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The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 412
Judge Henry Brannon, who was a justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals from 1888 to 1913, was born at Winchester, Virginia, November 26, 1837, member of a prominent family of Old Virginia and a son of Robert and Catherine (Copenhaver) Brannon. Robert Brannon was also a native of Winchester, and an influential citizen of that locality, being a planter and a hotel proprietor. His children were named John, Harriet, Stuart, Morgan M. and Henry.
Judge Henry Brannon was reared on a farm and had all the advantages of a liberal education in the years before the war. He graduated A. B. from the University of Virginia in 1857. He was admitted to the bar in 1859, and began his career as a lawyer in Lewis County, West Virginia, before the war, having studied law with his brother in-law. He was in active practice at Weston from 1859 to 1881. He was prosecuting attorney of Lewis County from 1860 to 1864, was a member of the West Virginia House of Representatives in 1870-71, and for eight years, from 1880 to 1888, was judge of the Circuit court. Then followed his long career of a quarter of a century as justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals. His last term on the supreme bench expired December 31, 1912, and he died November 24, 1914. He was a democrat until 1896, and after that a republican. Judge Brannon was author of "Treatise on Rights and Privileges Guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution."
December 28, 1858, he married Hetta Jane Arnold, of Weston. Of their six children five are living: Ida J., widow of Dr. John I. Warder, of Weston; Ella V., wife of Frank J. Flannery, of Baltimore, Maryland; Mamie B. Whelan, of Huntington, West Virginia, widow of James J. Whelan; Gertrude, wife of J. Hoffman Edwards, of Weston; Edward A.; and Henry, Jr., deceased.
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"Hacker's Creek Journal" Volume XVIII, Issue 3 pp.136,137 Norman, Don, "Descendants of Joseph Bennett" 1850, 1860, 1870 Lewis County VA (WV) census
3.HENRY BRANNON 1.ROBERT BRANNON
Henry Brannon, a son of Robert and Catherine (Copenhaver) Brannon, was born in VA about 1836. He married Hetta -------. Hetta was born in VA about 1836. Henry was an attorney in Lewis County WV. Known children of Henry and Hetta Brannon.
8. (1). Ida J. b.c. 1860 9. (2). Ella V. b.c. 1863 10. (3). Gertrude A b.c. 1866 11. (4). Edward A. b. 1870 * Brannon, Henry (1837-1914) of Lewis County, W.Va. Born November 27, 1837. Judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1889-1912. Died November 24, 1914. Burial location unknown.
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