Abner Tell Guffey's Mother was Mary Ann "Polly" Branscum.
This is her family line.
John Branscomb - England, Mary Marris
Richard Branscomb - abt. 1722, England, Sarah Proctor
John Branscomb - 1750, Virginia, Olive Harrison
Wesley Branscomb - 1801, Virginia, Jane Dobbs
Mary Ann "Polly" Branscum - abt. 1844, Kentucky, Andrew Jackson Guffey
Abner Tell Guffey - 1870, Marion, Arkansas, Polly Ann Devore
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This is her family line.
John Branscomb - England, Mary Marris
Richard Branscomb - abt. 1722, England, Sarah Proctor
John Branscomb - 1750, Virginia, Olive Harrison
Wesley Branscomb - 1801, Virginia, Jane Dobbs
Mary Ann "Polly" Branscum - abt. 1844, Kentucky, Andrew Jackson Guffey
Abner Tell Guffey - 1870, Marion, Arkansas, Polly Ann Devore
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Descendants of John Branscomb
Generation No. 1
JOHN BRANSCOMB was born in England, and died 1760 in Callington, Cornwall, England. He married MARY MARRIS January 29, 1718/19. She was born 1699 in Callington, Cornwall, England and died 1757 in Callington, Cornwall, England.
Child of JOHN BRANSCOMB and MARY MARRIS is:
i. RICHARD BRANSCOMB, b. Abt. 1722, Callington, Cornwall, England; d. March 20, 1775, Brunswick County, Virginia.
Generation No. 2
RICHARD BRANSCOMB (JOHN) was born Abt. 1722 in Callington, Cornwall, England, and died March 20, 1775 in Brunswick County, Virginia. He married SARAH PROCTOR September 09, 1744 in Brunswick County, Virginia, daughter of ROBERT PROCTOR and MARY. She was born 1720, and died 1786.
Children of RICHARD BRANSCOMB and SARAH PROCTOR are:
i. JOHN BRANSCOMB, b. 1750, Brunswick County, Meherrin Parish, Virginia; d. September 1821, Wayne County, Kentucky.
ii. THOMAS BRANSCOMB.
iii. RICHARD BRANSCOMB.
iv. SARAH BRANSCOMB.
Generation No. 3
JOHN BRANSCOMB (RICHARD, JOHN) was born 1750 in Brunswick County, Meherrin Parish, Virginia, and died September 1821 in Wayne County, Kentucky. He married OLIVE E. HARRISON 1780 in Greenville County, Virginia. She was born 1764, and died 1830. JOHN BRANSCOMB: Occupation: Farmer
Children of JOHN BRANSCOMB and OLIVE HARRISON are:
i. WESLEY BRANSCOMB, b. May 19, 1801, Paul's Creek, Patrick County, Virginia; d. July 05, 1873, Arkansas.
ii. THOMAS BRANSCOMB.
iii. REBEKAH BRANSCOMB.
iv. ROLAND BRANSCOMB.
v. ELIZABETH BRANSCOMB.
vi. MARY BRANSCOMB.
vii. DAVID BRANSCOMB.
viii. EDMOND BRANSCOMB.
ix. ISAAC BRANSCOMB, b. Lambsburg, Patrick County, Virginia.
x. HENRY BRANSCOMB.
Generation No. 4
WESLEY BRANSCOMB (JOHN, RICHARD, JOHN) was born May 19, 1801 in Paul's Creek, Patrick County, Virginia, and died July 05, 1873 in Arkansas. He married JANE DOBBS July 26, 1820 in Wayne County, Kentucky, daughter of WILLIAM DOBBS III. She was born Abt. 1805 in Wayne County, Kentucky, and died Abt. 1860 in Wayne County, Kentucky.
Wesley was about 7 years old when his family moved to Kentucky. He and wife, Jane lived in Wayne County until 1839, before appearing on the Johnson County, Illinois census of 1840. However it is surmised that before this stop in Illinois, he and his family were in Indiana for a very short time. This is reflected by the birth of his daughter, Jane, March 24, 1839, which took place in Indiana. It is probable that they lived either with or near Wesley's brother, David. By 1842, the family was living in Searcy County, Arkansas, and in 1850, Cambpell Township in Searcy County. This lay just south of Timbo at the foothills of the Blue Mountains. Wesley's sons, James and William lived nearby in Wiley's Cove, where Edmond (an assumed son of John and Olive) was also located. The 1860 Arkansas census lists Welsey "Branscombe" and wife, Jane, living in Locust Grove Township, Searcy County. It is unlikey they moved, rather the Arkansas towns boundaries frequently changed during this period. Wesley's occupation changed from blacksmith to farmer.
