Hardesty's History of Calhoun County, West Virginia

SYLVESTER BRANNAN 

Sylvester Brannan, a prosperous farmer and stock raiser of Washington 
district, Calhoun County, West Virginia, was here born when the 
district was included in Gilmer County, West Virginia. The date of 
his birth was September 20, 1850, and the date of his marriage was 
February 16, 1873. On the last named day, in Calhoun County, William 
Brannan, J. P., joined him in wedlock with Mary Brannan, who was born 
in Gilmer County, on the 7th of October, 1854. She was a daughter of 
Henry Brannon and Mary J. (Laughlin) Brannan, now deceased. 
     Thomas P. and Lydia (Wilson) Brannan, the parents of Sylvester 
and Oliver Brannon, are still residents in this county, in which they 
were pioneer settlers. The former is now aged 79 years, and the 
latter 75, and both are in the enjoyment of sound health and 
intellect though they have passed through the many trials and 
privations known only to the early settlers in a frontier country. 
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Brannan have two sons in the home established 
by their marriage: Horace G., born in 1873, and Oliver D., born in 
1874. Sylvester Brannan receives his mail at the postoffice at 
Arnoldsburg, Calhoun County, West Virginia.

(Linda Fluharty)