Individual Details
Franklin Pierce Branscome
(14 Mar 1860 - 5 Jan 1922)
Franklin was listed as two months old in the 1860 census.
Pierce married Orlena E. Marshall, daughter of Daniel Marshall, 5 Oct 1881. She was born 20 Apr 1864 in Carroll Co VA and died in that county 5 Jul 1946.. They had nine children.
A teacher from Nov. 1881 until March 1893, while teaching he studied surveying and became a Court surveyor a position he held for 8 years. He became an ordained Primitive Baptist minister.
In January 1897 he Founded and Edited the Primitive Baptist Periodical "Messenger of Truth" published in Laurel Fork, Va., Was Assistant Clerk of the New River Primitive Baptist Association.
Franklin Pierce Branscome was known to be a Zealous Advocate of the simplicity of Bible doctrine and for his style of No Jesting and No Foolishness in the pulpit.
1900 Census. Laurel Fork, Carroll Co, VA, Hh 121
Franklin P Branscome, b. Mar 1860, age 40, married 19 years, Farmer
Orlena E., wife, b. apr 1864, 36, 7 children
John E., son, b. Feb 1884, 16
Daniel P., son, b. May 1886, 14
Bertha L., dau, b. May 1888, 12
Lula B., dau, b. Mar 1890, 10
Harrie S., dau, b. Jan 1894, 6
Cullen C., son, b. Feb 1899, 1
Virginia Death Certificate #396
Franklin Pierce Branscome (sic) died 5 Jan 1922 at Laurel Fork, Carroll Co, VA of chronic nephritis. He was born 14 Mar 1860 in Carroll Co. He was married, and a minister. Father was John Branscome, born in Carroll Co; his mother, Mary Frances Mabry, born in Floyd Co, VA. Orlena E. Branscome of Laurel Fork was the informant. He was buried Jan 7th, Laurel Fork Cemetery.
He is buried Laurel Fork Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Carroll Co, VA. After his death, the widow married Marshall Price Webb, 1930.
Events
| Birth | 14 Mar 1860 | Carroll County, Virginia |  | ||
| Marriage | 5 Oct 1881 | Carroll County, Virgina - Orlena Emaline Marshall | |||
| Death | 5 Jan 1922 | Carroll County, Virginia | |
Families
| Spouse | Orlena Emaline Marshall (1864 - 1946) |
| Child | Bertha Lee Branscome (1888 - 1974) |
| Father | John Branscome (1842 - 1864) |
| Mother | Mary Frances Mabry (1841 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Robert Lee Branscome (1863 - 1927) |
Endnotes
1. U.S. Federal Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription (Ancestry.com); 1790-1940.
2. 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.
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.