Family of Amanda Melvina THIGPEN

Birth: 6 NOV 1855 (Bastrop or Tyler Co., TX)
Death: 22 JAN 1918 (Dry Prong, Grant Parish, LA)
Burial: Dry Prong Cemetery (Dry Prong, Grant Parish, LA)

Grandparents	Parents	Siblings
William James THIGPEN, Sr. b. 8 DEC 1800 (NC) d. 13 MAY 1887 Jane AYERS b. about 1810 d. about 1842	William James THIGPEN, Jr. b. 1827 (GA) d. 1863	Rachel THIGPEN b. 1849 (LA) d. OCT 1850 Manerva THIGPEN b. 8 OCT 1850 (TX) d. 1 APR 1919 Mary J. THIGPEN b. DEC 1853 (TX) d. 1896	Sarah Elizabeth THIGPEN b. 1 APR 1859 (TX) d. 28 DEC 1936 William Samuel THIGPEN b. 17 APR 1861 (TX) d. 8 MAR 1918 Amos Solomon (“Soly”) THIGPEN b. 1 JAN 1864 (LA) d. 29 NOV 1939
Amos MCCARTY b. 17 DEC 1792 (SC) d. 16 MAY 1851 Mary Elizabeth WALKER b. 7 JAN 1798 (SC) d. 5 OCT 1837	Elizabeth MCCARTY b. DEC 1830 (MS) d. 1910

Spouse	Marriage	Children
William Melvin BRATTON b. 16 FEB 1849* (MS) d. 24 JUN 1922	about 1877 Winn Parish, LA	William R. BRATTON b. 20 APR 1880 (LA) d. 31 AUG 1962 (Child) BRATTON b. after 1877 (LA) d. before 1910 Mary Elizabeth BRATTON b. 9 APR 1884 (LA) d. 12 MAY 1966	George Solomon BRATTON b. 2 MAR 1886 (LA) d. 27 MAR 1926 Martha BRATTON b. 24 APR 1889 (LA) d. 22 SEP 1974 Ravy BRATTON b. 7 MAR 1891 (LA) d. 9 JAN 1930	Alpha BRATTON b. 18 JUL 1893 (LA) d. 12 JAN 1985 (Child) BRATTON b. after 1877 (LA) d. before 1910 Monroe Henry BRATTON b. 2 FEB 1897 (LA) d. 29 JUL 1928

*This is the date of birth on William's tombstone. Some records suggest that he might have been born in 1851.

Tombstone of William Melvin BRATTON
Tombstone of Amanda E. THIGPEN
Tombstone of Ravy BRATTON

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Last updated on July 22, 2014.