Background
Henry Brannon was born on November 26, 1837 in Winchester, Virginia. He was a younger son of Robert and Catherine (Copenhaver) Brannon. His father was of Irish descent and a native of Winchester.
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Henry Brannon
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His youth was spent on his father's farm in the Shenandoah Valley, and his early education was obtained at private schools and the Winchester Academy. Entering the University of Virginia in 1854, he graduated in 1858.
Career
After graduation form the University of Virginia in 1858, Henry Brannon
then moved to Weston, Lewis County, in the western part of the state, where his elder brother, John, was practising law. He read law in his brother's office, was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1859, and commenced practise at Weston.
In 1860 he was elected prosecuting attorney for Lewis County, occupying that position for four years.
Though too young to be prominent in the movement which resulted in the formation of the State of West Virginia, he was elected in 1870 as representative of Lewis County in the House of Delegates, and served two terms, acting as chairman of the legislative committee on education.
In 1880 he was nominated and elected judge of the 11th judicial circuit, succeeding his brother in that office. At the end of his term in 1888 he was nominated and elected an associate justice of the supreme court of appeals. This office he filled for twenty-four years, being reelected in 1900 on the expiration of his first term.
He retired from the bench December 31, 1912, declining a renomination.
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Politics
An efficient official, Brannon acquired a wide practise, and took an active part in local politics, being a strong Republican.
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Henry Brannon was married to Hetta J. Arnold of Weston.
- Father:
- Robert Brannon
- Mother:
- Catherine (Copenhaver) Brannon
- Daughter :
- Gertrude Alice Brannon Edwards
- Wife:
- Henrietta Jane Arnold Brannon
- Daughter:
- Ella Virginia Brannon Flannery
- Son :
- Henry Weston Brannon
- Son:
- Edward Arnold Brannon
- Brother:
- John Brannon
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1862–1944
1874–1905
1870–1942
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Republican