BRANDENBURG BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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BRANDENBURG, Eugene Nelson - b: 1867 Pittwood, IL
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 758
residence: Clinton, Clinton Twp

Eugene N. Brandenburg, an efficient employee of the Clinton post-office, who 
serves in the capacity of money-order clerk, is a native of Illinois. He was born 
at Pittwood, Illinois, November 24, 1867, a son of A. Y. and Elizabeth (Layton) 
Brandenburg, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Illinois. The 
Brandenburg family came to Missouri in 1869, and first settled in Polk County. 
The father was a Union veteran of the Civil War and served for four years in the 
capacity of first sergeant in the First Illinois Light Artillery. He died at San 
Monica, California, and his widow now resides in Clinton, Missouri. They were the 
parents of the following children: Gertrude, married W. Shipley and lives at 
Hamlet, Nebraska; Eugene N., the subject of this sketch; Jesse, married J. H. 
Hamilton, Springfield, Missouri; Fred, Hamlet, Nebraska; Sarah, married C. C. 
Canan, Clinton, Missouri; John, Clinton, Missouri; Mollie, married Charles. A. 
Morton, Kansas City, Missouri; Alonzo, deceased; and Lee, married F. L. Fellhauer, 
a sketch of whom appears in this volume. Eugene N. Brandenburg was educated in 
the public schools of Bolivar, Missouri, and when twelve years of age went to 
work in a printing office to learn the printer's trade, which he followed until he 
was thirty-one years of age. When the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, 
he enlisted in Company F, Second Missouri Infantry, and was in camp with his 
command at Chickamauga Park and Lexington, Kentucky. He was mustered out of 
service and honorably discharged in October, 1898. He then returned to Clinton, 
where he was shortly afterwards appointed a mail carrier. He was later 
transferred to the St. Louis office, where he served for eighteen months. Later he 
returned to Clinton, where he was appointed a clerk in the post office, and has 
been connected with the Clinton post office since that time, having served as 
money order clerk since 1914. January 24, 1889, Mr. Brandenburg was united in 
marriage with Miss Lola Gray, daughter of C. W. and Anna (Graham) Gray of 
Clinton, Missouri, both of Mrs. Brandenburg's parents are now deceased, and their 
remains are interred in the Englewood Cemetery. They were the parents of four 
children: Mrs. Sarah Jessee, Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Blanche Holmes, Kansas 
City, Missouri; George, San Diego, California, and Lola, the wife of Eugene N. 
Brandenburg, the subject of this sketch. To Mr. and Mrs. Brandenburg have been 
born two children as follow: Harry Gray, born December 25, 1899, educated in the 
Clinton High School, enlisted in United States Navy in June, 1917, and is now 
serving in European waters; Carter Eugene, at home with his parents; and Grace, 
an adopted daughter, at home with her parents. Mr. Brandenburg is a member of 
the Masonic Lodge, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Woodmen of the 
World. 

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