BIOGRAPHY: From: Tippecanoe County, Indiana history:
BIOGRAPHY: DAVID BRANT
Among the substantial citizens of Perry township, Tippecanoe county, Indiana, who "donned the blue" in the days of civil war and fought bravely for the old flag, is the gentleman to a brief sketch of whose life we here direct attention,---David Brant.
Mr. Brant was born in Miami county, Ohio, December 25, 1835, son of John and Elizabeth Brant, his father a Pennsylvania farmer, of Dutch ancestry, and the family comprising the following named members:
Abraham, Martin, John, David, Adam, Daniel, Elizabeth, Esther and Barbara. John Brant, the father, died in Ohio, at the age of fifty-one years. David Brant was reared to farm life and received only a limited education. At the time the civil war broke out he was on the home farm in Darke county, Ohio, to which place his father had moved from Miami county and cleared and improved a tract of land.
Young Brant's patriotism was at once aroused and he was among the first to place his name on the list of volunteers. In April, 1861, at the age of twenty-two years, he enlisted, at Gettysburg, Ohio, as a private in Company K, Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months. He served out his time at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and was honorably discharged. Then, in September of that year he re-enlisted at Gettysburg, Ohio, for three years or during the was, as a private in Company B, Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain J. B. Longston, the fortunes of which command he shared until January, 1864. Soon he again re-enlisted, this time at Knoxville, Tennessee, as a member of the Eight Ohio Cavalry, Company B, under Captain A. Thompson, and served until the close of the war. For his meritorious service he was promoted to the rank of third serveant, and, the conflict over, he was honorably discharged at Springfield, Ohio, in July, 1865. Among the battles in which he participated were those of secon Bull Run, Louisburg, Knoxville, actions in the Shenandoah valley, Winchester, Ceder Creek and numerous others. Throughout his whole service he was not wounded nor was he ever sick a day in hospital, but was always ready for active duty and promptly and cheerfully acted his part. The exposure, however, of his army life caused him to lose his hearing, and he is now almost totally deaf. After the war Mr. Brant went west and spent some time in Kansas, Missouri and Texas, where he worked at the carpenter's trade. About 1878 he came to Indiana and located in Tippecanoe county. In Perry township, this county, he bought a small tract of land, and here he has since been engaged in farming. To his original purchase he has since added until now his farm comprised ninety-five acres, and has valuable improvements thereon.
Mr. Brant was married at Pettit, Indiana, June 14, 1883, to Mrs. Henrietta Weigle, nee Hoch, who was born May 22, 1841, in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, daughter of George and Mary (Kitsmiller) Hoch. George Hoch was a son of Henry and Rachel Hoch and was born in Dalphin county, Pennsylvania, in 1800, his ancestors having come to this countyr from Germany several generations ago and settled in Pennsylvania. He owned tow hundred ares of land in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, where he spent his life after marriage. He died in 1860 at the age of sixty years, a member of the Lutheran church. The children composing his family were Levi, Margaret A., Sampson, Caroline, Marinda, Benjamin I, Henrietta, Elder, George, Jane and Gustavus. Benjamin I. was a member of an Ohio volunteer regiment during the civil war, was taken prisoner by the enemy and died in prison at Catawba, in North Carolina.
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BIOGRAPHY: DAVID BRANT
Among the substantial citizens of Perry township, Tippecanoe county, Indiana, who "donned the blue" in the days of civil war and fought bravely for the old flag, is the gentleman to a brief sketch of whose life we here direct attention,---David Brant.
Mr. Brant was born in Miami county, Ohio, December 25, 1835, son of John and Elizabeth Brant, his father a Pennsylvania farmer, of Dutch ancestry, and the family comprising the following named members:
Abraham, Martin, John, David, Adam, Daniel, Elizabeth, Esther and Barbara. John Brant, the father, died in Ohio, at the age of fifty-one years. David Brant was reared to farm life and received only a limited education. At the time the civil war broke out he was on the home farm in Darke county, Ohio, to which place his father had moved from Miami county and cleared and improved a tract of land.
