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Rolen E. "Robert" Branham was born June 16, 1853, in Blount County, Alabama, the son of William Branham and Arenna R. (last name unknown).
Rolen, age 7, appears on the 1860 Blount County census with his family, in the Eastern Subdivision. In 1860 or early 1861, Rolen's family moved to Searcy County, Arkansas. Between late 1862 and early 1865, Rolen's family moved to Decatur, in Macon County, Illinois. They returned to Blount County prior to the 1870 census. The 1870 Blount County census shows 18 year old Rolen still at home with his parents.
Rolen married Mrs. Lucretia King on May 26, 1872, in Blount County. Lucretia King (maiden name unknown) was born June 1840, in Alabama. She had a son Newton King, born about 1861, in Alabama, from her first marriage.
It appears Rolen and Lucretia moved to Mississippi for a time shortly after their marriage. Their only child was born in Mississippi in 1873, according to various census records.
Rolen and Lucretia moved to Arkansas prior to 1880. Rolen appears on the 1880 Searcy County census, living in Wiley's Cove Township. He is listed as Robert on the census. The census shows Robert and Lucretia, their 7 year old daughter Sally, and Lucretia's son, Newton. Rolen was a farmer.
Rolen and Lucretia's daughter, Sally, married in Searcy County in 1888, and Rolen wrote a letter of consent for her to marry, as she was only 15 years old. Rolen appears on the 1890 Searcy County tax list.
The 1900 Perry County, Arkansas, census shows the family in Houston Township. The census shows him as Robert Branum. With Rolen and Lucretia are their daughter and son-in-law, and their four children.
Lucretia died between 1900 and about 1906 and is thought to be buried in Woolverton Mountain Cemetery in Conway County, Arkansas.
Rolen married Margaret M. McCochran in 1906, in Van Buren County, Arkansas. Margaret McCochran was born about 1860, in Arkansas according to census.
Rolen and Margaret appear on the 1910 Van Buren County census in Choctaw Township. The census shows Rolen E. Branum, 56, married twice, married 3 years, a farmer who rented his farm; and Margaret, 50, had given birth to 0 children.
The 1920 Van Buren County census, Bradley Township, shows R. E. Brannon, 67, a wage farm worker; and Margaret M., wife, 59.
Rolen is buried in an unmarked grave beside his daughter in the Blackwell Cemetery west of Bee Branch in Van Buren County.
Child of Rolen Branham and Lucretia King
1. Sarah Renay Branham, b. 1873, MS