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Updated July 18, 2002

James & Lois Branch

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Hi - We are James E. and Lois E. (Thomas) Branch. We live in Troutdale, Oregon about sixty feet from the Sandy River.
We spend as much time as possible camping at Beverly Beach State Park on the Oregon coast looking for rocks and fossils and enjoying the great outdoors. There's nothing like a pot of hot coffee brewed on an open fire.
Our passions are the Grandchildren, music, football, gardening, genealogy, spending time together walking on the river or beach, and camping.
Lois is a member of the National TBI Organization (Traumatic Brain Injury). Also a member of the local Brain Stormers, a group of women who were professional business women before sustaining their brain injuries.
We have two birds who don't know they are birds: a Sun Conure named Sunny and a Love Bird named Boo-Boo. They love to travel with us in our motor home. They even have their own homepages. You can get to their links by clicking on the link to OUR OTHER HOMEPAGE.

IMPORTANT: Due to a shortage of space we have placed our GEDCOM file of over 29,000 persons on Rootsweb World Connect.(Always under construction so check back soon)

Some of our main geographical research areas are Pickens Co. SC; Caswell Co. NC; Buncombe Co. NC; Baltimore Co. MD; Henrico Co. VA; Pittsylvania Co. VA; Athens Co. OH; Logan Co. KY; Logan Co. IL; Marion Co. IL; Wayne Co. IL; White Co. IL; Muhlenburg Co. KY; Henderson Co. KY; Phelps Co. MO and others.

Our main research is of the following families: ATTERBERRY, BRANCH, MELTON, HENSON, BURROUGHS, HILL, WILLIAMS, SCHWARTZ, HAILE, DEAN, THOMAS, GREEN, MATLOCK, SCHMIDT, SHAW, SHULL, HUNSINGER, COATS/COATES, MUNYON, FIERCE, STONE, DENNIS, STRINGFELLOW, REID/REED, CLAYTON, BOWEN, BROWN and many, many more.

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The Haile/Hale report includes many families of the Eastern Shore and the early years of Maryland.

The Coats/Coates family report includes many families of Athens County, Ohio and Logan County, Illinois, including PHILLIPS, MUNYON, COATS/COATES and many allied families.

The HUNSINGER/SHULL-SCHOLL/ATTERBERRY Reports include many of the families who settled in Southern Illinois. The Atterberry (various spellings) files are a combination of researchers, including Paris Loucks and Lillian Harmon.
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Some of the information furnished in these reports has been gathered from other family members interested in learning their family history, the fact is without their help and their hours of research, this site could not exist. Much of it has been verified and although I have tried to sort fact from fiction, there are sure to be some errors. Remember the saying, "Just because it's written on paper, doesn't mean it is chisled in stone".
This page has been created to use for your use for clues to your heritage. YOU WILL HAVE TO DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.
This page is always under construction.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ATTERBERRY RESEARCHERS:For more information on the Thomas Atterberry (son of William, the immigrant)family please contact M. Emmons at emmons@gte.net



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  • Melton Descendants (109 KB)
    Melton descendants-Please send email with any corrections or additions. Please click on photos below for tombstones Joseph & Benjamin "Jackson" Melton
 