Young Brant's patriotism was at once aroused and he was among the first to place his name on the list of volunteers. In April, 1861, at the age of twenty-two years, he enlisted, at Gettysburg, Ohio, as a private in Company K, Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months. He served out his time at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and was honorably discharged. Then, in September of that year he re-enlisted at Gettysburg, Ohio, for three years or during the was, as a private in Company B, Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain J. B. Longston, the fortunes of which command he shared until January, 1864. Soon he again re-enlisted, this time at Knoxville, Tennessee, as a member of the Eight Ohio Cavalry, Company B, under Captain A. Thompson, and served until the close of the war. For his meritorious service he was promoted to the rank of third serveant, and, the conflict over, he was honorably discharged at Springfield, Ohio, in July, 1865. Among the battles in which he participated were those of secon Bull Run, Louisburg, Knoxville, actions in the Shenandoah valley, Winchester, Ceder Creek and numerous others. Throughout his whole service he was not wounded nor was he ever sick a day in hospital, but was always ready for active duty and promptly and cheerfully acted his part. The exposure, however, of his army life caused him to lose his hearing, and he is now almost totally deaf. After the war Mr. Brant went west and spent some time in Kansas, Missouri and Texas, where he worked at the carpenter's trade. About 1878 he came to Indiana and located in Tippecanoe county. In Perry township, this county, he bought a small tract of land, and here he has since been engaged in farming. To his original purchase he has since added until now his farm comprised ninety-five acres, and has valuable improvements thereon.
Mr. Brant was married at Pettit, Indiana, June 14, 1883, to Mrs. Henrietta Weigle, nee Hoch, who was born May 22, 1841, in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, daughter of George and Mary (Kitsmiller) Hoch. George Hoch was a son of Henry and Rachel Hoch and was born in Dalphin county, Pennsylvania, in 1800, his ancestors having come to this countyr from Germany several generations ago and settled in Pennsylvania. He owned tow hundred ares of land in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, where he spent his life after marriage. He died in 1860 at the age of sixty years, a member of the Lutheran church. The children composing his family were Levi, Margaret A., Sampson, Caroline, Marinda, Benjamin I, Henrietta, Elder, George, Jane and Gustavus. Benjamin I. was a member of an Ohio volunteer regiment during the civil war, was taken prisoner by the enemy and died in prison at Catawba, in North Carolina.
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BIOGRAPHY: From: Tippecanoe County, Indiana history:
BIOGRAPHY: DAVID BRANT
Among the substantial citizens of Perry township, Tippecanoe county, Indiana, who "donned the blue" in the days of civil war and fought bravely for the old flag, is the gentleman to a brief sketch of whose life we here direct attention,---David Brant.
Mr. Brant was born in Miami county, Ohio, December 25, 1835, son of John and Elizabeth Brant, his father a Pennsylvania farmer, of Dutch ancestry, and the family comprising the following named members:
Abraham, Martin, John, David, Adam, Daniel, Elizabeth, Esther and Barbara. John Brant, the father, died in Ohio, at the age of fifty-one years. David Brant was reared to farm life and received only a limited education. At the time the civil war broke out he was on the home farm in Darke county, Ohio, to which place his father had moved from Miami county and cleared and improved a tract of land.
Young Brant's patriotism was at once aroused and he was among the first to place his name on the list of volunteers. In April, 1861, at the age of twenty-two years, he enlisted, at Gettysburg, Ohio, as a private in Company K, Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months. He served out his time at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and was honorably discharged. Then, in September of that year he re-enlisted at Gettysburg, Ohio, for three years or during the was, as a private in Company B, Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain J. B. Longston, the fortunes of which command he shared until January, 1864. Soon he again re-enlisted, this time at Knoxville, Tennessee, as a member of the Eight Ohio Cavalry, Company B, under Captain A. Thompson, and served until the close of the war. For his meritorious service he was promoted to the rank of third serveant, and, the conflict over, he was honorably discharged at Springfield, Ohio, in July, 1865. Among the battles in which he participated were those of secon Bull Run, Louisburg, Knoxville, actions in the Shenandoah valley, Winchester, Ceder Creek and numerous others. Throughout his whole service he was not wounded nor was he ever sick a day in hospital, but was always ready for active duty and promptly and cheerfully acted his part. The exposure, however, of his army life caused him to lose his hearing, and he is now almost totally deaf. After the war Mr. Brant went west and spent some time in Kansas, Missouri and Texas, where he worked at the carpenter's trade. About 1878 he came to Indiana and located in Tippecanoe county. In Perry township, this county, he bought a small tract of land, and here he has since been engaged in farming. To his original purchase he has since added until now his farm comprised ninety-five acres, and has valuable improvements thereon.
