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Contributed by: Sheridan Brandon Drowatzky 

Taken circa 1917


Front Row, l-r: Jerry and Homer;
Back row, l-r: Mike, Earl, J. J., Pat, Sanford.

John Jefferson Brandon and Laura Alice Maynard Brandon came to Lawton OK in 1901 from Texas with eight children, traveling in two covered wagons. J. J. and Laura were from Tennessee, leaving there in 1885 with their tiny baby daughter, Allie. They remained in Lawton until their deaths in 1939 and 1941 respectively.