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When George Washington Brandon was born on 20 October 1809, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Brandon Sr., was 63 and his mother, Dinah Scott, was 27. He married Keziah Fowler on 6 October 1831, in Henry, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Benton, Tennessee, United States in 1840 and Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 3 June 1849, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States.
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- Washington Brandon, "United States Census, 1840"
- George Washington Brandon, "Find A Grave Index"
- Geo Washington Brandon in entry for Abigial Brandon, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1818
Illinois is the 21st state.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Brandon, in Durham, Norfolk, Suffolk, Warwickshire, and elsewhere. Most are named with Old English brōm ‘broom, gorse’ + dūn ‘hill’. One in Lincolnshire, however, may be named after the Brant River, on which it stands; Ekwall derives the river name from Old English brant ‘steep’, presumably with reference to its steep banks. This surname was known in Ireland early enough to have a Gaelicized form de Breandún.
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Breandáin ‘son of Breandán’, a rare Kerry surname from the Latinized form of the name of the local saint, Brendan (Brendanus from Bréanainn).
French: from the Old French oblique case of the personal name Brando, of ancient Germanic origin (see Brand 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John Brandon and wives Miss Carter and Dinah Scott by Kari L. Meyer
By Kari Len Meyer JOHN BRANDON (BRANNON/BRANHAM) was born in Albemarle, Virginia in about 1750. He was most likely the son of William (Brandon) Branham, Sr. and Gracy Parmer. John married (?) CARTE …
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