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Thomas Branand or Brannon was born in Westmoreland County, PA to parents William Brannan, an Englishman, and Susannah Hines. The family moved to Worth Twp., Butler County when he was 18 years old. There he married Marry Burrows, who apparently died soon thereafter. He second married Mary Ann Reed whose family was from Lawrence County, and their first child was probably born by the early 1820's. By 1845 they had 10 children, and the family purchased a farm in Franklin Township. They were members of the United Presbyterian Church at Prospect. Mr. Branand was a Democrat, and apparently served in a variety of local political offices. In about 1865-70, when the Branands would have been about 70 years old, they provided a home for 12 year old Oliver W. Stoughton, whose father Matthew Stoughton had died when the boy was but a few years old. Oliver had lived with a grandfather and other relatives since, but seemed to find a tru affection for Mr. Branand, focused on his schoolwork, learned the plastering trade, and felt a bond of gratitutde to Mr. Branand thereafter. Thomas Brannand died at about the age of 75 years, and is buried at Wolf Creek Cemetery as were his parents.

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6             Generation 7          Generation 8
 
                                        +-- [unknown]
                                        |   (????-????)
                  +-- William Brannan --+ 
                  |   (1782-1876)       |   
Thomas Brannan ---+                     +-- [unknown]
 (1872-????)      |                         (????-????)
                  +-- Susannah Hines
                      (????-????)     

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(all children with Mary Ann Reed)

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Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1820 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA, Ancestry.com pg.3. Family of thomas Brandon: 1 male 16-26, 1 female under 10, 1 female 16-26; 1 unnaturalized foreigner. Corresponds to Thomas Brannan & wife Mary Ann , & probably youngest daughter Susannah.
2	1840 United States federal Census, Slipperyrock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 5. Census is not dated. Family of Thomas Brandon: 1 male <5, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 40-50, 1 male 80-90, 1 female <5, 2 females 5-10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 40-50. This is Thomas Branand, son of William Brannan, William is the older male living with his son. This suggests that William was born in the 1750's. since Susannah is not listed (no older female, she is presumed to have died before 1840.
1	1860 United States Federal Census Butler Co., Franlkin Twp., pg 46. Thos. Brandon age 63 farmer,real estate $6600, personal estate $1471; wife Mary A. age 58; children Rebecca age 26; Margaret age 21,school teacher; Moira age 19; Isaac (marked female) age 15; William B. Curry age 13; all born PA; Moira, Isaac & Wm Curry in school
2	20th Century History of Butler and Butler Co. PA, 1909, by James A. McKee, p.659 biographies of Isaac Reed Brannan, William Brannan, and Thomas Brannan. Thomas Brannan was born 29 Jan. 1797 in Westmoreland Co. Pa, and died 13 Oct. 1872 in Butler Co. When 18 he moved to Worth Twp where he married; in 1845 with wife & 10 children settled in Franklin Twp. on farm now owned by his son Isaac Reed Brennan. His wife was a daughter of William Reed of Neshannock Falls, Lawrence Co. Names ten children and their spouses.	(See complete text)
3	20th Century History of Butler & Butler Co.,by McKee, 1909, p.1270. Biographical sketch of Oliver W. Stoughton describes his stay for five years as a teenager in the home of Thomas Branand.	(See complete text)
4	1883 History of Butler County, Waterman, Watkins & Co, Chicago, p. 331. Francis Currie, a native of Scotland, came to this country in 1840. He lived in Slippery Rock and Worth Townships; then moved to the northern part of Franklin, where he died in 1850. He was married after coming here, to Jane Brannan. Of his family only one survives - W. B. Currie.
5	Butler County Cemetery Invertory, Wolf Creek Cemetery Thomas Brannan died 10-13-1872 aged 75y 8m 14d Mary Ann Reed, Wife of Thomas Brannan, died 08-30-1866 aged 65y 5m 6d Thomas Brannan died 03-01-1856 aged 20 y 3m William Brannan died 07-09-1842, aged 48y 10m 2d (error in transcription; should be aged 18y 10m 2d)
6	Personal correspondence from Pat Moser Gravestone of William, son of Thomas Branand, should read "aged 18 y 10 m 2 d", (rather than 48 y, as in Butler Co. Cemetery Inventory)
7	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams	N/A

Source notes

• son William died 1842 age 18 y 10 m 2 da; gravestone transcribed erroneously in Butler Co. Cemetery Inventory as d. 1842 age 48 y 10m 2 d.
• 1860 census: expect daughter "Moira" is Alvira.

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