

Third son of Thomas and Sarah Read Branch. Nestor of Richmond Bankers and Philanthropist. Veteran banker,President Merchants National Bank,and of Thomas Branch and Company,Bankers and Brokers,Richmond. Educated in private schools of Petersburg. Enlisted in the Forty-fourth Virginia Battalion in 1861,and became a First Lieutenant,and was at Appomattox when Lee surrendered. Later he was detailed on the staff of Major Snodgrass,acting Quartermaster General for General Lee's army.
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1830 |
October 9, 1830
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Petersburg, Virginia, United States
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1876 |
October 4, 1876
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1915 |
February 2, 1915
Age 84
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Richmond, Virginia, United States
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1915
Age 84
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Richmond, Virginia, United States
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