Individual Details
John Branscome
(1842 - 7 Jan 1864)
The family is in Carroll Co VA in 1850. Married within the year, with a two-month-old son.
John and his older brothers, Frank, Robert, and Isaaac all were recruited on 16 Sep 1861 and sworn into the Confederacy by George H. Turman, father-in-law of Isaac. They were part of the 54th VA Infantry, Isaac and John in Company G. After the Battle of Chattanooga, John Branscome was carried the company's muster roll as missing in action. "Missing in fight at Missionary Ridge, Nov 25, 1863" He had, in fact, been taken prisoner and was sent from Nashville to Louisville KY and then to Rock Island prison in Illinois where he was received 8 Dec 1863. He contracted typhoid in prison and died 7 Jan 1864. He is buried in the cemetery at Rock Island - grave 129, South of Prison Barracks. John's record is on Fold3 and filed with the War Department as John "Branscomb" - his name spelled as Branscome, Branscom, Bransom in the file.
Carroll Co Men Who Died in Civil War
From Newspaper Articles, by John Perry Alderman
BRANSCOME, JOHN, Pvt., Co. G, 54th VA, d. 7 Jan 1864 at Rock Island, IL, of typhoid fever, (prisoner of war), b. c1843, son of Harbert and Nancy.
John's brother Robert also died during the war - his last record was a pay voucher 28 Feb 1862. He was listed as a Waggonier for the company from 8 Nov 1861.
Events
| Birth | 1842 | Carroll County, Virginia |  | ||
| Marriage | 16 Jun 1859 | Mary Frances Mabry | | ||
| Death | 7 Jan 1864 | Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Frances Mabry (1841 - 1929) |
| Child | Franklin Pierce Branscome (1860 - 1922) |
| Child | Robert Lee Branscome (1863 - 1927) |
| Father | Harbert Branscome (1813 - 1892) |
| Mother | Nancy Dalton (1811 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Robert Branscome (1839 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Isaac Branscome (1841 - 1934) |
| Sibling | William Lawson Branscome (1848 - 1880) |
Endnotes
1. U.S. Federal Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription (Ancestry.com); 1790-1940.
2. Dorothy Burnett Peterson, Blue Ridge Heritage: Burnett, Branscome, Hylton, Cox, Slaughter and Related Families. (Memphis: Roblee Press, 1982) Microfilm #1428154, Item 3, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah., p.104 Pedigree chart.
3. Donald E. Collins, The Mabry Family; Descendants of Francis Maybury and Elizabeth Gilliam of Surry County, Virginia (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1997; Reprint edition with additions.), p. 151.
4. Dorothy Burnett Peterson, Blue Ridge Heritage: Burnett, Branscome, Hylton, Cox, Slaughter and Related Families. (Memphis: Roblee Press, 1982) Microfilm #1428154, Item 3, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah., p.104 Pedigree chart.