St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Brand, Conrad March 10, 1911
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St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, March 18, 1911, Image 1

CONRAD BRAND PASSES AWAY AFTER SHORT ILLNESS.

A Native of Germany and an Honored Citizen of This Community for the Past Forty 
Years.

At 12:15 a. m., of the 11th inst., there passed away in this town a gallant 
Union soldier in the person of Conrad Brand, known to every man, woman and 
child in this commmunity (sic) as "Frank the Baker."

Mr. Brand was born in Eltinghausen, in the Kingdom of Wurtemberg, August, 1841. 
He emigrated to this country with his brother George accumulating considerable 
property, Conrad, lured by the war fever, enlisted in the Union ranks on the 
28th of August, 1861, and saw some severe service; he frequently related that 
he saw and recognized the great Stonewall Jackson, when that great man was at 
the outposts reconnoitering, a short time before or on the day that he was 
killed by his own soldiers who failed to recognize him on his return to camp.

Mr. Brand was honorably discharged on the 4th of May, 1864, and for many years 
drew a Federal pension, having been desperately wounded at Gettysburg, thrice 
by bullets, once by a sword thrust and by a fearful bayonet wound. On the 15th 
of February, 1866, he was granted citizenship papers before the City and County 
of Philadelphia. He was a member of Camp E, 75th Reg., Pa., V. V., transferred 
to Vet. Reserve Camp, January 11, 1861; private of Shelly's Co. (135) of Vet. 
R. Corps and private of Dennis A. Morris' Co. (16).

After the war and about 40 years ago he moved to this town, where he pursued 
for many years the avocation of baker, giving full weight and a wholesome 
article, winning the business confidence of the community and a host of friends 
by his general manners, his kindly humor. He was an old and honored member of 
the Hope Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1, and the company promptly issued the following 
order in hearing of his demise:

"The officers and members of Hope Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1, are hereby notified 
to meet at their hall at 3:00 o'clock this afternoon for the purpose of paying 
the last tribute of respect to our deceased brother member, Conrad Brand.
"DES MIZZI, Pres."
"GEO. GOING, Sec."

Mr. Brand 34 years ago, married Miss Olympia Mornhinveg, daughter of Christian 
Mornhinveg, Sr., who survives him, with an adopted daughter.

Mr. Brand, though a gallant Union soldier, always paid just tribute to the 
gallantry of the Confederate soldier, and at the last State Confederate reunion 
in this town, it was an inspiring sight to see him march with the "thin gray 
ragged line" of veterans, upon whose gallant bosoms was pinned that immortal 
badge of honor, more honored than the star and garter, more glorious than the 
golden fleece - the bronzed cross of the Confederacy.

The veterans of Robt. E. Lee Camp, appreciating his merits as a soldier and his 
kindly feelings to them, appointed Comrades Chas. Hollier and Block as pall 
bearers, and through the courtesy of the officers of the Hook & Ladder, they 
helped to carry the body to the truck, which, appropriately draped bore the old 
soldier to his last resting place in the Protestant cemetery, where the Rev. 
Mr. Brock officiated at the simple but impressive service for the dead.

Mr. Brand leaves a niece in California, daughter of his brother John, the 
family of his brother George in Philadelphia, and the children of two deceased 
sisters in Wurtemberg to mourn his loss, together with the numerous members of 
his wife's family and a large circle of friends who mourn his sudden removal 
from their midst.

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