Lake-Pulaski County IN Archives Biographies.....Brandenburg, Oliver C. 1876 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 3, 2007, 11:19 pm Author: T. H. Ball (1904) OLIVER C. BRANDENBURG. Oliver C. Brandenburg, of the firm of Brandenburg Brothers, real estate and insurance, in the First National Bank building, at Hammond, has found a profitable and useful niche in the business world, and has already proved himself a public-spirited and progressive citizen during his brief connection with business affairs in Hammond. He was born at Harrisburg, Ohio, March 29, 1876, being the youngest of the four children of John W. and Eliza J. (England) Brandenburg, who are both living in Hammond. The further family history is given above in the biography of Mr. Brandenburg's brother. Oliver C. Brandenburg was nine years old when his parents came from Ohio to Indiana, and he attended the public schools of Winamac, where he was reared to manhood. He entered the Central Normal College at Danville about 1892, and after finishing his course there engaged in teaching for six terms. He came to Hammond in 1899 an<^ taught here for two terms, and then took up the real estate and insurance business in Gas City, Indiana. In December, 1902, he returned to Hammond, and a short time later the firm of Brandenburg Brothers was formed, which has carried on a very profitable business in real estate and insurance ever since. September 26, 1900, Mr. Brandenburg married Miss Lillie May Conn, a daughter of William and Eliza Jane (Ginder) Conn. They have one daughter, Mable Winona Brandenburg. Mrs. Brandenburg is a member of the Methodist church. He affiliates with Monterey Lodge No. 660, I. O. O. F., and with the Fraternal Assurance Society of America. In politics he is a Republican. His home is at 49 Sibley street. Additional Comments: Extracted from: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF Genealogy and Biography OF LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA, WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 1834—1904 A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. REV. T. H. BALL OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO NEW YORK THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 1904 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/lake/bios/brandenb667gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb