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The summer of 1935 was a whirlwind of events.   
The summer of 1935 was a whirlwind of events.   
 
[[Image:Sharon Rose.jpg|150px|thumb|Sharon Rose Branham, who died at 8 months old.]]
William Branham’s brother Charles died in an accident on August 5, 1935.  Then Hope Branham’s mother remarried to John Cardwell on August 22, 1935.  Soon after, Billy Paul Branham was born to William and Hope on September 13, 1935.  The 1935 and 1937 city directory listed William Branham is pastor of the Pentecostal Tabernacle, and residing with his wife Hope at 430 Graham Street in Jeffersonville.  <ref> http://searchingforvindication.com/timeline.html </ref>
William Branham’s brother Charles died in an accident on August 5, 1935.  Then Hope Branham’s mother remarried to John Cardwell on August 22, 1935.  Soon after, Billy Paul Branham was born to William and Hope on September 13, 1935.  The 1935 and 1937 city directory listed William Branham is pastor of the Pentecostal Tabernacle, and residing with his wife Hope at 430 Graham Street in Jeffersonville.  <ref> http://searchingforvindication.com/timeline.html </ref>
In 1936 William Branham said he was pressured by his mother-in-law not to accept invitations from Pentecostal Churches.  How William Branham agreed to follow his mother-in-law’s advice is a mystery, because he was the pastor of a Pentecostal church at the time.  What he did do was begin to refuse invitations from Oneness, colored and mixed-race Pentecostal Churches.  <ref> http://searchingforvindication.com/2013/06/20/Preaching-At-Pentecostal-Churches/ </ref>  
In 1936 William Branham said he was pressured by his mother-in-law not to accept invitations from Pentecostal Churches.  How William Branham agreed to follow his mother-in-law’s advice is a mystery, because he was the pastor of a Pentecostal church at the time.  What he did do was begin to refuse invitations from Oneness, colored and mixed-race Pentecostal Churches.  <ref> http://searchingforvindication.com/2013/06/20/Preaching-At-Pentecostal-Churches/ </ref>  
[[Image:Sharon Rose.jpg|150px|thumb|Sharon Rose Branham, who died at 8 months old.]]
 
In the fall of 1936, William Branham claimed to have a vision that the Ohio River would flood, and reach 22 feet over Spring Street in Jeffersonville. <ref>William Branham, July 17 ,1951 in a sermon called “The Manifestation of The Spirit” </ref> A daughter named Sharon Rose Branham was born to William and Hope Branham on October 27, 1936.  A month later, William Branham’s father Charles passed away for real on November 30, 1936. <ref> http://searchingforvindication.com/timeline.html </ref> William Branham later said that he had terrible grammar because of his father’s early death.  <ref> http://en.believethesign.com/index.php/Was_William_Branham_Honest#Problems_with_William_Branham.27s_Credibility </ref>
In the fall of 1936, William Branham claimed to have a vision that the Ohio River would flood, and reach 22 feet over Spring Street in Jeffersonville. <ref>William Branham, July 17 ,1951 in a sermon called “The Manifestation of The Spirit” </ref> A daughter named Sharon Rose Branham was born to William and Hope Branham on October 27, 1936.  A month later, William Branham’s father Charles passed away for real on November 30, 1936. <ref> http://searchingforvindication.com/timeline.html </ref> William Branham later said that he had terrible grammar because of his father’s early death.  <ref> http://en.believethesign.com/index.php/Was_William_Branham_Honest#Problems_with_William_Branham.27s_Credibility </ref>