This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Branson, Perkins, Rednon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kdF.2ACIB/313.2 Message Board Post: William Sterling Branson's wife, Martha Ann Perkins Branson, is the daughter of Hiram Perkins and his second wife Chloe Ann Rednon. I am a descendant of Isaac Perkins, son of Hiram Perkins and his first wife Tabbitha. My great aunt was named after Martha "Mattie". She remembered visiting Martha "Mattie" Branson in Osage County. Jonathan Ramey