Military: CWR: Brant, John of interest in Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Keith Petenbrink and Meyersdale Public Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Keith Petenbrink. Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _________________________________________ Introduction and help of Civil War Research may be viewed at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/military/cwr/intro.txt Additional Civil War Research may be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/military/cwr/cwr.html __________________________________________ Brant, John * Shanksville Post Office * Diseased legs, Typhoid Fever * Monthly pension of 4 dollars. SOURCE: * 1883 List of Pensioners, Somerset Co. Pa. ------- Brant, John * Fifty cents per Commissioners' note dated Feb. 10, 1864. SOURCE: * Somerset Past Vol. 6 No. 2, Board of Relief Vouchers ------ Brant, John * Born 1831 * Died July 12, 1906 in Shanksville, Pa. * Buried in Walker Cemetery, Somerset Co. Pa. 1/2 mile E. of Shanksville, Pa. * Sergeant Co. B 54th Regiment Pa. Infantry * Served Sept. 17, 1861 - Sept. 16, 1864 - 36 month * Invalid Pension: Applied May 13, 1879, Application #285853, Certificate #197996; Widow Pension: Application #852803, Certificate #614682 SOURCE: * Veterans Grave Registration * Footnote.com