Wesley was a quite successful farmer, also acquiring property in Blanchard Springs and land south of Pleasant Grove, over an eight year period. He never actually lived on this property. Vivian Argo, an associate of Frederick Tubbs, Branscum genealogist from New York, states that Wesley donated a few acres of land to the Ramsey Cemetery, where many Branscums and Warrens lie Etha R.Cooper (daughter of Ina Mahala Branscum) related a story regarding Wesley and the Civil War found in an old letter. She states that "Wesley did not believe in slavery." Family lore reports that Wesley's sympathy for the Union side initiated a rift between his
family and other Branscums that lasted generations. Residing in this predominately Confederate state many rifts developed among the Arkansas Union sympathizers and their fellow statesmen. WESLEY BRANSCOMB: Occupation: Blacksmith, Farmer. Burial: Ramsey Cemetary, Stone County, Arkansas. JANE DOBBS: Burial: Dobbs Cemetary, Wayne County, Kentucky. Jane returned to Wayne Co KY to see her aged mother, took pneumonia, died, and was buried back in KY.
Children of WESLEY BRANSCOMB and JANE DOBBS are:
i. MARY "POLLY" ANN BRANSCUM, b. Abt. 1844, Kentucky; d. Abt. 1872, Marion County, Arkansas.
ii. JOHN BRANSCOMB, b. Abt. 1823, Kentucky; d. Bef. 1876; m. RACHEL EVALINE SUTTERFIELD, Abt. 1844.
iii. JAMES MONROE BRANSCUM, b. 1825, Kentucky; m. MARY JANE MAVITY, 1850.
iv. SARAH ELIZABETH BRANSCUM, b. January 1826, Kentucky; d. Aft. 1900, Stone County, Arkansas.
v. M. WILLIAM BRANSCUM, b. March 13, 1829, Wayne County, Kentucky; d. December 17, 1902, Stone County, Arkansas; m. REBECCA E. MAVITY, Abt. 1850, Searcy County, Arkansas.
M. WILLIAM BRANSCUM: Burial: Ramsey Cemetary, Stone County, Arkansas
vi. MARGARET "MARGARY" BRANSCUM, b. February 1833, Wayne County, Kentucky; d. Aft. 1910, Stone County, Arkansas; m. HENRY WILLIAMS.
vii. WESLEY BRANSCUM, b. August 1836, Wayne County, Kentucky; d. 1914; m. (1) MARY CLARK, October 20, 1855, Independence County, Arkansas; m. (2) NANCY E. FULFORD, April 30, 1906, Stone County, Arkansas.
viii. REBECCA JANE BRANSCUM, b. March 24, 1839, Illinois; d. November 07, 1915, Marshall, Searcy County, Arkansas; m. (1) ANDREW RAMSEY STEPHENSON; m. (2) WILLIS NEWTON "NUTE" COPELAND, Abt. 1855.
ix. GEORGE W. BRANSCUM, b. November 1841, Arkansas; m. MARGARET M. HODGES, Abt. 1861, Searcy County, Arkansas.
x. STACY "SPICY" EMALINE BRANSCUM, b. 1848, Arkansas; d. Bef. 1897; m. DAVID MARTIN BRANSCUM; b. April 1865, Illinois. David, who married Stacy Branscum, (Wesley's daughter), was the grandson of Wesley's brother, David BRANSCOMB.
ISAAC BRANSCOMB (JOHN, RICHARD, JOHN) was born in Lambsburg, Patrick County, Virginia. He married RUTH A. GREGORY August 21, 1837 in Wayne County, Kentucky, daughter of HIRAM GREGORY and MARY LOGSTON.
Children of ISAAC BRANSCOMB and RUTH GREGORY are:
i. WILLIAM JAMES BRANSCUM.
ii. NANCY JANE BRANSCUM, m. JOHN R. CONNOR.
Generation No. 5
MARY "POLLY" ANN BRANSCUM (WESLEY BRANSCOMB, JOHN, RICHARD, JOHN) was born Abt. 1844 in Kentucky, and died Abt. 1872 in Marion County, Arkansas. She married ANDREW JACKSON GUFFEY 1864 in Searcy County, Arkansas, son of WILLIAM GUFFEY and MARGARET PILE. He was born February 17, 1837 in Missouri, and died January 19, 1900 in Bruno, Marion, Arkansas. Andrew and Mary A. are in Searcy Co Ar Locust Grove twp 1870 census. They are living next door to Wesly Branscomb age 64 in 1870.
