OBIT: Henry BRANT, 1932, of interest in Somerset County, Pa

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HENRY BRANT

  Buffalo Mills, April 19 - Henry Brant, who resided on his farm one mile west 
of Buffalo Mills, died early Thursday morning at 2:30 o'clock after being in 
feeble health for a year.  Stomach trouble was the cause of his death.
  He was aged 84 years, 1 month and 2 days, having been born March 12, 1848.  He 
was united in marriage to Hester Holler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Washington 
Holler, who lived at Bard.  Eleven children were born to this union - seven sons 
and four daughters.  Howard, Daniel and Dansel are deceased.  The four sons and 
four daughters surviving are:  Harvey, of Greensburg; Jacob, Somerset; Woodrow, 
Greensburg; Upton, Buffalo Mills; Catherine, wife of George Turner, Buena Vista; 
Louise, wife of Harry Corley, Bard; Effie, wife of Jeff Downie, Greensburg; 
Flora, wife of James Elax, also of Greensburg.
  Mr. Brant was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Brant of Buffalo Mills.  His 
remaining brothers and sisters are Shannon Brant, of Youngwood, Ohio; and Amanda 
Holler and Maggie Lowry.  One sister, Mary, wife of Daniel May, and three 
brothers, John, William and Josiah, are deceased.
  Mr. Brant's occupations were farming and lumbering.  He was fair and upright 
and honest in all his dealings.  He was of a kind and loving disposition; his 
friends were many, his enemies were few.  He was a soldier in the Civil War and 
fought in a number of battles and proved a worthy soldier.  His great-
grandfather's wife was Lizzie Meyers.  Her father helped to build Meyers Mills, 
now Meyersdale.
  The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon; 160 automobiles, filled with friends 
and relatives, were in the funeral procession.  The church and hall were filled 
to capacity and half had to remain on the outside.  The funeral was one of the 
largest held in the church for a number of years.  Undertaker William Miller of 
Mann's Choice, had charge of the burial.  Rev. Taylor, Methodist pastor at 
Schellsburg, and Rev. Garner, of Buffalo Mills, conducted the services which 
were followed by interment in the Dry Ridge Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, April 21, 1932