Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Branick, Elias 1839 - 
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Author: Ed Blair

 Elias Branick, a Civil war veteran and early settler in Johnson county, is a 
native of North Carolina. He was born in Surry county, July 4, 1839, and is a 
son of Henry and Sibby (Dickens) Branick, natives of North Carolina, the 
former of Roan county. They were the parents of sixteen children, fourteen 
boys and two girls, all born in North Carolina and only three of whom are now 
living, as follows: Daniel resides at Edmund, Okla.; Julia Zimmerman, 
Neodesha, Kan., and Elias, of this review. Elias Branick was reared in North 
Carolina, and received his education in private schools. He led the quiet life 
of the average young man of his time, before the Civil war. He came to Kansas 
when a young man and took up a claim on the Black Bob reservation, near 
Stanley, which he later sold. In 1861, Mr. Branick enlisted at Cassville, Mo., 
in Company A, First regiment, Arkansas cavalry, and served four years, eight 
months and thirteen days. Mr. Branick saw service in Kansas, Missouri and 
Arkansas and took part in many hard-fought battles, including Prairie Grove. 
Mr. Branick has been twice married, his first wife being Miss Belle Smith, to 
whom he was married at Fayetteville, Ark. Two children were born to this union 
and the wife and mother died in Wilson county, Kansas, and her remains are 
buried at Fredonia. On February 4, 1894, Mr. Branick was united in marriage to 
Alice Bright, of Newtonia, Mo. She is a native of Camersville, Ky. After the 
close of the war, Mr. Branick served as a deputy United States marshal for 
some time, and in that capacity went to Old Mexico twice and made two trips 
across the plains in the early days. Mr. Branick is one of De Soto's well 
known citizens. He has a cozy home in De Soto, where he and his wife are 
spending their declining days in comfort.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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