Wilson, Douglas L., ed; Davis, Rodney O., ed. 'Register of Informants' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: history]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
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Branson was a Petersburg, Illinois, lawyer who dabbled in Republican politics. His wife, Fannie, was the daughter of Dr. Francis Regnier of New Salem. (Biographical Encyclopedia of Illinois of the Nineteenth Century)