Butler count Missouri, Selected Brannum Marriages and Family contributed by: Colleen Dobrzynski Louisa E. Brannum married Monterey Elliott Nixon June 8, 1873 in Butler County, Missouri and 2 children were born in this union. Mary Julia b. 1874 and Monterey Elliott, Jr. b. 1877. Husband Montery Elliott, Sr. died in 1877 and Louisa remarries May 2, 1878 to Joel Cochran in Bulter County, Missouri. 3 children were born to this union. Rev. Elias Brannum is buried at Nelson Cemetery, Reyno, Randolph County, Arkansas. He was a Methodist Minister. First wife was Nancy C. Bradson and he married her 6 June 1849 in Ripley County, Missouri. Date of death 4 April 1904. Mary Julia Nixon married Charles Ward, son of Anderson E. Ward and Elizabeth Rushin on 13 September 1893 in Butler County, Missouri. Monterey Elliott Nixon, Jr. married Grace Mae Wayman, daughter of William Henry Harrison Wayman and Lizzie Lee Jeans on 17 May 1906 in Alton, Madison County, IL. Colleen Dobrzynski