ANDREW JACKSON GUFFEY: In 1880 Andrew and his family were living in Locust Grove, Stone, Arkansas. Occupation: Farmer
Children of MARY BRANSCUM and ANDREW GUFFEY are:
i. ELSIE ELIZABETH GUFFEY, b. January 06, 1869, Timbo Stone, Arkansas; d. January 06, 1942, Santa Barbara, California; m. CHARLES WILLIAM FORBES, February 05, 1885, Marion County, Arkansas; b. January 10, 1850, Iowa.
ii. ABNER TELL GUFFEY, b. April 10, 1870, Marion, Arkansas; d. February 25, 1917, Jackson County, Arkansas; m. (1) ANNIE; b. October 21, 1869; d. October 11, 1903; m. (2) POLLY ANN DEVORE, December 25, 1907, Jackson County, Arkansas; b. October 12, 1891, Grubbs, Jackson County, Arkansas; d. May 14, 1963, Jackson County, Arkansas. Abner Tell Guffey was on the 1860 census for Locust Grove, Stone, Arkansas. At that time, he was 11 years old and it stated that he "works on farm". Listed on 1910 census in Jackson County, Arkansas. Living with wife Polly and son William R. Also living in the home were James Heltez (age 7) and Walter Smith (age 23). ABNER TELL GUFFEY, ANNIE and POLLY ANN DEVORE: Burial: Ballews Chapel Cemetary, Jackson County, Arkansas
iii. MARGARET GUFFEY, b. 1866; m. ULYSSIS S. G. COPELAND, Searcy County, Arkansas.
SARAH ELIZABETH BRANSCUM (WESLEY BRANSCOMB, JOHN, RICHARD, JOHN) was born January 1826 in Kentucky, and died Aft. 1900 in Stone County, Arkansas. She married WILLIAM H. BOLLINGER in Searcy County, Arkansas. He died in Stone County, Arkansas.
SARAH ELIZABETH BRANSCUM: Burial: Ramsey Cemetary, Stone County, Arkansas
Child of SARAH BRANSCUM and WILLIAM BOLLINGER is:
i. REBECCA IZORE BOLLINGER, m. JOHN DANIEL PERRY.
WILLIAM JAMES BRANSCUM (ISAAC BRANSCOMB, JOHN, RICHARD, JOHN) He married (1) MARY ANN SHIPMAN September 22, 1880. He married (2) MARY JANE SMITH August 31, 1893 in Stone County, Arkansas.
Child of WILLIAM BRANSCUM and MARY SMITH is:
i. ISAAC THOMAS BRANSCUM.
Generation No. 1
JOHN BRANSCOMB was born in England, and died 1760 in Callington, Cornwall, England. He married MARY MARRIS January 29, 1718/19. She was born 1699 in Callington, Cornwall, England and died 1757 in Callington, Cornwall, England.
Child of JOHN BRANSCOMB and MARY MARRIS is:
i. RICHARD BRANSCOMB, b. Abt. 1722, Callington, Cornwall, England; d. March 20, 1775, Brunswick County, Virginia.
Generation No. 2
RICHARD BRANSCOMB (JOHN) was born Abt. 1722 in Callington, Cornwall, England, and died March 20, 1775 in Brunswick County, Virginia. He married SARAH PROCTOR September 09, 1744 in Brunswick County, Virginia, daughter of ROBERT PROCTOR and MARY. She was born 1720, and died 1786.
Children of RICHARD BRANSCOMB and SARAH PROCTOR are:
i. JOHN BRANSCOMB, b. 1750, Brunswick County, Meherrin Parish, Virginia; d. September 1821, Wayne County, Kentucky.
ii. THOMAS BRANSCOMB.
iii. RICHARD BRANSCOMB.
iv. SARAH BRANSCOMB.
Generation No. 3
JOHN BRANSCOMB (RICHARD, JOHN) was born 1750 in Brunswick County, Meherrin Parish, Virginia, and died September 1821 in Wayne County, Kentucky. He married OLIVE E. HARRISON 1780 in Greenville County, Virginia. She was born 1764, and died 1830. JOHN BRANSCOMB: Occupation: Farmer
Children of JOHN BRANSCOMB and OLIVE HARRISON are:
i. WESLEY BRANSCOMB, b. May 19, 1801, Paul's Creek, Patrick County, Virginia; d. July 05, 1873, Arkansas.
ii. THOMAS BRANSCOMB.
iii. REBEKAH BRANSCOMB.
iv. ROLAND BRANSCOMB.
v. ELIZABETH BRANSCOMB.
vi. MARY BRANSCOMB.
vii. DAVID BRANSCOMB.
viii. EDMOND BRANSCOMB.
ix. ISAAC BRANSCOMB, b. Lambsburg, Patrick County, Virginia.
x. HENRY BRANSCOMB.
