Alexander Wilson BRANNUM
Martha Frances GARRISON

Husband:  Alexander Wilson BRANNUM
Birth:  8 Feb 1850, Newton Co., Missouri
Death:  6 Dec 1929 McCracken Twp., Christian Co., Missouri     
Burial:  Dec 1929, McCracken Cemetery, McCracken, Christian Co., Missouri
Father:  Noah BRANHAM
Mother:  Margaret WYATT

Marriage:      16 May 1906, Christian Co., Missouri 

Wife:  Martha Frances GARRISON
Birth:  6 Dec 1855, Lee Co., Virginia 
Death:  15 Aug 1942, McCracken Twp., Christian Co., Missouri      
Burial:  Aug 1942, McCracken Cemetery, McCracken, Christian Co., Missouri
Father:  Jacob GARRISON
Mother:  Sarah HURST

Children:   
1. Jewel M. BRANNUM, b: 12 Sep 1905, Missouri
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Notes:    

1910 Federal Census Data (T624_0776, Page 79A), McCracken Twp., Christian Co., Missouri,
                                                                                    Enumeration District: 39, Enumeration Date: 29-Apr-1910, Family #132

Because Jewel was born before Alexander and Mattie married and is not mentioned in the 1910 vcensus, it is thought that she is adopted.

1920 Federal Census Data (T625_0911, Page 190A), McCracken Twp., Christian Co., Missouri,
                                                                                       Enumeration District: 47, Enumeration Date: 8-Jan-1920, Family #77

By 1930, Alexander had died and Mattie was living with their daughter Jewell and her family.  In 1940, she was living with her sister Alice and her husband.
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Sources:    
1) Death - Husband:  Christian County Missouri Vital Statistics - Deaths, Cert. #40047
2) Death - Wife:  Christian County Missouri Vital Statistics - Deaths, Cert. #26936