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1. | Edmond Braxton was born about 1815 in West Virginia, USA. Family/Spouse: Mary Anderson. Mary was born about 1820 in West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Gilbert G Braxton (1.Edmond1) was born on 11 Aug 1840 in Virginia, USA; died on 17 Nov 1907 in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA. Family/Spouse: Margaret Maggie Smith. Margaret (daughter of John Smith and Mary Smith) was born in 1850; died on 14 Mar 1916 in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Gilbert married in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Sarah Elizabeth Braxton (2.Gilbert2, 1.Edmond1) was born on 11 Nov 1883 in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 26 Dec 1963 in 138 Balm street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Sarah married Albert William Cyrus, II on 11 Jun 1899 in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA. Albert (son of Father Unknown and Sarah Eliza Cyrus, son of Sarah Eliza Cyrus) was born on 18 Oct 1878 in Luray, Page, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Oct 1932 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Charity Braxton (2.Gilbert2, 1.Edmond1) was born on 15 Oct 1884 in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 27 Oct 1957 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Charity married William Franklin Summers Jr. on 1 Nov 1917 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. William was born in 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | William Braxton (2.Gilbert2, 1.Edmond1) was born in May 1884 in Pennsylvania, USA. |
6. | Nellie Braxton (2.Gilbert2, 1.Edmond1) |
7. | Living Cyrus (3.Sarah3, 2.Gilbert2, 1.Edmond1) |
8. | Walter Cyrus (3.Sarah3, 2.Gilbert2, 1.Edmond1) was born about 1901 in Pennsylvania, USA. |
9. | Albert Lesley Cyrus, III (3.Sarah3, 2.Gilbert2, 1.Edmond1) was born on 19 Oct 1910 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 25 Feb 2001; was buried in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. |
10. | Helen Ellen Virginia Cyrus (3.Sarah3, 2.Gilbert2, 1.Edmond1) was born on 8 Nov 1913 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died in Nov 1976. Helen married James Hyland Lyons on 14 Jan 1935 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. James (son of Charles Elmer Lyons, I and Olive Downey Lloyd) was born on 6 Mar 1910 in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Living Royster. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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