Mr. Brant was married at Pettit, Indiana, June 14, 1883, to Mrs. Henrietta Weigle, nee Hoch, who was born May 22, 1841, in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, daughter of George and Mary (Kitsmiller) Hoch. George Hoch was a son of Henry and Rachel Hoch and was born in Dalphin county, Pennsylvania, in 1800, his ancestors having come to this countyr from Germany several generations ago and settled in Pennsylvania. He owned tow hundred ares of land in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, where he spent his life after marriage. He died in 1860 at the age of sixty years, a member of the Lutheran church. The children composing his family were Levi, Margaret A., Sampson, Caroline, Marinda, Benjamin I, Henrietta, Elder, George, Jane and Gustavus. Benjamin I. was a member of an Ohio volunteer regiment during the civil war, was taken prisoner by the enemy and died in prison at Catawba, in North Carolina.
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BIOGRAPHY: DAVID BRANT
Among the substantial citizens of Perry township, Tippecanoe county, Indiana, who "donned the blue" in the days of civil war and fought bravely for the old flag, is the gentleman to a brief sketch of whose life we here direct attention,---David Brant.
Mr. Brant was born in Miami county, Ohio, December 25, 1835, son of John and Elizabeth Brant, his father a Pennsylvania farmer, of Dutch ancestry, and the family comprising the following named members:
Abraham, Martin, John, David, Adam, Daniel, Elizabeth, Esther and Barbara. John Brant, the father, died in Ohio, at the age of fifty-one years. David Brant was reared to farm life and received only a limited education. At the time the civil war broke out he was on the home farm in Darke county, Ohio, to which place his father had moved from Miami county and cleared and improved a tract of land.
Young Brant's patriotism was at once aroused and he was among the first to place his name on the list of volunteers. In April, 1861, at the age of twenty-two years, he enlisted, at Gettysburg, Ohio, as a private in Company K, Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months. He served out his time at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and was honorably discharged. Then, in September of that year he re-enlisted at Gettysburg, Ohio, for three years or during the was, as a private in Company B, Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain J. B. Longston, the fortunes of which command he shared until January, 1864. Soon he again re-enlisted, this time at Knoxville, Tennessee, as a member of the Eight Ohio Cavalry, Company B, under Captain A. Thompson, and served until the close of the war. For his meritorious service he was promoted to the rank of third serveant, and, the conflict over, he was honorably discharged at Springfield, Ohio, in July, 1865. Among the battles in which he participated were those of secon Bull Run, Louisburg, Knoxville, actions in the Shenandoah valley, Winchester, Ceder Creek and numerous others. Throughout his whole service he was not wounded nor was he ever sick a day in hospital, but was always ready for active duty and promptly and cheerfully acted his part. The exposure, however, of his army life caused him to lose his hearing, and he is now almost totally deaf. After the war Mr. Brant went west and spent some time in Kansas, Missouri and Texas, where he worked at the carpenter's trade. About 1878 he came to Indiana and located in Tippecanoe county. In Perry township, this county, he bought a small tract of land, and here he has since been engaged in farming. To his original purchase he has since added until now his farm comprised ninety-five acres, and has valuable improvements thereon.
Mr. Brant was married at Pettit, Indiana, June 14, 1883, to Mrs. Henrietta Weigle, nee Hoch, who was born May 22, 1841, in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, daughter of George and Mary (Kitsmiller) Hoch. George Hoch was a son of Henry and Rachel Hoch and was born in Dalphin county, Pennsylvania, in 1800, his ancestors having come to this countyr from Germany several generations ago and settled in Pennsylvania. He owned tow hundred ares of land in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, where he spent his life after marriage. He died in 1860 at the age of sixty years, a member of the Lutheran church. The children composing his family were Levi, Margaret A., Sampson, Caroline, Marinda, Benjamin I, Henrietta, Elder, George, Jane and Gustavus. Benjamin I. was a member of an Ohio volunteer regiment during the civil war, was taken prisoner by the enemy and died in prison at Catawba, in North Carolina.
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David Brant
Dec 25, 1835 - Dec. 18, 1918
Enlisted Apr 1861
GO. B. 44 Reg D.V.VI. USA
Discharged July 1865
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