Joseph Gerald Branch II (died November 22, 1867) was a state legislator in Florida at the age of 21, worked as a lawyer, and had a plantation in Desha, Arkansas. He was assassinated on his plantation. His father was Joseph Branch,[1] a lawyer and the first attorney general in Florida.[2]

Joseph Branch was in the Branch family that included North Carolina Governor John Branch and Confederate Army Brigadier General Lawrence O'Bryan Branch.

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  1. ^ Branch, Mary Jones Polk (February 15, 1912). "Memoirs of a Southern Woman "within the Lines," and a Genealogical Record". Joseph G. Branch publishing Company – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Mary Polk Branch. Memoirs of a Southern Woman 'Within the Lines'..." docsouth.unc.edu.