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Tandy Branham (abt. 1850 - abt. 1896)

Tandy Branham
Born about in Russell County, Virginia, USAmap
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Husband of — married 17 Jan 1876 in Pike County, Kentucky, USAmap
Died about at about age 46 in Sergent, Letcher, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

Tandy Branham was born about 1850 to John Calhoun Branham and Mahalia Mosley in Russell County, Virginia, He married Nancy R Lewis on 17 Jan 1876 in Pike County, Kentucky. [citation needed]

Tandy and his brother, Clifton Branham were given life sentences in the Kentucky State Prison at Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky for the murder of Henry Vanover of Letcher County, Kentucky. [1]

In 1892, he was declared insane and "sent to an asylum." [2]

He was shot to death by "Coon Willis" in 1896. [3][4]

Sources

  1. The Hazel Green Herald, (Hazel Green, Kentucky), 12 Aug 1887, p. 8, col. 2. news clipping.
  2. The Hopkinsville Kentuckian, 24 Jun 1892, p. 3, col. 3. news clipping.
  3. The Daily Leader, (Lexington, Kentucky), 12 Aug 1896, p. 2, col. 3. news clipping.
  4. The Richmond Climax, 25 Nov 1896, p. 3, col. 5. news clipping.

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