My Maternal Roots Of Alzheimer's Family
Thankfully, my paternal ancestry is much more detailed. My grandmother has Alzheimer's disease and cannot remember anything, but, thankfully, her husband has studied his own son’s genealogy before so he knows both sides of the story. My grandfather’s parents are Ralph Douglas Bratton, and Lucille Norman Bratton. I can trace their genealogy back to 1720 with my great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather John Bratton, who was born in Scotland. The majority of his ancestors were farmer, who were migrating from Scotland to Randolph, North Carolina to Ida, Arkansas, and finally they settled in Heber Springs, Arkansas. Some of the most memorable people in that line were my my great-great-great-great grandfather Benjamin “Uncle Cuff” Bratton,
and James Cumberland Bratton, my great-great grandfather. I find “Uncle Cuff” intriguing because of his name and because he was ran over by a train. James Cumberland Bratton is also interesting because of names. His first marriage was to Arkadelphia Sanders, after she suicided he remarried California who actually lived California. On my grandfather’s maternal grandmother, Nancy Reed Norman’s side, I found out that Mitchell Reed, my great-great-great-great-great Grandfather, was an Irishman, who started the migration from Ireland, to Tennessee, then to Ida, Arkansas.
and James Cumberland Bratton, my great-great grandfather. I find “Uncle Cuff” intriguing because of his name and because he was ran over by a train. James Cumberland Bratton is also interesting because of names. His first marriage was to Arkadelphia Sanders, after she suicided he remarried California who actually lived California. On my grandfather’s maternal grandmother, Nancy Reed Norman’s side, I found out that Mitchell Reed, my great-great-great-great-great Grandfather, was an Irishman, who started the migration from Ireland, to Tennessee, then to Ida, Arkansas.