JOHN MATHIOUS BRANTNER FAMILY
Including the Johnsons
| John Mathious and Ambrose Lee were the only sons of George H.
Brantner to have sons. John M. is the progenitor of the early "Central Texas Brantners."
Ambrose fathered the early "West Texas Brantners." John M. married Margaret Jane Johnson and John's sister, Mary Jane, married William Isaiah Johnson, Margaret's brother. The Johnson parents are shown below. |
jmb04 - Brantners and Johnsons
Seated in chairs: William Wilburn Johnson & Lurana Parker
On porch in center: John Mathious Brantner & Margaret Jane Johnson
John M.'s children LR: ?Horace Shay, ?Minnie Etta, Roy Leslie, Sr. (standing), Unknown, Unknown
(The dog's name is Pot Licker, parents unknown -- just kidding!)
(Courtesy of Nolan Ray Brantner (grandson of Roy Leslie Sr.), via Sally Pinkos Brantner.)
kdk007 - On porch: William Wilburn Johnson & Lurana Parker
Foreground: John Mathious, Margaret Jane, & five children (see above)
(Courtesy of Kay Dawes Knee)
jjy047 - Margaret Jane Johnson & John Mathious Brantner - 1926
"That Good Gulf Gasoline"
(Courtesy Jeannine Morgan White, daughter-in-law of R.H. Leonard White,
via Gerrie Jones Yates)
jmb01 - John Mathious Brantner (1849-1937) and Margaret Jane Johnson (1854-1943)
December 1933
(Courtesy of Isabell Whitehurst Luff and Sally Pinkos Brantner)
(The photos immediately above and below were dated December 1934,
but one of the children below, Ola Lucy, died in October 1934 at age 50.)
jmb02 - John Mathious Brantner and Margaret Jane Johnson - December 1933
Children, L-R: Roy Leslie Sr, Horace Shay, Minnie Etta, Ola Lummie "Lucy," Leander "Lee," George William,
Sarah Evaline "Lena", Susana L. "Sue", Elizabeth Killian "Lizzie", Emily Louvenia "Vennie."
(Courtesy of Isabell Whitehurst Luff and Sally Pinkos Brantner.)
| Ten of the thirteen Brantner children are shown. Romeo and Opa Maurice died as children; J. Luther died in 1923. Many Brantners and Johnsons are buried in the Petteway Cemetery. |
kwm036 - Johnson Reunion - December 1908
Seated center: William Wilburn Johnson & Laurana Parker
Standing behind them: John Mathious Brantner and Margaret Jane Johnson
(Courtesy of Keith Wayne Mitchell via Kay Dawes Knee)
| James F. Daniel notes the following regarding the above photo:
The picture was taken just one and a half years before W. W. died. All of the persons have not been identified. The fiddler on the left is thought to be James Hiram Johnson [W. W.'s son]. This photograph would have been made in Robertson County shortly after W. W.'s Confederate Pension was approved. In this regard, it is probable that only those children and their families who resided in or near Robertson County would have attended the gathering. Therefore, [son] Thomas Peter Johnson's family would not likely be in the photo. Another son, William Isaiah died 20 years earlier. Other possibilities include daughter Angeline and Thomas Gray, the wife and children of son Jessee Johnson, and perhaps some of the Parker relatives. |
kwm037 - Johnson Reunion - December 1908 (Close up)
Seated center: William Wilburn Johnson & Laurana Parker
Standing behind them: John Mathious Brantner and Margaret Jane Johnson
(Courtesy of Keith Wayne Mitchell via Kay Dawes Knee)
| Family Groups: | William Wilburn Johnson | John Mathious Brantner |
| Ancestral Pictures Incl. W.W. Johnson Family |
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