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Brandon, Robert , who died March 8, 1874 aged 85 years, 8 mo 23 days was the son of:

BRANDON:

Robert Brandon was born on 13 Jun 1788 in Halifax Co., Virginia, the son of Sarah Lee Scott ( Sarah was born on 16 Jan 1766 in Caswell Co, NC., died on 30 Jun 1818 in Halifax Co, Va.) and Francis Brandon II, ( Revolutionary War soldier) son of Francis Brandon and Elinor Richmond,. Francis was born on 16 May 1756 in Halifax Co, Va. He died on 9 Aug 1842 in Halifax Co, Va. They married on 18 Dec 1785 in Caswell Co, NC. The children of Sarah and Francis were: William, Robert, Sarah, John, Jesse, Elizabeth, Annis, Rebecca, Martha, Francis, Amy, Catherine, Mary and Dicey.
( Note: Brandon Plantation at Alton area of Halifax Co., VA. is on the National Historic Register, location is 500 ft. W of jct. with VA 696, Alton. Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874 ( building by Robert Day, ) [ The architectural design was provided by Thomas Day. ]

Halifax County, VA. " On Sept. 30 1788, a will written by Francis Brandon, which states he gives his son Francis Brandon (Jr.) 112 acres of land adjoining Nathaniel Cunningham and James Dials, and in the same will he also gives to his son, Francis, 40 pounds cash which ………….due me on a bond."

Robert married (1) Mary Jane Holt "Jane", daughter of Timothy Holt and Elizabeth Chambers, on 10 Jan 1811 in Halifax Co, Va. Jane was born on 12 Feb 1790 in Halifax Co, Va. She died on 2 Feb 1858 in Calloway Co, Mo and was buried in Feb 1858 in Dry Fork Cemetery New Bloomfield, Mo.

Departed this life, on the 2d inst., Mrs. Jane Brandon, wife and consort of Robert Brandon. She was born in Virginia A. D. 1799, February 12th. Emigrated to Callaway County, Missouri in the year 1832. – member of the Baptist church at Dry Fork. Apr. 9, 1858 2/6

Robert and Jane Holt Brandon came to Callaway County in the early 1830's, he held a forty acre patent, issued in November 14, 1835 from the Fayette land office, and another forty acre patent, document # 13607, issued at the Fayette land office January 10, 1840.Robert and Jane had the following children:

1.Abner Holt Brandon was born on 30 Oct 1811 in Halifax Co, Va. He died on 28 Nov 1882 in Callaway Co, Mo and was buried on 28 Nov 1882 in Dry Fork Cemetery Callaway Co, Mo.

1.Abner married Sarah Zumwalt on 22 Jul 1866 in Callaway Co, Mo. Sarah was born on 30 Jun 1827.

She died on 2 Aug 1894 in Callaway Co, Mo and was buried in Aug 1894 in Dry Fork Cemetery Callaway Co, Mo.

2. Smith Anderson Brandon was born on 26 Nov 1813 in Halifax Co, Va. He died on 18 Jan 1851 in Callaway Co, Mo.Smith married (1) Elizabeth Ann Holt, daughter of Hiram Holt and Jane Chambers, in 1836. Children of Elizabeth Ann Holt:

Elizabeth Jane Brandon was born in 1837. She died on 8 Mar 1874.

Elizabeth married Thomas H Renoe on 17 Jan 1855.

Smith married (2) Eliza Ann Reynolds, daughter of John Reynolds, on 19 Feb 1846 in Callaway Co, Mo. Eliza was born on 20 Jan 1828 in Callaway Co, Mo. She died on 8 Jan 1903 in Callaway Co, Mo and was buried in Jan 1903 in Dry Fork Cemetery New Bloomfield, Mo. Children of Eliza Ann Reynolds- she married again to Fillmore G. Vaughn and had six children.

William Francis Brandon

Martha Elmira Brandon

3.Sarah Pane Brandon married John F.Holt, November 4, 1835 in Callaway County. John F. Holt was the 4^th son of Abner Holt and Elizabeth Brooks, also of Halifax County, VA. he was born in TN. About ten years before they came to Callaway County. Sarah was born on 18 Feb 1816 in Halifax Co, Va. She died on 11 Mar 1872 in Callaway Co, Mo and was buried in Mar 1872 in Old Prospect Methodist Episcopal Cemetery. He died on 25 Apr 1895 in Callaway Co, Mo and was buried in Apr 1895 in Old Prospect Methodist Episcopal Cemetery. Their children:

1. Francis Price Holt was born on 13 Feb 1837 in Callaway Co, Mo. He died on 28 Jun 1838 in Callaway Co, Mo.
2. Robert Abner Holt was born on 16 Aug 1839 in Callaway Co, Mo.
3. Sidney Smith Holt was born on 19 Apr 1841 in Callaway Co, Mo. He died on 15 Aug 1841 in Callaway Co, Mo and was buried in Aug 1841 in Old Prospect Cemetery Callaway Co, Mo
4. Perry Simeon Holt 554 F v
5.Lucy Ann Holt was born on 20 Jun 1845 in Callaway Co, Mo.
6. Elizabeth Jane Holt was born on 9 Jul 1848 in Callaway Co, Mo. She died on 26 Jun 1852 in Callaway Co, Mo.
6. John Jared Holt
7. Charles Richard Holt was born on 18 Jan 1855 in Callaway Co, Mo
8. Thomas Noland Holt was born on 21 Dec 1856 in Callaway Co, Mo.
9. Virginia Alice Holt was born on 8 Jan 1859 in Callaway Co, Mo. She died on 18 May 1877 in Callaway Co, Mo and was buried in May 1877 in Old Prospect Methodist Episcopal Cemetery

