Anthony Martin Branch
b. 16 July 1823, d. 3 October 1867
- Father: Samuel Branch III
- Mother: Winnifred Guerrant
- Anthony Martin Branch was born on 16 July 1823 in Buckingham County, Virginia.
- He married Unknown (?) circa 1843 in Walker County.
- He married Amanda Melvina Smith, daughter of Samuel Smith and Sarah Jane Long, on 18 March 1849 in Walker County, Texas, at the home of Col. J. C. Smith, with J. W. D. Creath, MG, officiating.
- Anthony Martin Branch and Amanda Melvina Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Walker County, Texas.
- Anthony Martin Branch and Amanda Melvina Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Antonia Branch, Leonard Anderson Abercrombie and Lavinia Afton Chilton.
- He was a lawyer, according to the 1860 census.
- Sam Houston's will, dated 2 April 1863, specifies: "Fourth. I leave it to my wife as Executrix and to the following gentlemen my executors, to Thomas Gibbs, Thomas Carothers, J. Carroll Smith and Anthony M. Branch, my much beloved friends, in whom I place my entire confidence, to make such disposition of my person and real estate as may seem to them best for the necessities and interests and welfare of my family. . . ."
- After the war George Washington Chilton and Anthony Martin Branch were elected to the US House of Representatives but were refused his seat by the radical majority in Congress.
- Anthony Martin Branch died on 3 October 1867 at age 44 in Walker County, Texas, during the yellow fever epidemic.
- His wife Amanda Melvina Smith became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas.
- For additional biographical information, see The Texas Handbook Online.
- Last Edited: 9 Jan 2012
Family 1: Unknown (?) b. say 1824
- Antonia Branch b. circa 1844