At 4:00 AM -0600 7/24/05, BRANSON-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >X-Message: #2 >Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:57:00 EDT >From: JANLWH@aol.com >To: BRANSON-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <1e8.3fb2c182.30146b8c@aol.com> >Subject: RE: Updated Branson Day file >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >Hi Yvonne, > I checked out you updated Branson and learned something new. I am >descended from Catherine Branson who married Patrick Wiley. They >had several sons >and a daughter or 2. The sons had unusual names and I always wonder why >they named them these. They were Wilkerson (my 3rd ggf), Washburn and Willis. > I know that Catherine Branson was the daughter of Amos Branson and >Hannah Timmons and I see that her brother was Liner "Willis" >Branson. Now I know >where she got the name Willis. I am wondering if the family called Liner >Willis, Willis rather that Liner? > From Wilkerson Wiley's Will, I found out that he was called Wilkey or >Red which tells me that he had red hair. > Interesting facts that one doesn't find too often. > I recently found the graves of Wilkerson Wiley, his wife Hannah Eliz. >Trusty-Wiley, a son, his wife and child and another adult daughter >that died at >20 yrs. old. There is a very old stone that is no longer legible and I >believe that it is that of Catherine Branson-Wiley who lived with >Wilkerson as an >elderly widow. The tiny cemetery is on a lovely treed hill on the old >Wilkerson Wiley in Webster County, KY and now on a private farm. > Interesting facts that one doesn't find too often. > >Janet H. Hi, Janet. I'm still waiting for the update on Catherine and Patrick. I think you're putting it together still so we aren't (yet) showing any children for the couple. Liner is my 4ggf and I've seen his name in records as Liner, Lionel and Siner. I don't recall seeing him referred to as Willis but he did name one of his sons Amos Willis. If you took digital photos of the cemetery or the headstones, we'd love to have them! Your cousin, Yvonne -- Yvonne Bowers (Looking for Liner BRANSON b. 1790 KY) BRANSON Mailing List BRANSON Most Wanted http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html Thomas L. BRANSON/Elizabeth DAY Family File: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.HTM