Branch, Gilman Ide

Branch, Gilman Ide a Free-will Baptist minister, was born at Benson, Rutland County, Vermont, in 1811. At the age of sixteen he became a Christian and united with the Methodist Church, and was licensed to preach, but subsequently united with the Freewill Baptist. Church in Cherry Creek, Ohio. Soon after, he was licensed to preach in the churches of this denomination, and ordained January 13, 1845. He died at Solon, Ohio, August 28, 1847. He was a faithful preacher, and earnestly devoted to his work. See Morning Star, 1848. (J.C.S.)