Family Photos

  • William and Elizabeth "Betsy" (Reid) Williams (292 KB)
    William Williams, born 24 March 1815 Pickens Co. SC died from wounds sustained in the Battle of First Manassas 18 Feb 1862 Pickens Co. SC, married Elizabeth "Betsy" Reid, born 15 Jan 1818 Pickens Co. SC daughter of Nathaniel and Margaret "Peggy" (Hill) Reid, died 24 Dec 1890 Pickens Co. SC. Both buried Oolenoy Baptist Church Cemetery, Pickens Co. SC. NOTE: Some say she was Elizabeth Brown Reid. This is incorrect.
  • Dock Taylor Branch with Grandchildren (497 KB)
    Left to Right: Agnes Branch, Inez Branch, Wesley O. Newman, Dock Branch, Eunice Branch Salem, Marion Co. IL
  • Ira Britt Branch & Charles Coleman-Marion Co. IL (142 KB)
    Ira Branch, son of Dock Taylor Branch and Virginia Ellen (Williams) Branch. Who was Charles Coleman? Photo taken Oct 1909
  • Augustus & Hester Phillips & Children-Logan Co. IL (317 KB)
    Back Row: L to R: Jessie Ellen; Lee Elizabeth "Doll"; James Lee; Lucy Ann; Albert Franklin. Front Row: L to R: Joseph Oliver; Hester Ann (Munyon) Phillips; Augustus "Gus"; Mary Alice "Mollie".
  • Ira Britt "Cotton" Branch (54 KB)
    Ira Britt "Cotton" Branch, born July 1890
  • Rose and Flossie Bryant-Marion Co. IL (56 KB)
    Left to Right: Rose Irene Bryant, born 25 Aug 1896, Marion Co. IL, daughter of Edward W. and Mary Elizabeth (Stringfellow) Bryant with cousin Flossie Bryant, daughter of Jessie Bryant, brother of Edward W. Bryant.
  • Mary (Campbell) Thomas-Funeral Card (212 KB)
    Mary Campbell, born 15 Aug 1812 in NY or PA; died 19 May 1902 Logan Co. IL. She married 20 Jan 1842, Wayne Co. IN, James Thomas. Would love to hear from anyone researching the Campbell or Thomas family.
  • JOHN & MARY BRANCH (83 KB)
    John and Mary "Polly" (Farthing) Branch
  • Grace and Hulen Branch-Marion Co. IL (86 KB)
    Grace Branch, born 16 Aug 1908 Odin, Marion Co. IL with her brother Hulen James Branch, born 17 Dec 1911 Odin, IL. Both are children of James Alexander and Dorothy Annabelle "Dollie" (Williams) Branch.
  • Branch & Newman Family-Marion Co. IL (167 KB)
    In wagon: Stella "Stil" (Branch) Newman, wife of Charles Newman; Ella Branch sister of Stella; Oliver "Ollie" Wesley Newman son of Charles and Stella Newman. Standing: Charles Newman, husband of Stella. Stella & Ella, daughters of Dock Taylor Branch and his wife Virginia Ellen (Williams) Branch. Early 1900's Marion Co. IL
  • Tombstone of Benjamin "Jackson" Melton (1819-1868) (126 KB)
    "Jackson" Melton, husband of Nancy Melton, son of Silas R. and Margaret G. (Moore) Melton, buried near Walnut Hill, Marion Co. IL.
  • Branch Parents with Son Ed's Burial Flag-Sept 1948 (218 KB)
    Ira Britt and Lucy Violet (Bryant) Branch with their son's burial flag. Their son Edward Dock Branch, born 26 July 1924, Rural Odin, Marion Co. IL, was killed in WWII at the Battle of the Bulge. Ed was buried first at Henri Chapple in Belguim and in Sept. 1948 was brought home and buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Centralia, IL. Ed was in Co. C, 23rd Infantry Division. He married Juanita C. Melton. Ed & Juanita are the parents of James Edward "Jim" Branch.
  • Tombstone of Joseph Melton (1799-1888) (109 KB)
    Joseph Melton, husband of Margaret (Lacewell) Melton, father of Nancy who married Benjamin "Jackson" Melton. Buried near Walnut Hill, IL
  • Branch Women-Marion Co. IL (88 KB)
    This photo identified only as Branch women. Can anyone identify them? Please contact authorof this page.
  • Edward Dock Branch-Co. C, 23rd Infantry Div. WWII (46 KB)
    Ed, born 1924, Marion Co. IL, son of Ira Britt and Lucy Violet (Bryant) Branch
  • Michael Boyd (337 KB)
    Michael Boyd, in front of first home near Forest Grove, Washington Co. OR; son of Adam and Eva Catherine (Engle) Boyd, b.9 Dec 1822, Elk Lick, Somerset Co. PA; died 3 Nov 1907 Forest Grove, Washington Co. OR married Nancy Ann Gibson, dau of William O. and Melinda Jane (Burgin) Gibson.
  • Frances Carlotta "Charlotte" (Coats) Munyon (141 KB)
    This is a photo of my G.G. Grandma with her corncob pipe. Carlotta, born 21 Nov 1827, OH, died 15 Feb 1924 St. Joseph, MO. She was the daughter of James Mataito and Mary (Fierce) Coats/Coates of Athens Co. OH. Carlotta married 28 Aug 1846, Athens Co. OH Edmund Munyon, born 7 Nov 1818. Ed and Carlotta moved from Athens Co. OH to Logan Co. IL. On the way to Holt Co. MO Ed died near Curzon, MO and was laid to rest in an unmarked grave under a large tree.
  • PFC Charles A. Branch, Oct 1944 (64 KB)
    Charles, son of Ira Britt and Lucy Violet (Bryant) Branch
  • Nancy Ann (Gibson) Boyd (277 KB)
    Nancy Ann Gibson, dau. of William O. and Melinda (Burgin) Gibson, b. 9 Dec 1830, MO. died 2 Sept 1874 Washington Co. OR. Married Michael Boyd 11 Oct 1846 MO
  • Stella (Branch) Newman with daughter Mary Alice (123 KB)
    Stella "Stil" (Branch) Newman, daughter of Dock Taylor Branch with her daughter Mary Alice Newman. Stil was the wife of Charles Newman.
  • John Elmer "Beef" Branch (76 KB)
    Elmer was son of Dock Taylor Branch and his wife Virginia Ellen (Williams) Branch. Here he is in his uniform during WWI. Centralia, IL
  • Children of Michael and Nancy Ann (Gibson) Boyd (434 KB)
    L to R: Riley Boyd, b. 14 Oct 1866; Joseph Boyd, b. 23 Sept 1858; James K. Boyd, b. 13 Aug 1854; Humphrey Boyd, b. 5 Dec 1864; in chair: Melinda Boyd, b. 25 Aur 1847. Photo taken Hillsboro, Washington Co. OR.
  • Reuben Branch-Marion Co. IL (85 KB)
    Reuben A. Branch, born 1898, Marion Co. IL, son of Dock Taylor and Virginia Ellen (Williams) Branch. Reuben married Matilda "Tillie" Bayliss.
  • Ida Mae Bryant-Marion Co. IL (170 KB)
    Ida was born 12 Nov 1889. She was the daughter of Edward W. and Mary Elizabeth (Stringfellow) Bryant Ida married Charles "Dot" Treffert.
  • William O. and Melinda Jane (Burgin) Gibson (318 KB)
    William O. Gibson, son of Isaac and Nancy Ann (Owens) Gibson, b. ca 1810 Giles Co. TN; died ca 1875 Washington Co. OR married Melinda Jane Burgin on 10 Feb 1830, Jackson Co. MO.
  • Edward W. & Mary Elizabeth (Stringfellow) Bryant (738 KB)
    Edward Wiley Bryant, b. 17 Feb 1870, near Salem, Marion Co. IL His mother was Sarah Meeks. His Stepfather was William Bryant. Ed married Mary Elizabeth Stringfellow on 17 Feb 1889 Marion Co. IL. She was born 4 May 1871, Mobile, AL to Frank H. and Lucy Ann Schmidt.
 

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