Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
Born: November 28, 1820
Birthplace: Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina
Father: Joseph Branch Unknown – 1827
Mother: Susan Simpson O'Bryan
Wife: Ann Haywood Blount 1817 – 1903
Children:
Susan O'Bryan Branch Jones 1845 – 1920
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)
William Augustus Blount Branch 1847 – 1910
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Washington, North Carolina)
Ann Haywood Branch Jones 1849 – 1928
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)
Josephine Lawrence Branch Craige 1853 – 1884
(Buried: Old English Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina)
Education:
1838: Graduated from Princeton College
Studied law in Nashville, Tennessee
Occupation:
Owner and Editor of a newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee
Attorney in Tallahassee, Florida
Participated in the Seminole War in Florida
Attorney in Raleigh, North Carolina
President of Raleigh & Gaston Railroad Company
1852: Democratic Party Presidential Elector
1855 – 1861: United States Representative from North Carolina
1860: Declined the office of U.S. Secretary of Treasury
Civil War Service:
1861: Private in Raleigh Riffles in the North Carolina Infantry
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 33rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862: Participated in the Battle of New Bern, North Carolina
1862: Participated in the Battle of Hanover Court House
1862: Participated in the Seven Days Campaign
1862: Participated in the Battle of Cedar Mountain
1862: Participated in the Second Battle of Bull Run
1862: Participated in the Battle of the Chantilly
1862: Participated in the Battle of Harper's Ferry
1862: Killed by sharpshooter while conversing with other generals
Died: September 17, 1862
Place of Death: Sharpsburg, Maryland
Cause of Death: Wounding of bullet that went into right cheek and exited behind his left ear.
Age at time of Death: 41 years old
Burial Place: City Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina
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