Branham, Walter R. (Walter Richardson), 1850-1934.

The Branham family of Oxford, Georgia, was associated with Emory College, in Oxford, Georgia, and with the Methodist Church. Walter R. Branham, Sr. (1813-1894) was born in Eatonton, Georgia. He married Elizabeth A. Flourney on October 15, 1840 in Putnam County, Georgia. The couple had six children, Verlinda (Virlinda) (1866-1959), Junius Wingfield (1841-1915), Edward Vance (1843-1902), Elizabeth (1848-1934), Walter R. (1850-1934), Martha Manley (1957-) and Henry F. (1860-1941). Walter R. Branham, Jr. married Adeline Singleton (1861-1947) in 1881. They had five children: Walter R. Branham III, Joseph Singleton (1889-1956), Rebecca Thomas (1892-1974), Elizabeth (also known as "Billie") (1899-1989), Martha (1901-1984). The home of Reverend Walter R. Branham, Jr. and family was also home to many Emory College students who boarded with them while attending school. Walter and Adeline Branham also taught at the Chilocco Indian Training School, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) from 1885-1887. Both Adeline (Singleton) Branham and Verlinda (Lynn) Branham attended Wesleyan college in Macon, Georgia. Rebecca T. Branham married Robert Henry Blackshear (1891-1974), a Presbyterian minister from New York who was a Navy chaplain during World War I. The couple had three sons, Hamilton, Robert Jr., and David.