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W. J. Brainard
Born September 14, 1828 | ||||||||
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W. J. BRAINARD, Wyoming; was born September 14, 1828, in Medina Co., Ohio; in 1854, he came to Wyoming; he has been engaged in merchandising here about fourteen years. He married Jane H. Cady June 29, 1856; she was born in Lamoille Co., Vt., in 1840; they have three children—Sterling, Stanley and Harriet. Democrat; Methodist.
From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 598. |
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Henry Bramer
Born April 4, 1880 | ||||||||
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Henry Bramer, one of the younger generation of the agriculturists of Wyoming township, was born in Oxford township, Jones county, April 4, 1880, and is a son of August and Mary Bramer, both natives of Germany, who came to the United States shortly after their marriage. They located first in Jackson county, Iowa, where they lived for a time, and then removed to Jones county, where the father died. The mother, however, is still living, making her home in the village of Wyoming. Five children were born to the couple: Christ, who resides in this county; Louise, who is the wife of Louis Kukkuck, of Jackson county; Henry, the subject of this review; and two who have passed away.
After completing the course of study prescribed by the common schools of the county, Henry Bramer passed to the high school in which he finished his education. At the same time that he prosecuted his lessons, however, he also worked upon the home farm, so that he was well fitted for farming when he embarked in business for himself on attaining his majority. For one year he rented land and then bought the place on which he now lives. It consists of one hundred and eighty-four acres on sections 16 and 21, Wyoming township, is improved and some of it well cultivated, but Mr. Bramer makes a specialty of raising and feeding cattle, sheep and hogs, so that a large part of the farm is used merely as pasture land. Although still a young man, in the few years that he has devoted himself to farming he has given evidence of those qualities which are certain to win pronounced success in the course of years. It was in 1903 that Mr. Bramer was united in marriage to Miss Elsie Holub, who was born after her parents came to this country and is one of a family of six children. They were natives of Bohemia, who sought to make their fortune in this land. The mother has passed away, but John Holub, the father, is living in Texas. To Mr. and Mrs. Bramer were born four children: one who died in infancy; Henry C.; and twins, born November 9, 1909, one deceased, and Bernice Elizabeth. Mr. Bramer was reared in the faith of the Lutheran church, while his wife received equally firm grounding in the Presbyterian creed. In his political views, he is in sympathy with the Democratic Party, being convinced of the value of the principles to which it gives expression in its platform as a basis for the governing of the nation. Accordingly the candidate who represents those views can always count upon his support, but for himself he has sought for no public recognition of his abilities. From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 638. | |||||||||
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E. H. Brant
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E. H. BRANT, carriage and wagon maker, Main St., Anamosa; is a native of Guilford, Chenango Co., N.Y.; he was brought up in Delaware Co. and learned his trade there; during the war, he enlisted in Co. C, 144th N.Y.V.I.; in 1867, he came to Iowa and located at Anamosa; after working at his trade some years, engaged in the business of wagon and carriage making and repairing for himself, and is building up a good trade. He held town offices while living in New York State. In 1862, he married Miss Emily Bagley, a native of Broome Co., N.Y.; they have four children—Julius, Marquis, Ernest and Lilly.
From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 651. | |||||||||
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George Brazelton
Born 1844 |
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GEORGE BRAZELTON, farmer, Richland Twp., Sec. 7; P.O. Bowen's Prairie; is a son of William Brazelton, and was born in Linn Co. in 1814, where his father removed from Illinois in 1840; he came to Jones Co. with his parents in 1845. He was married to Alice Byers, whose parents were early settlers of Madison Township, from Pennsylvania; they have four children—Lily C., Edgar G., Prank Leslie and George C. Mr. Brazelton's farm contains 224 acres.
From History of Jones County, Iowa, 1879, page 689, and submitted by Lori J. Mentzel | |||||||||
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William Brazelton
Born 1821 | ||||||||
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WILLIAM BRAZELTON, farmer, Monticello Twp., Sec. 14; P.O. Monticello; was born in Sangamon Co., Ill., December 31, 1821; his father, Benjamin Brazelton, was a native of East Tennessee, and was born in 1795; his mother's maiden name was Alice Moore, of Ohio. His parents emigrated to Illinois in 1817; his father was a soldier in the Black Hawk war; was a member of Capt. Jesse Brown's company of Rangers; he died in August, 1832, of cholera, at Rock Island; his mother was born in South Carolina in 1799, and died in Western Iowa in 1856. Mr. Brazelton was married to Miss Ruth Minton; they have eleven children—George, born December 15, 1844; Jane, October 1, 1846; Ella, October 25, 1848; Olive, February 10, 1851; Owen, August 30, 1853; Sarah, July 23, 1855; Jerome, June 3, 1858; Perry, June 20, 1861; Noel, June 30, 1863; Chloe, May 26, 1866; Ruby, June 14, 1871. Mr. Brazelton came to Iowa in 1840, and located in Linn Co., where he was married in 1843. He came to Bowen's Prairie in 1845; in 1850, he removed to Independence; in 1832, he built the first hotel of that place, known as the Brazelton House, which he conducted till the fall of 1853; this hotel was afterward known as the Montour House; he also built the first store and schoolhouse of that town. He returned to Bowen's Prairie in the fall of 1853, where he still resides; he settled on his present farm in March, 1875; this farm contains 380 acres of land; he is engaged in dairying and stock-raising.
From The History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Co., Chicago, 1879, p. 641, and submitted by Joanne Wilken.
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