Generation No. 4
WESLEY BRANSCOMB (JOHN, RICHARD, JOHN) was born May 19, 1801 in Paul's Creek, Patrick County, Virginia, and died July 05, 1873 in Arkansas. He married JANE DOBBS July 26, 1820 in Wayne County, Kentucky, daughter of WILLIAM DOBBS III. She was born Abt. 1805 in Wayne County, Kentucky, and died Abt. 1860 in Wayne County, Kentucky.
Wesley was about 7 years old when his family moved to Kentucky. He and wife, Jane lived in Wayne County until 1839, before appearing on the Johnson County, Illinois census of 1840. However it is surmised that before this stop in Illinois, he and his family were in Indiana for a very short time. This is reflected by the birth of his daughter, Jane, March 24, 1839, which took place in Indiana. It is probable that they lived either with or near Wesley's brother, David. By 1842, the family was living in Searcy County, Arkansas, and in 1850, Cambpell Township in Searcy County. This lay just south of Timbo at the foothills of the Blue Mountains. Wesley's sons, James and William lived nearby in Wiley's Cove, where Edmond (an assumed son of John and Olive) was also located. The 1860 Arkansas census lists Welsey "Branscombe" and wife, Jane, living in Locust Grove Township, Searcy County. It is unlikey they moved, rather the Arkansas towns boundaries frequently changed during this period. Wesley's occupation changed from blacksmith to farmer.
Wesley was a quite successful farmer, also acquiring property in Blanchard Springs and land south of Pleasant Grove, over an eight year period. He never actually lived on this property. Vivian Argo, an associate of Frederick Tubbs, Branscum genealogist from New York, states that Wesley donated a few acres of land to the Ramsey Cemetery, where many Branscums and Warrens lie Etha R.Cooper (daughter of Ina Mahala Branscum) related a story regarding Wesley and the Civil War found in an old letter. She states that "Wesley did not believe in slavery." Family lore reports that Wesley's sympathy for the Union side initiated a rift between his
family and other Branscums that lasted generations. Residing in this predominately Confederate state many rifts developed among the Arkansas Union sympathizers and their fellow statesmen. WESLEY BRANSCOMB: Occupation: Blacksmith, Farmer. Burial: Ramsey Cemetary, Stone County, Arkansas. JANE DOBBS: Burial: Dobbs Cemetary, Wayne County, Kentucky. Jane returned to Wayne Co KY to see her aged mother, took pneumonia, died, and was buried back in KY.
Children of WESLEY BRANSCOMB and JANE DOBBS are:
i. MARY "POLLY" ANN BRANSCUM, b. Abt. 1844, Kentucky; d. Abt. 1872, Marion County, Arkansas.
ii. JOHN BRANSCOMB, b. Abt. 1823, Kentucky; d. Bef. 1876; m. RACHEL EVALINE SUTTERFIELD, Abt. 1844.
iii. JAMES MONROE BRANSCUM, b. 1825, Kentucky; m. MARY JANE MAVITY, 1850.
iv. SARAH ELIZABETH BRANSCUM, b. January 1826, Kentucky; d. Aft. 1900, Stone County, Arkansas.
v. M. WILLIAM BRANSCUM, b. March 13, 1829, Wayne County, Kentucky; d. December 17, 1902, Stone County, Arkansas; m. REBECCA E. MAVITY, Abt. 1850, Searcy County, Arkansas.
