Joseph Gerald Branch II

Joseph Gerald Branch II (died November 22, 1867; also known as Joseph Gerald Branch III and Joseph Branch II) was a state legislator in Florida at the age of 21, worked as a lawyer, and had a plantation in Desha, Arkansas. He was assassinated on his plantation. His father was Joseph Branch,[1] a lawyer and the first attorney general in Florida.[2]

Joseph Branch was in the Branch family that included North Carolina Governor John Branch and Confederate Army Brigadier General Lawrence O'Bryan Branch.

He married Mary Polk, also of a prominent family. They lived on the plantations of Branch's in-laws and had many slaves.[3]

References
  1. Branch, Mary Jones Polk (February 15, 1912). "Memoirs of a Southern Woman "within the Lines," and a Genealogical Record". Joseph G. Branch publishing Company – via Google Books.
  2. "Mary Polk Branch. Memoirs of a Southern Woman 'Within the Lines'..." docsouth.unc.edu.
  3. "Mary Polk Branch remembers plantation life, 1912 | The American Yawp Reader".


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