Individual Details
Elizabeth "Betsy" Morgan
(Abt 1816 - 15 Apr 1883)
There is some evidence that after Betsy Morgan Branham's husband, Joseph Branham died, that she then had a baby with her stepmothers son, Andrew Jackson Ferrell who was close to their family and lived with James and Elizabeth Herdon Ferrell Morgan in 1850 with his wife, Melissa and child John. Betsy's child was named William Jenning Branham. See notes under him.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1816 | Calloway, Kentucky | |||
| Marriage | 2 Apr 1834 | Pike Co, Kentucky, United States - Joseph Branham |  | ||
| Census | 1850 | KY Letcher Dist 1 | | ||
| Census | 1860 | Ohio Scioto Nile Twp | | ||
| Death | 15 Apr 1883 | Holding, Stearns, Minnesota, United States | | ||
| Census | 1870 US Census | Minnesota Morrison Two Rivers, | |
Families
| Spouse | Joseph Branham (1810 - 1850) |
| Child | Susan Branham (1835 - ) |
| Child | Isom Branham (1836 - ) |
| Child | Eliza Branham (1841 - ) |
| Child | Martha Branham (1842 - ) |
| Child | Milly Branham (1845 - ) |
| Child | William Jennings "Bill" Branham (1850 - 1919) |
| Father | James Morgan Sr (1787 - 1850) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Hall Hall (1781 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Isham/Isom Morgan (1812 - 1880) |
| Sibling | William Morgan (1810 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Susanna Morgan (1814 - 1856) |
| Sibling | James "Jim" Morgan Jr (1815 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Mary Hall "Polly" Morgan (1805 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Olive "Ollie or Olley" Morgan (1807 - 1884) |
Notes
Marriage
Elizabeth Morganin the Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
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Report issueName: Elizabeth Morgan
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 2 Apr 1834
Marriage Place: Pike, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Joseph Branham
Film Number: 001943483
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Ancestry.com. Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages. Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky.
in digital files ancestry image 1209/1399
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Census
1850 Letcher Co KY Dist 124 Aug 1850 image 12/26
78/78 Betsy Branham 34 KY
Susan 15 KY
Isom 14 KY
Martha 8 KY
Milly 5 KY
William 4/12 KY
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Next door to her father
Her 9 yr old daughter Elizabth lives with him
Census
1860 US Census Ohio Scioto Nile twpp 178 2 Aug 1860 image 29/31
1217/1217 David Hall 21 farmer 400/150 Ohio
Susan 24 KY
Leona 3 Ohio
Sarah 2 Ohio
E. Branham 44 KY [Elizabeth Morgan Branham widow of Joseph mother of Susan Hall above]
1220/1220 Ezra Holt 31 laborer 400/100 Ohio
Virginia 27 Ohio
Sarah 53 Ohio
Martha Branham 17 Ohio [her mother is E. Branham above]
Isaac Manly 16 Ohio
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Death
I do not think this is the correct record for her death. She was 54 on the 1870 census and this death record says this Elizabeth died at 56 in 1883 Also our Elizabeth was born in Kentucky and the one in this record was born in Ohio.===========================
The Stearns County, MN Death record on Elizabeth Morgan:
Line 9 April 15, 1883 Holding, Stearns County, Betsy Branham, single, 56, b in Ohio, died of consumption.
From Family Search scans of Stearns Co MN Deaths
record image TH-1971-39114-375-8 Holding, Stearns MN
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or 1880
Census
1870 US CensusMinnesota Morrison Two Rivers
38/38
Branham John 50 Blacksmith 500 KY
Lucretia J 30 keeping house KY
John 11 at home Ohio attended school
Eliza J 6 Ohio
William E 2 Ohio
Harriet E 4 Ohio
Branham Elizabeth 54 farming 200 KY
William 20 works on farm KY
This is Elizabeth and her son William Jennings Branham after her husband died. They live with a relative of her husband.
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The Joseph Branham family above in 1875 MN State Census
Two Rivers Morrison MN
John Branham 57 KY KY KY
Jane 34 KY KY KY
John 15 Ohio KY KY
Lizie 10
Harriet 8
Elsworth 6 f
Erica 5 MN KY KY
Allis 3 MN KY KY