 1869, Middleburg, Clay,
Florida; d. 1943.
;ii. RUBY BRANNING, b. 26 October 1871, Middleburg, Clay, Florida; d. 31
October 1871, Middleburg, Clay, Florid
34. iii. MARY ELLA BRANNING, b. 1872, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida; d.
1928.
35. iv. WILLIAM CONVERSE CARROLL BRANNING, b. 11 February 1875,
Jacksonville, Duval, Florida; d. 1932.
36. v. HENRY PIERRE BRANNING, b. 18 August 1877, Osteen, Florida; d.
October 1962, Miami, Dade, Florida.
37. vi. ROBERT RAYMOND REED BRANNING, b. 1880, Osteen, Florida; d. 1955.
38. vii. WILLIE FULWOOD BRANNING, b. 1882, Osteen, Florida; d. 1950.
;viii. REUBANNAH EDITH BRANNING, b. 1885, Enterprise, Florida; d. 1959.