Edward Tillman Branch - 1850 - 1902

Today on Cemeteries of Dancing Rabbit Creek, a sister blog to Mississippi Memories, I posted a photo of the monument that marks the grave of Edward Tillman Branch.  A brother of my paternal great-great-grandfather, Joseph Arthur Branch, Edward Tillman Branch, was born on November 25, 1850 and lived his entire life in the Newport area of Attala County, Mississippi. The letter below, dated April 7, 1902, was written by Edward Tillman Branch to his young daughter, Mamie, while he was undergoing medical treatment in New Orleans. One day short of seven months later, on November 6, 1902, Edward Tillman Branch died.  He left a young widow, Nettie Allen Branch, and several small children, including a son, his namesake, born the year before his father's death.

Copy of letter (scanned) courtesy of B. Branch, Birmingham, Alabama

Edward T. Branch II - 1850 - 1902

This letter was written by Edward Tillman Branch on April 3, 1902, to his young daughter, Mamie Branch. As the letterhead on the stationery indicates, Mr. Branch was receiving medical treatment at The Electro-Chemic Institute in New Orleans. Also mentioned in the letter is another daughter, Callie. According to available family information, Mr. Branch suffered from colon cancer, a disease that took his life later that same year. Edward Tillman Branch II was born in 1850 to Edward Tillman Branch and his wife Winiford Ragland Branch, my great-great-great-grandparents.

Source: Electronic copy of scanned copy of original letter. Original is privately held by The Descendants of E. T. Branch.