Brannon, Leola Mae

So  we have been looking at Pearl Anna (Daniel) Stringer's paternal ancestors. We traced the Daniel line from her father Woody Asberry to his father Aron Asberry and his father William N Daniel to Josiah Daniel and on......now let's go to Pearl's maternal line. First let's explore the information we have on Pearl's mother, Leola Mae Brannon...

Leola Mae Brannon

Leola Mae Brannon was born August 22, 1885 in Denton , Texas to Ansel Gadd and Mary Anna (Henderson) Brannon. She married Woody Asberry Daniel October 20, 1905 in Norman, Oklahoma. Leola was 20 when she married and Woody was 22.

They had 3 children: George Eron (Eron after Woody's father) 1906-1951, Pearl Anna (Anna after Leola's mother) 1908-2004 and Maggie Mae (after Leola's middle name) 1911-2010.

The only Census I found for her was the 1900 Census in Norman, Oklahoma. Says she is 14, a housekeeper for her parents and can read, write and speak English (which we take for granted but I'm finding back then that wasn't always the case).

Unfortunately we see that she had her third child on October 21, 1911 and Leola passed away December 24, 1911. Her father passed away two days before her. What a sad, sad Christmas that year leaving three children behind. She was only 26. Two deaths in December right before Christmas...and children without their mama.

We know that Lunar, Leola's sister, where Ansel had been living took in her sister's baby to raise. I know that Ansel's father Julian was a Baptist minister so I hope that heritage of faith went on down....what we hope for all our children!

 I thought it was so neat that Stephen Hawkins (Maggie Mae's grandson) had his great grandmother's  headstone  redone. It's really nice now. Thank you, Stephen!!

                                             Leola and Woody Daniel