Hardesty's History of Calhoun County, West Virginia

OLIVER BRANNAN 

     Oliver Brannan, son of Thomas P. and Lydia (Wilson) Brannan, was 
born October 8, 1848, when this part of Calhoun County, West Virginia 
was included in Gilmer County, Virginia. He was united in marriage 
with Dorothy J. Laughlin in Calhoun County, October 26, 1871, Elder 
John Bennett officiating clergyman. 
     Their children are five: Ulysses G., born August 15, 1872; 
Daniel W., August 15, 1875; Sylvester R., November 4, 1877; Lewis, 
December 15, 1879; Effie L., July 2, 1882 - all are living at home. 
     The wife of Mr. Brannan was born in this county, a daughter of 
Robert and Elizabeth (Parsons) Laughlin. Her parents are residents in 
this county, and were living here at the date of its organization. 
Oliver Brannan has passed the years of his life in the pursuits of 
agriculture, his farm lying in Washington district, and his 
postoffice address is Arnoldsburg, Calhoun County, West Virginia. 

(Linda Fluharty)