Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Claude Herman Brannon    
       Also known as: Herman Brannon 1
                Born: Apr-20-1898           1,2
                Died: Jan- 2-1963           2
              Buried:                      in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  3
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930                 truck driver  4
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Winna Fern Reed     
         Census name: Winnie F. Reed 
             Married: Oct-16-1919           1
                Born: Mar-21-1892          in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  1,2,5
                Died: May-30-1960          in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  6,2
              Buried:                      in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  6,3
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: David Allen Reed   (1853 - 1909) 
              Mother: Sarah Jane Gaston   (1853 - 1918) 
           F Child 1: Sara Jane Brannon      
                Born: Dec-18-1924          in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  7,1,8
             Resided: 1946                 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  7
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  
           Education:                      Fairmont State Teachers College  1
             Husband: Frank Xavier Meyers  b. Sep-15-1918  
             Married: Mar- 5-1946          in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  7,1
           M Child 2: Robert Herman Brannon      
                Born: Feb-10-1926          in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Sep- 4-1944          in Washington, DC  1,2
              Buried:                      in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  1,3
      Cause of death:                      military training accident  1
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  
            Military: (enlisted 4/26/1944) Pvt, US Army, World War II  9,2,1
Notes 1 

Sources:
(1) Ota Reed Fraker (1882-1970) in her 15-page genealogy of the descendants of her maternal grandparents, Samuel Morris & 
Elizabeth Law Gaston, misleadingly entitled "Genealogy or Family Tree of John Gaston, 
Sr." 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) 1930 Census, Marion County, WV. 
(5) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(6) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV. 
(8) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. 
(9) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 







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