"Grandpa" was Thomas BRANCH,
born in 1836 at Knoxville, Tennessee, son of Benjamin BRANCH and Sarah MOORE.
"Grandma" was Mary
Frances ALLEN, born at Knoxville on August 20, 1842, daughter of Edmund Lily
ALLEN, Sr. and Rebecca Magdalene SMITH.
Mrs. S. H. HOOD was their daughter Effie
BRANCH, who married Sam H. HOOD.