4.Francis Brandon was born on 20 Nov 1819 in Halifax Co, Va. He died on 27 Dec 1890 in Fulton Callaway Co, Mo. ( He was Mayor of Fulton )

Francis married (1) Anne Catherine Bennett, daughter of John Bennett and Susanna Holt, on 15 Dec 1841 in Callaway Co, Mo. Anne was born in May 1823. She died in 1867 in Fulton Callaway Co, Mo. Their children:

1. Mary Annis Brandon was born on 10 Nov 1842. She died on 12 Mar 1919. Mary married William Holland Dawson on 25 Feb 1869 in Callaway Co, Mo.
2. James Newton Brandon
3. John Robert Brandon was born on 11 Aug 1852. He died on 12 Apr 1920.
4. Susan Virginia Brandon was born on 17 Apr 1854. Susan married Ephraim Moore.
5. Laura Martha Brandon was born on 16 Oct 1856. She died on 8 May 1935. Laura married Wallace Williams on 17 Nov 1875.

5.Elizabeth Jane Brandon was born on 14 Jul 1826 in Halifax Co, Va. She died on 28 Oct 1909 in New Bloomfield Calloway Co, Mo and was buried in Oct 1909 in Hopewell Cemetery Callaway Co, Mo.
See Smith Brandon for 1st marriage:

Elizabeth married (2)to William Wilson Vaughn, son of Banister W Vaughan and Martha Wilson, on 1 Mar 1843 in Callaway Co, Mo. William was born in 1822 in Halifax Co, Va. He died on 4 Oct 1862 in Corinth, Miss. Their children:

1. Martha Jane Vaughn was born on 19 Jan 1844 in Callaway Co, Mo. She died on 13 Nov 1899 in Mexico Audrain Co. Mo. Martha married John Umstead on 27 Dec 1858 in Callaway Co, Mo.

2. Susan Ann Vaughn was born in 1846 in Callaway Co, Mo. She died on 15 Jul 1904 in Callaway Co, Mo. Susan married Charles A Emmons on 14 Mar 1867 in Callaway Co, Mo.

3. Sarah Frances Vaughn 569 M iv John Abner Vaughn was born in 1850 in Callaway Co, Mo. William Smith Vaughn was born in 1852.

4. Robert Thomas Vaughn was born in 1855 in Callaway Co, Mo. He died in 1935 in Callaway Co, Mo and was buried in 1935 in Old Prospect Cemetery Callaway Co, Mo. Robert married Fannie S. Fannie was born in 1864. She died in 1934 in Callaway Co, Mo and was buried in 1934 in Old Prospect Cemetery Callaway Co, Mo.

5. Charles Hampton Vaughn was born on 29 Jan 1858 in Callaway Co, Mo. He died on 31 Oct 1936 in Cedar City Callaway Co, Mo and was buried in Oct 1936 in Hart Hill Cemetery.

6. Laura Elizabeth Vaughn was born on 24 Jul 1860 in New Bloomfield Calloway Co, Mo. She died on 28 Apr 1947 in Kansas City, Mo Jackson Co and was buried in Apr 1947 in Green Lawn

Cemetery. Laura married David Foster, son of Wayne Foster and Ann Catherine Hickam, on 10 Mar 1880 in Callaway Co, Mo. David was born on 6 Nov 1851 in Wellington Lafayette Co, Mo. He died on 10 Aug 1948 in Kansas City, Mo Jackson Co and was buried in Aug 1948 in Green Lawn Cemetery.

Elizabeth also married (2) James Alexander Henderson, son of David Henderson Jr, on 5 Feb 1867 in Callaway Co, Mo. James was born on 1 May 1811 in Tennessee. He died on 13 Jan 1890 in Callaway Co, Mo and was buried in Jan 1890 in Concord Cemetery. They had the following child:

James David Henderson, born 1869, died 1891.

Robert also married (2) Eliza Ann Dozier on 21 Apr 1859 in Callaway Co, Mo.

Book C, page 49 BRANDON to DOZIER This is to certify that I united in matrimony Mr. Robert Brandon to Miss Eliza Dozier on the 21st of April 1859 Geo. D. Tolle M. G. Filed & Recorded 18th May 1859 Geo. Bartley Recorder Callaway County, Missouri

Eliza was born on 1 Oct 1805. She died on 8 Mar 1874 in Calloway Co, Mo and was buried in Mar 1874 in Dry Fork Cemetery at New Bloomfield. Her obituary said:

"Very suddenly, in this county, on the 2d of August, 1870, Mrs. Eliza Brandon, wife of Robert Brandon, aged "65 years. Aug. 5, 1870 2/6"

Robert died on 8 Mar 1874 in Calloway Co, Mo and was buried in Mar 1874 in Dry Fork Cemetery New Bloomfield, Mo. He fought in War of 1812 in Norfolk, Va 1812-1813. The 1860 census shows him with 13 slaves.

( Note: Boone County 1850 Census, District # 8, page 445 & 446, has an Eliza Dozier- age 43 as HOH born in Virginia with all others born in MO., - William age 14, James A. age 12, Amanda 10, Robert T 08, Nancy 06, and Sarah A. 04.
( Who was her husband?, was it Thomas Dozier)

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