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    1. McHargue Cem. errors for Branon family
    2. Everyone has that the Branon family in McHargue Cem. is spelled "Brannon". For those who might research this family, the graves DO NOT have that spelling. I went to the McHargue Cem. recently and took photos of my Branon ancestors graves. It is spelled BRANON on the stones. In the census records it was at a certain point spelled Brannon, but the graves have only 1 "N". Also, The grave for Levi Branon. His grave says "Levi C. Branon". It is transcribed as "Levi E. Brannon". In my grandmothers Bible she wrote his name "Levi Cox Branon". I live 6 hours from Laurel County and this was my first trip there and I loved it. I have never seen a place so beautiful. McHargue Cem. has been kept beautiful as well. If the cemeteries here were kept as nice as the ones I saw on my trip, it would be wonderful! There was one grave I did not find though, it was Josephus Branon, son of Emma and Leroy Branon. Emma is buried there and I found hers. There is a small stone beside her but it is a Hodges. Emma's stone is very hard to read. The transcriptions list Josephus.. where is he though? I do not know. We have a huge cemetery here that has been taken care of well, except for the very old graves (the first ones in the cem. actually) were not taken care of and the stones are now buried. If we need to find a grave, we nearly have to dig up the person just to find the stone! I hope this is not the case with Josephus. Also the transcription says Emma is only found back to 1860. Emma was in Carter Co., TN in 1850 with her husband, Leroy. I do not know where Leroy is buried, he is said to have died in 1853. If Leroy did die in 1853, Emma had 2 children many years after his death. They kept the Branon name but Emma did not remarry as far as we know. Meg

    10/01/2004 10:05:49