Henry Power Brodnax
b. 7 April 1800, d. 3 May 1886
- Father: John Brodnax b. circa 1749, d. 28 February 1829
- Mother: Martha Rivers b. circa 1760, d. circa 1827
- Henry Power Brodnax was born on 7 April 1800 in Hancock County, Georgia.
- He married Mildred Whitaker, daughter of Thomas Whitaker and Mary (?), say 1820.
- He married Jane Brodnax, daughter of Mildred Whitaker, say 1848.
- Henry Whitaker appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850. Other members of the household included Henry Power Brodnax, Thomas Whitaker, Martha (?), Eliza Whitaker, Mary Whitaker, William Whitaker, Henry Whitaker, Joseph Whitaker, Jane Brodnax, James Brodnax and Frances Brodnax. Also in the household were two coopers and a distiller.
- He was a gunsmith, according to the 1850 census.
- Henry Power Brodnax died on 3 May 1886 at age 86 in Arkansas.
- He was interred at Oakland Confederate Cemetery, Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas.
- Robert and Henry Power Brodnax married sisters Mildred and Olive Taylor Whitaker, and their first cousin Catherine B. Whitaker (sister of Orrendatus "Orrin" Whitaker) married a third brother, John Hunt Broadnax. A fourth brother William T. Broadnax married Mary Whitaker, whose origins are as yet unknown.
- Last Edited: 11 Feb 2016
Family 1: Mildred Whitaker b. circa 1802, d. circa 1844
- Mary Belle Brodnax b. circa 1822, d. 28 October 1866
- James Brodnax b. circa 1843
Family 2: Jane Brodnax b. circa 1830
- Frances Brodnax b. circa 1849
- Edward Brodnax b. circa 1856
- Alexander Brodnax b. circa 1859
- H. Wright Brodnax b. circa 1867