George Branham and Sarah Lawrence
George Branham was the third child of Barnabas Branham and Lavina Davis, and obviously was named for his paternal grandfather. George was born in 1849 in Missouri, probably in Dodge County (now Putnam County) where he and his parents were enumerated in the 1850 census. After returning to Clinton County as a child, George eventually met and married Sarah Lawrence.
George died around September 1884, probably in Clinton County, when Sarah's father, Jesse Lawrence, petitioned to serve as administrator of his estate; the petition also listed five of George and Sarah's children (Jesse, Ella, Barney, Lula, and Richard). These same children are also listed in a deed recorded in Clinton County, when Sarah sold land George had inherited from his grandfather, George Branham.
In all, George and Sarah had seven children, although we can identify only six from census records; "Early Times" gives a seventh child -- daughter Cena, who was born in 1876 and died in infancy. In 1900, a widowed Sarah Branham is enumerated in Clinton County, along with children Luan A., James R., and Etta Mae (born 1886); this Sarah said she had borne 7 children, of whom 6 were still alive. Given that George died in 1884, however, it is unclear whether Etta was a posthumous child, or whether this is a different family.
Sarah was the daughter of Jesse P. Lawrence and Dulcena Wray; Dulcena was the sister of William Wray, who married Dora Wright, George Branham (the younger)'s first cousin. Sarah was born on 4 September 1852 in Clinton County and died sometime after 1900. Her mother died about six weeks after Sarah was born, and baby Sarah was sent to live with her grandmother, Sarah Chapman Wray for several years until after her father remarried. Indeed, in 1860, little Sarah was enumerated in both her father's household and with her grandmother Wray. The family's surname is often spelled Laurence in various records.
George Branham (1849, Dodge/Putnam, MO - by 1900)
m. 30 March 1869, Clinton, KY
Sarah Eliza Lawrence (4 Sep 1852, Clinton, KY - aft 1900)
Children:
i. Jesse Powers Branham (11 Jan 1869, Albany, Clinton, KY - 29 Oct 1945, Crossville, Cumberland, TN); m. Laura Thrasher
ii. Martha Ella Branham (Dec 1872, Clinton, KY - d. aft 1910); m. John Wallis (or Wallace)
iii. Barnabas R. Branham "Barney" (10 Nov 1875, Albany, Clinton, KY - d. 3 Nov 1955, Albany, Clinton, KY); m. Sarah Thrasher
iv. Cena Branham (1876-1876); per "Early Times" only
v. Lula Ann Branham (Apr 1878, Clinton, KY - aft 1900); m. Samuel A. Brown
vi. James Richard Branham (10 Jul 1881, Clinton, KY - aft 1910); m. Martha unknown
vii. Etta Mae Branham (Mar 1886, Clinton, KY - d. aft 1906); m. Thomas Q. Whalen (possibly Willen)