Anthony Martin Branch
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Biography
Branch was born in Buckingham County, Virginia. He graduated from Hampden–Sydney College in 1842, and moved to Huntsville, Texas in 1847. He married Amanda Smith in 1849.[1]
He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives in 1859 and the Texas Senate in 1861.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
During much of the Civil War, Branch served in the Confederate States Army as a captain in Company A, the 21st Texas Cavalry (also known as the 1st Texas Lancers).[2] He later represented Texas in the Second Confederate Congress in 1864 and 1865 until the end of the war.
Anthony Martin Branch died in Huntsville on October 3, 1867.[1][3]
Notes
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- 1823 births
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- Confederate States Army officers
- Hampden–Sydney College alumni
- Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Texas
- Members of the Texas House of Representatives
- People from Buckingham County, Virginia
- Texas state senators
- 19th-century members of the Texas Legislature