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William M. Branham

William Marrion Branham
Born (1909-04-06)April 6, 1909
Cumberland County, Kentucky
Died December 24, 1965(1965-12-24) (aged 56)
Amarillo, Texas
Cause of death Car accident
Resting place Jeffersonville, Indiana
Spouse(s)

Amelia Hope Brumbach m. 1934 (b. July 16, 1913 - d. July 22, 1937)

Meda Marie Broy m.1941 (b. April 26, 1919 - d. 1981)
Children

William 'Billy' Paul Branham (b. September 13, 1935)

Sharon Rose Branham (b. October 27, 1936 - d. July 26, 1937)

Rebekah Branham Smith (b. March 21, 1946 - d. November 28, 2006)

Sarah Branham De Corado (b. March 19, 1950)

Joseph Branham (b. May 19, 1955)
Parent(s)

Charles C. E. Branham (b. January 2, 1887 - d. November 30, 1936)

Ella Rhee Harvey (b. June 24, 1887 - d. October 27, 1961)

Amelia Hope Brumbach m. 1934 (b. July 16, 1913 - d. July 22, 1937)

William 'Billy' Paul Branham (b. September 13, 1935)

Sharon Rose Branham (b. October 27, 1936 - d. July 26, 1937)

Rebekah Branham Smith (b. March 21, 1946 - d. November 28, 2006)

Sarah Branham De Corado (b. March 19, 1950)

Charles C. E. Branham (b. January 2, 1887 - d. November 30, 1936)

William Marrion Branham (April 6, 1909 – December 24, 1965) was an American Christian minister, generally acknowledged as initiating the post World War II healing revival. Branham's most controversial revelation was his claim to be the end-time "Elijah" prophet of the Laodicean Church age. His theology seemed complicated and bizarre to many people who admired him personally. In his last days, Branham's followers had placed him at the center of a Pentecostal personality cult. Other than those that still follow him as their prophet, Branham has faded into obscurity.

The reliability of William Branham's biographical material should be viewed with caution. This is because Branham's autobiographical stories were often embellished, and sometimes contradictory. Other sources, written by his associates or followers, are apologetic and hagiographical in nature.

William Branham was born in 1909 in a log cabin in Cumberland County, Kentucky, near Burkesville. The first of ten children of Charles and Ella Branham, he was raised near Jeffersonville, Indiana. His father was an alcoholic, and William Branham often talked about how his upbringing was difficult and impoverished, although his claims of poverty have been called into question.

Branham claimed that from his early childhood he had supernatural experiences including prophetic visions. He said that in his early childhood, while assisting his father at a still, he heard a "Voice" that told him, "Don't you never drink, smoke or defile your body in any way. There'll be a work for you to do when you get older".

Leaving home at nineteen, William Branham worked on a ranch in Arizona. He returned home when his brother died and Branham began a search for God. He began attending the First Pentecostal Baptist Church in Jeffersonville and was eventually ordained as an Independent Baptist minister. Branham claimed that his first exposure to Pentecostalism was in 1936; however, the First Pentecostal Baptist Church which he attended prior to 1933 was "a Holy Ghost church" that believed in prayer for healing and the baptism of the Holy Spirit.


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