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Jane H. "Jenny" Branham was born February 3, 1838, in Blount County, Alabama, the daughter of William Branham and Arenna R. (last name unknown).
Jane appears on the 1840 Blount County census as a female under the age of 5 years. She is listed as Jenny on the 1850 Blount County census. We believe she had an aunt, Hannah Jane "Jennie" Branham Tidwell, for whom she was named. If that is the case, probably the H. in Jane's name stood for Hannah. This has yet been proven, however.
Jane married William H. Farley on May 3, 1857, in Blount County. We believe William Farley was born about 1840, in Alabama, the son of William Farley, born about 1805, in South Carolina and Ruth (last name unknown), born about 1812, in North Carolina.
The 1850 Blount County, Alabama census, Subdivision 18, shows William Farley, 45, farmer, born in South Carolina; Ruth, 39, born in North Carolina; Jane, 20; born in Alabama, John, 18, born in Alabama, a farmer; Angalet, 16, born in Alabama; William, 10, born in Alabama; Martha, 8, born in Alabama; and Moses, 3, born in Alabama.
The 1860 Blount County census, Eastern Subdivision, shows William Farley, 54; Ruthia, 45; Martha, 17; James O, 14, born in Alabama; Moses E., 12, born in Alabama; and Cortez E., 6, born in Alabama. The family was living not far from the William Branham family.
The 1860 Blount County census, Eastern Subdivision, shows Jane H. Farley, head of the household, 22; and Joab H. Farley, 2 months old, born in Alabama. We believe William Farley died or he and Jane divorced prior to 1860. Jane is living next door to her sister Susanna Hill and her family. Jane's parents are living on the other side of Jane. (We found a marriage record for a William Farley in 1867, in Blount County, to a Lucinda Branham, daughter of James W. Branham. We are unsure if this was Jane's husband or a cousin of his with the same name. Lucinda was probably a cousin to Jane.) The 1860 census shows Jane's personal property valued at $100.
Jane's father, William, moved his family to Searcy County, Arkansas, in 1860 or 1861, and to Illinois between late 1862 and early 1865. We believe Jane and her son traveled with them, as Jane wound up in Illinois prior to 1870. She did not return to Alabama when her parents returned there prior to 1870.
The 1870 Macon County, Illinois, census shows Jane and her son, Joab, age 10, living in Decatur Township, next door to her sister Lucinda Adaline (Branham) Gloden and her family. Jane's personal property is valued at $100 on the census.
Jane married Franklin Dominek Gloden on January 5, 1871, at Decatur, in Macon County. Frank D. Gloden was born about 1846, in Luxembourg, according to census records. We believe Frank was a brother to Michael Gloden who married Jane's sister, Lucinda. This has not yet been proven, however. The 1910 census indicate Frank became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. in 1869. According to information obtained from Steven Gloden, we have learned that Michael Gloden became a naturalized citizen in October 1868.
Jane's sister, Lucinda, died in 1878, and her husband, Michael, soon remarried. The 1880 Macon County census shows Frank and Jane living in Decatur Township, next door to Michael, his children, and his second wife. Jane's son is not listed with them on the census.
Steven Gloden has provided a copy of an affidavit signed by Frank Gloden on November 2, 1904 in Macon County, which says he is "fifty-eight years of age and an actual resident of said County and State.......that he obtained title thereto by certain deeds recorded in the Conveyance Records of Macon County, Illinois......that he took possession of said described premises at the dates of said deeds respectively; and that he has remained in the possession thereof continuously."
Frank and Jane left Macon County and moved to Arkansas between November 2, 1904 and about 1910. They appear on the 1910 Searcy County, Arkansas, census in Wiley's Cove Township, near Leslie. The census indicates they had been married 39 years, and that it was a second marriage for Jane. It also indicates that Jane had given birth to one child, who was still living. Frank is listed as a farmer, and owning his farm. Frank and Jane had no children. (Jane's son, Joe Farley, moved to Arkansas prior to 1900. He appears on the 1900 Perry County, Arkansas census.) Frank and Jane had no children.
Jane died January 1, 1915, at Leslie in Searcy County and is buried in Elberta Cemetery near Leslie. Her grave is unmarked.
Frank returned to Illinois after Jane's death and on March 5, 1915, he married Josephine Sarah Honeycutt in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois. The marriage certificate (provided by Obeta Wyckoff) shows that Frank and Josie were both residents of Leslie, Searcy County, Arkansas. Frank's niece, Mary J. Gaines and her husband William M. Gaines, signed the marriage certificate as witnesses.
Frank died February 12, 1916, at Leslie and is buried in Elberta Cemetery near Leslie. His grave is unmarked.
Child of William Farley and Jane Branham
1. Joab H. Farley, b. 1860, Blount Co, AL