Elijah J. BRATTEN
Researched by Eleanor Law Johnson (Mrs. Charles W.) Las Vegas, NV Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Elijah J. BRATTEN Self M Male W 48 TN Clerk In Store MA TN Matilda E. BRATTEN Wife M Female W 47 TN Keeps House TN TN Thomas A. BRATTEN Son S Male W 20 TN At School TN TN Nora E. BRATTEN Dau S Female W 10 TN At School TN TN Ella TURNEY GDau S Female W 8 TN At School TN TN Lucinda GARISON Other S Female B 30 TN Does House Work TN TN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Liberty, De Kalb, Tennessee Family History Library Film 1255252 NA Film Number T9-1252 Page Number 126C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /////////////////////////// IT IS MENTIONED IN THE WAR RECORDS (CIVIL) OF ANDREW JACKSON GARRISON THAT TWO OF HIS SISTERS MARRIED BRATTEN'S. SEE FILES ON ANDREW J. GARRISON FOR THE COPY OF DEPOSITION FROM NATIONAL ARCHIVES PENSION & WAR RECORDS. RESEARCH IN IGI 1-21-92 1988 EDITION EXTRACTED MARRIAGE RECORDS, DEKALB CO, TENN. 1848-1880............. ELIJAH J. BRATTON & ELIZABETH M. GARRISON MARRIED 21 SEP 1854 THE DALES OF THE EASTERN SHORE MARYLAND AND TENNESSEE, P. 179, 206 ancestry.com research by Eleanor Law Johnson 7-20-01 Tennessee Marriages BRATTON, ELIJAH Spouse: GARRISON, ELIZABETH M. Marriage Date: 21 Sep 1854 County: Dekalb State: TN
Researched by Eleanor Law Johnson (Mrs. Charles Wm.) Las Vegas, NV Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Elijah J. BRATTEN Self M Male W 48 TN Clerk In Store MA TN Matilda E. BRATTEN Wife M Female W 47 TN Keeps House TN TN Thomas A. BRATTEN Son S Male W 20 TN At School TN TN Nora E. BRATTEN Dau S Female W 10 TN At School TN TN Ella TURNEY GDau S Female W 8 TN At School TN TN Lucinda GARISON Other S Female B 30 TN Does House Work TN TN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Liberty, De Kalb, Tennessee Family History Library Film 1255252 NA Film Number T9-1252 Page Number 126C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES UNDER OBADIAH M. GARRISON #64 1850 CENSUS DEKALB CO, TENN....LISTED AS ELIZABETH M. (PROBABLY MATILDA) AND LATER WENT BY MATILDA ELIZABETH...OR MATILDA E.. THE DALES OF THE EASTERN SHORE MARYLAND AND TENN. BY CLARICE NEAL AUSTIN,TX COPY IN MY POSSESSION. P.179 ALSO A COPY IN FAM. HIST. LIBRARY, SALT LAKE CITY/ OBITUARY NOTICE DEATH CERTIFICATE FOR MRS. MATILDA E. BRATTEN ...PARENTS OBIDIAH GARRISON AND ELIZABETH WEST ...SHE WENT BY MATILDA EVIDENTLY. ....DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH NASHVILLE, TENN COPY IN MY POSSESSION. A.J. GARRISON CIVIL WAR PENSION RECORDS WC 364 921 221PGS....TESTIMONY FROM WM. BRATTEN THAT 2 OF HIS BROTHERS MARRIED 2 OF ANDREWS SISTERS. THIS CLUE, ALONG WITH A OBITUARY OF ONE OF THESE SISTERS, & DEATH CERTIFICATE WAS WHAT TIED A.J. GARRISON TO OBADIAH.......ON HER DEATH CERT. IT NAMED HER PARENTS (which were also his). THESE SISTERS WERE ALSO ON CENSUS WITH OBADIAH GARRISON. Lorraine Reynolds Research....1712 Meadowbrook Dr., Springfield, Tn. 37172 Brides Book...Early Marriages (Tennessee) Garrison , Elizabeth M. to Elijah J. Bratton 9-20-1854 (9-21-1854 (DK)
THE DALES OF THE EASTERN SHORE MARYLAND AND TENNESSEE, P. 180 COPY IN MY POSSESSION. BOUGHT FROM AUTHOR: CLARICE NEAL (MRS. JOE W.) 2209 SHOAL CREEK BLVD., AUSTIN, TEXAS 78705 PRIVATELY PUBLISHED.. COPY ALSO IN FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. IGI
THE DALES OF THE EASTERN SHORE MARYLAND AND TENNESSEE BY CLARICE NEAL.P.180 SEE NOTES UNDER PARENTS AND OTHER CHILDREN. 10 IN 1870 CENSUS ACCORDING TO P. 180 IN ABOVE BOOK.
THE DALES OF THE EASTERN SHORE MARYLAND AND TENNESSEE BY CLARICE NEAL. P. 180
He married Elizabeth Matilda Garrison 21 Sep 1854 at Dekalb, Tennessee . Elizabeth Matilda Garrison was born at Liberty, Dekalb, Tennessee 23 Sep 1832 daughter of Obadiah M. or Obediah Garrison and Elizabeth "Betsey" Calling West .
They were the parents of 3
children:
Mattie E. Bratten
born 10 Sep 1855.
Thomas O. Bratten
born 1860.
Nora Bratten
born 15 Aug 1869.
Elijah J. Bratten died 4 Sep 1881 at of Dekalb, Tennessee .
Elizabeth Matilda Garrison died 26 Jul 1914 at Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee .