BIO:  BRANDON, Joseph F., s/o Moses R. & Mahala (Grey) Brandon

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

BRANDON   GREY   BUNNELL   ELLIS   INGALLS

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886

Daviess County, Barr Twp., page 810

JOSEPH F. BRANDON, son of Moses R. and Mahala (Grey) Brandon, was born in
Switzerland County, Ind., in 1839.  His father died when he was a small lad,
and his mother married again.  He was left to the care of his stepfather and
was sent to school but very little.  At the age of fourteen he ran away from 
home and worked at the blacksmith trade for about six years, when he left the
man for whom he worked.  In 1863 he enlisted in the Fourth Indiana Battery
and was with Gen. Sherman during the entire service.  After serving nearly
two years he received an honorable discharge.  He then blacksmithed in
Howard County, Ind.  Here he married Harriet Bunnell in 1866.  She was born
in 1847, and is a daughter of Ezra and Susan (Ellis) Bunnell.  They have
six children:  Omar, Susan, Nelson, James, Alfred and Mary.  They also raised
a boy by the name of Alfred Ingalls, and when twenty-one years old started
him in life with a good team of horses.  Some time after his marriage Mr.
Brandon lived about eight years in Kansas.  In 1877 he came to Daviess County,
where he owns a farm of 200 acres.  His parents were natives of Kentucky.
The father was a farmer.  He died in 1848, and the mother in 1854.

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E-MAIL IDENTIFICATION OF UNKNOWN COUNTY BIOGRAPHY
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From: Arthur Brandon   "ljb26@gte.net"
Date: Sunday, December 20, 1998 
Subject: BRANDON, joseph f., s/o Moses R & Mahala (Grey) Brandon


>We have a large amount of information about this family in Indiana
>and information that they came from Bourbon County, Ky.  I will be
>happy to share any or all of it with you.  Please telephone me at
>972.253.0097.                     Arthur Brandon
>                                  Irving, Tx

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