BRANDON/BRANHAM FAMILY: The 1850 census had the family called Branham and then corrected it in the 1860 to Brandon. This is what drives you crazy when researching. Most of the Brandons settled in the Richwood Township with the Rowdens, Lawsons and some of my Whitakers. You will find most of the Brandons buried at "Red Cemetery" close to the "Little Tavern Creek" at Hwy 42 in Maries County. Calvin & Ida Brandon are buried at Seaton Cemetery also in Maries County. ====================Richwood Twp================= 1850 census: David Branham age 3 (Mo) Malissa Branham age 1 (Mo) (living with James & Ruth Boyd from (Va) 1850 census: John Branham age 23 (Mo) Eli Branham age 32 (Tn) (living with John & Nancy Brumley) 1850 census:------No Townships formed yet------------ Adam Branham/Brandon age 51 (Va) Rachel age 48 (Ga) (1st wife) William age 19 (Tn) John age 12 (Ala) Margaret age 9 (Mo) Christena age 21 (Ind) (Living next door to Adam in 1850)********* Colom Lawson age 25 (Ky) Rachel age 22 (Tn) Margaret Branham age 16 (Tn) 1860 census: (Richwood Twp.)------------------- Adam Brandon age 60 (Va) Julia A. age 47 (Va) (2nd wife) Margaret age 19 (Mo) Jesse Blankenship age 13 (Mo) 1870 census: (Richwood Twp)--------------------- Adam Brandon age 73 (Va) (notice 13 years older for Adam & Julia) Julia A.age 60 (Va) William A. age 15 (Mo) Stephen age 11 (Mo) John age 8 (Mo) Samuel Hickman age 24 (Mo) 1880 census: (Miller Twp) in Maries County Julia Brandon age 70 (Va) (widowed) (Living with in-laws Catherine & C. F. Brandon/Branson?) 1860 census: (Richwood Twp)(living next door to Adam)---------- John H. Branham/Brandon married Malinda Rowden, 2/8/1857. John H. Brandon age 20 (Ala) Malinda age 22 (Mo) Margaret C. age 1 (Mo) 1870 census: (Richwood Twp)-------------- Jonathan Brandon age 30 (Ala) Malinda age 31 (Mo) Margaret C. age 11 (Mo) Laura A. age 9 (Mo) Sarah E. age 6 (Mo) Ina I. age 3 (Mo) Donna E. age 1 (Mo) 1880 census: (Richwood Twp)---------------- John Brandon age 40 (Ala) Malinda age 40 (Mo) Margaret C. age 20 (Mo) Sarah E. age 16 (Mo) Ina I. age 14 (Mo) Donna V. age 10 (Mo) Udora R. age 8 (Mo) Malinda E. age 7 (Mo) Lula L. age 3 (Mo) William I. age 1 (Mo) 1880 census: (Richwood Twp) Lewis W. Brandon age 61 (Tn) both parents (Va) Harriet age 38 (wife) (Ind) Mariah E. age 24 (Tx) Ader L. age 14 (Tx) female Charles L. age 11 (Mo) Mary M. age 6 (Mo) 1900 census: (Richwood Twp) John Brandon age 42 (Ala) John & Rachel's son Nancy E. age 42 (Mo) Walter W. age 18 (Mo) Calvin F. age 16 (Mo) Joseph E. age 16 (Mo) George A. age 14 (Mo) Laura M. age 7 (Mo) Steven E. age 5 (Mo) Cora M.J. age 2 (Mo) 1900 census: (Richwood Twp) Archie Brandon age 13 (servant) (Mo) (living with Bird & Mary Watkins) ==================Franklin Twp============== 1860 census: (Franklin Twp) Benjamin Brandon age 30 (Tn) (Living with Elizabeth Howser family from (Ky) ==================Osage Twp=============== 1880 census: (Osage Twp) William P. Brandon married Mary E. Barr, 11/30/79 in MariesCo. William P. Brandon age 22 (Mo) Emma age 22 (Mo) Marriages: I. H. C. Branham married Elizabeth Hoskins, 3/15/1841 John H. Branham married Malinda Rowden, 2/8/1857. Margaret Brandon married John S. Newkirk (Maries Co.), 5/26/1861. Artermissa Branham married R. P. Allen, 6/5/1859. Laura Brandon married Abram Brazier, 1/29/1880. John Brandon married Margaret E. Nichole (Maries Co,), 1/25/1884. Rittie Branden (Maries Co,) married Levi Morrow Rowden, 10/21/1883. Margaret C. Brandon married Pleasant Wilson, 3/30/1884. John A. Brandon married Charlotte J. Nelson. 2/29/1896. Margaret Brandin married William R. Ahart, 10/13/1898. Margaret E. Brandon married Jacob W. Shepherd, 3/26/1895. Clementine A. Brandon married James Copeland, 10/6/1872. (Maries Co.) DeVere