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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

HENRY BRANDT.

    Henry Brandt, the prosperous and well known farmer and stockman of West
Creek township, belongs to that fine class of German-American citizens who have
been such praiseworthy factors in the upbuilding of the material and
intellectual resources of Lake county. He is a native son and a life-long
resident of the county, and therefore his interest in the county is deep-rooted
and sincere. The history of his career shows that he has accomplished a more
than ordinary success, and it may be said that in every relation of life he has
merited the esteem of his fellow citizens.

    Mr. Brandt was born in Lake county, April 2, 1856, and is the fifth in a
family of nine children, four sons and five daughters, born to Dietrich and Anna
(Bischop) Brandt. Eight of this family of sons and daughters are still living,
as follows: John, who is a farmer of Benton county, Iowa; Mary; wife of David
Locker, a farmer of Greeley county, Nebraska; William, a farmer of Lyon county,
Iowa, and married; Henry; Anna, wife of George Sautter, a Nebraska farmer; Lena,
wife of William Bahr, a farmer of Lyon county, Iowa; Emma, wife of Casper Gross,
a tile manufacturer of Benton county, Iowa; and Herman, a farmer of Lyon county,
Iowa.

    Dietrich Brandt, the father of these children, was born near the free city
of Bremen, in Hanover, Germany, was educated in the German language, and
followed farming pursuits throughout the active part of his life. He was married
in Germany, and three of their children were born in the fatherland. About the
year 1848 he decided to come to America to seek his fortune, and he accordingly
embarked his own on board a sailing vessel at Bremen, and after thirty-six days
arrived in New York. He came out to Lake county, thus being among the early
settlers, and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of rather wild land. The
first home was a log cabin, and the hazel bushes were standing thick around and
over the present highly cultivated place. He was a successful man in his work,
and besides providing well for his family he accumulated two hundred and ninety
acres in West Creek township, his estate containing some of the choicest land in
the community. He was a Republican in politics, and he and his wife were members
of the Evangelical church in West Creek township, he having assisted in the
building of the church edifice. His death occurred about 1880, and his wife, who
was also born in the vicinity of Bremen, passed away in 1893.

    Mr. Henry Brandt received an education in the English public schools of West
Creek township, and from his earliest years of active labor to the present time
has been identified successfully with farming and stock-raising pursuits. He
remained at home with his parents until he had reached his majority, and when he
started out independently he was possessed of a capital of fifteen hundred dollars.

    January 18, 1882, he married Miss Emma Sastrow, and of this happy marriage
eight children have been born, seven of whom are living. Ernest, the eldest,
received his diploma for completion of the common school course in 1900, and is
at home; Elsie, a graduate of the class of 1902, has also taken music; George is
a graduate in 1903; Dora is in the fifth grade; and Harry, the youngest, is in
the second grade of school. Mrs. Brandt was born in Cook county, Illinois, June
28, i860, being a daughter of Charles and Henrietta (Steiner) Sastrow. She has
one sister, Carrie, wife of William Brandt. Her parents came from Prussia, her
father being a native of Pomerania and her mother of Holstein, and her father is
still living, being a resident of Lyon county, Iowa.

    After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Brandt settled on a farm of one hundred
and sixty acres within half a mile of their present homestead. They have been
thrifty and good managers, and as the years have gone by their prosperity has
manifested itself by an accumulated estate of three hundred and ninety-nine
acres, all finely cultivated and as good land as lies within the confines of
West Creek township. They also own three hundred and twenty-acres in South
Dakota, near Salem, the county seat of McCook county. Mr. Brandt is a good judge
of fine stock, and keeps good grades of Norman horses, Durham cattle and Chester
White hogs. He has the best of improvements on the farm, consisting of large and
commodious barns, granaries and other outbuildings, and in 1896 he erected a
comfortable country residence which is a credit to the community. He is a
Republican in politics, and, from the time of casting his first presidential
vote for James A. Garfield, he has been a loyal upholder of Republican
principles. Fraternally he is a member of Lodge No. 14, of the Independent Order
of Foresters at Brunswick, Indiana.


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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


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