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Abraham O. Brannin (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1819-11-19 d. 1903-06-30

Louisville, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth A. Brannin. Father of James R. Brannin, Elizabeth Brannin, Laura Brannin, Owen Brannin, Alice B. Brannin, and Mattie Brannin. Merchant in Louisville in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Commission merchant in Louisville in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Partner in the firm of Brannin & Summers with John S. Brannin and Edwin H. Summers in Louisville in 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 387. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 2nd Ward Louisville, p. 126. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 5th Ward Louisville, p. 15. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 7th Ward Louisville, p. 89. Tanner's Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, Henry Tanner, comp. (Louisville: Henry Tanner, 1861), 40. Find A Grave, "Abraham Owen Brannin (1918-1903)," Memorial #101120040, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101120040/abraham-owen-brannin (accessed March 6, 2018).

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Brannin, Abraham O.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206861 (November 12, 2026).

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