Syntha (Brannon) Gramling (1822 - 1906)

Born 6 Jun 1822 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Richard Gramling Sr. — married 1842 in Spartanburg, South Carolina

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1906 at age 83 in Paragould, Greene, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Syntha Brannon was born on 6 June 1822 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, the daughter of William Madison Brannon and Judith (Seay) Brannon. She married Joseph Gramling, son of Reuben Marion Gramling and Martha Williams (High) Gramling, in 1842 in Spartanburg. Joseph and Syntha has the following children:

1. Martha M Gramling
2. William C Gramling
3. Mary C Gramling
4. H C Gramling
5. J R Gramling
6. Louesa J Gramling
7. B N Gramling
8. Sarah F Gramling
9. Andrew G Gramling

They were all born in South Carolina except for Sarah and Andrew with Sarah being two years old at the time of the 1860 Census and Ben being four, born in SC, indicating they removed to Arkansas around 1857.

Syntha (Brannon) Gramling's headstone is broken. All that is visible is her name and her birth date. The date of death is missing.

Synthia was born in 1822. She passed away about 1906.

Sources

• Coles, Nina. The Brannon Family. Lincoln, Arkansas: Lincoln Leader, 1960. p. 12
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8Q2-D2Z : 9 November 2014), Cynthia Gramling in household of Richard Gramling, Spartanburg county, part of, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing family 327, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8W3-ZJ8 : 30 December 2015), Cynthia Gramling in entry for J K Gramling, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNCQ-QCM : 17 October 2014), Cintha Gramling in household of J R Gramling, Arkansas, United States; citing p. 16, family 107, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,553.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNWW-XF7 : 14 July 2016), Cintha Gramling in household of J R Gramling, Cache, Greene, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 101, sheet 247B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0045; FHL microfilm 1,254,045.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV28-B2S6 : 11 July 2016), Syntha Brannon Gramling, 1889; Burial, , Greene, Arkansas, United States of America, Owens Chapel Cemetery; citing record ID 71965314 Find a Grave

Per a news article from the The Fort Smith Times, published 30 April 1906, Monday, Pg 3, "Paragould: Yesterday was a great occasion at Warren's Chapel...The occasion was the funeral of Aunt Synthia Gramling, one of the oldest settlers in the county...born Jan. 6, 1822 in Spartenburg District of South Carolina...was married to J.R. Gramling Nov. 25, 1841, moved with her husband to Greene county, Arkansas in 1856 and died at her home in the county January 8, 1906 aged 84 years and two days."^[1]

• 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
  citing Page: 42; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Digital film/folder number: 005165613; FHL microfilm: 803042; Image number: 46; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01688-1
  FamilySearch Record: M8W3-ZJ8 (accessed 5 October 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBG-J6H
  Cynthia Gramling (37) in Cache Township, Green, Arkansas, United States. Born in S C.

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #71965314 (accessed 5 October 2023)
  Memorial page for Syntha Brannon Gramling (6 Jun 1822-1889), citing Owens Chapel Cemetery, Greene County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Christopher Veltmann (contributor 47941657).