M. WILLIAM BRANSCUM: Burial: Ramsey Cemetary, Stone County, Arkansas
vi. MARGARET "MARGARY" BRANSCUM, b. February 1833, Wayne County, Kentucky; d. Aft. 1910, Stone County, Arkansas; m. HENRY WILLIAMS.
vii. WESLEY BRANSCUM, b. August 1836, Wayne County, Kentucky; d. 1914; m. (1) MARY CLARK, October 20, 1855, Independence County, Arkansas; m. (2) NANCY E. FULFORD, April 30, 1906, Stone County, Arkansas.
viii. REBECCA JANE BRANSCUM, b. March 24, 1839, Illinois; d. November 07, 1915, Marshall, Searcy County, Arkansas; m. (1) ANDREW RAMSEY STEPHENSON; m. (2) WILLIS NEWTON "NUTE" COPELAND, Abt. 1855.
ix. GEORGE W. BRANSCUM, b. November 1841, Arkansas; m. MARGARET M. HODGES, Abt. 1861, Searcy County, Arkansas.
x. STACY "SPICY" EMALINE BRANSCUM, b. 1848, Arkansas; d. Bef. 1897; m. DAVID MARTIN BRANSCUM; b. April 1865, Illinois. David, who married Stacy Branscum, (Wesley's daughter), was the grandson of Wesley's brother, David BRANSCOMB.
ISAAC BRANSCOMB (JOHN, RICHARD, JOHN) was born in Lambsburg, Patrick County, Virginia. He married RUTH A. GREGORY August 21, 1837 in Wayne County, Kentucky, daughter of HIRAM GREGORY and MARY LOGSTON.
Children of ISAAC BRANSCOMB and RUTH GREGORY are:
i. WILLIAM JAMES BRANSCUM.
ii. NANCY JANE BRANSCUM, m. JOHN R. CONNOR.
Generation No. 5
MARY "POLLY" ANN BRANSCUM (WESLEY BRANSCOMB, JOHN, RICHARD, JOHN) was born Abt. 1844 in Kentucky, and died Abt. 1872 in Marion County, Arkansas. She married ANDREW JACKSON GUFFEY 1864 in Searcy County, Arkansas, son of WILLIAM GUFFEY and MARGARET PILE. He was born February 17, 1837 in Missouri, and died January 19, 1900 in Bruno, Marion, Arkansas. Andrew and Mary A. are in Searcy Co Ar Locust Grove twp 1870 census. They are living next door to Wesly Branscomb age 64 in 1870.
ANDREW JACKSON GUFFEY: In 1880 Andrew and his family were living in Locust Grove, Stone, Arkansas. Occupation: Farmer
Children of MARY BRANSCUM and ANDREW GUFFEY are:
i. ELSIE ELIZABETH GUFFEY, b. January 06, 1869, Timbo Stone, Arkansas; d. January 06, 1942, Santa Barbara, California; m. CHARLES WILLIAM FORBES, February 05, 1885, Marion County, Arkansas; b. January 10, 1850, Iowa.
ii. ABNER TELL GUFFEY, b. April 10, 1870, Marion, Arkansas; d. February 25, 1917, Jackson County, Arkansas; m. (1) ANNIE; b. October 21, 1869; d. October 11, 1903; m. (2) POLLY ANN DEVORE, December 25, 1907, Jackson County, Arkansas; b. October 12, 1891, Grubbs, Jackson County, Arkansas; d. May 14, 1963, Jackson County, Arkansas. Abner Tell Guffey was on the 1860 census for Locust Grove, Stone, Arkansas. At that time, he was 11 years old and it stated that he "works on farm". Listed on 1910 census in Jackson County, Arkansas. Living with wife Polly and son William R. Also living in the home were James Heltez (age 7) and Walter Smith (age 23). ABNER TELL GUFFEY, ANNIE and POLLY ANN DEVORE: Burial: Ballews Chapel Cemetary, Jackson County, Arkansas
iii. MARGARET GUFFEY, b. 1866; m. ULYSSIS S. G. COPELAND, Searcy County, Arkansas.
SARAH ELIZABETH BRANSCUM (WESLEY BRANSCOMB, JOHN, RICHARD, JOHN) was born January 1826 in Kentucky, and died Aft. 1900 in Stone County, Arkansas. She married WILLIAM H. BOLLINGER in Searcy County, Arkansas. He died in Stone County, Arkansas.
SARAH ELIZABETH BRANSCUM: Burial: Ramsey Cemetary, Stone County, Arkansas
Child of SARAH BRANSCUM and WILLIAM BOLLINGER is:
i. REBECCA IZORE BOLLINGER, m. JOHN DANIEL PERRY.
WILLIAM JAMES BRANSCUM (ISAAC BRANSCOMB, JOHN, RICHARD, JOHN) He married (1) MARY ANN SHIPMAN September 22, 1880. He married (2) MARY JANE SMITH August 31, 1893 in Stone County, Arkansas.
Child of WILLIAM BRANSCUM and MARY SMITH is:
i. ISAAC THOMAS BRANSCUM.
