Posted on: Branson Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Branson/94 Surname: ------------------------- I know that Branson, Mo. was named for Rueben Branson and he had a brother Valentine but no brother Andrew. He was the storekeeper and postmaster and that was the main reason the town got his name. My dad was his nephew and he once told me that Rueben moved elsewhere a couple of years after the town was named after him. An interesting sidelight is that his brother Galbrith was the Taney County Mo. sheriff and was murdered by the vigilante group, gone bad, known as the ball knobbers. He and his deputy were both killed at a 4th of July celebration.