Bio of BRASIE, Mr., Wright Co., MN
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487   HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY 		

In 1869 he and Henry S. started a hotel in the Lower Town. In 1870 he 
sold to his brother and went to Princeton, Minn, where he engaged in 
the mercantile business for two years. In  1872 he moved to Delano, Minn., 
and engaged in the mercantile business there for several years. Then he 
sold out to his brother, C. A. Brasie, and engaged in the insurance 
business. In May, 1894, he returned to Monticello, and here engaged in 
the insurance business. He also owns farm lands and does some dealing 
therein. The home which he has built in Monticello is one of the sightliest 
residences in the city. Mr. Brasie is a Democrat in politics, and attends 
the Episcopal church. On October 18, 1870, Mr. Brasie married Fannie Berry, 
a native of England, who after her father's death was brought to Wright 
county with the rest of the family by the mother. Mr. and Mrs. Brasie have 
two sons, Frank R. and Albert S. Frank R. is engaged in the auto-truck 
business in Minneapolis. He married Minnie McDonald, who died March 26, 
1895, leaving a daughter, Muriel M., who is attending Stout's School of 
Domestic Science, at Menominee, Wis. Albert S. is a student in the University 
of Minnesota.