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Brand, Benjamin D. {I7393} (b. 09 JUL 1801, d. 19 AUG 1871)

Note: Died of Dropsey of the Chest

Date of death: 19-Aug-1871
Ledger Page: 240
Record Number: 845
Place of death: Orange
County of Death: Ionia
Sex: Male
Race: WHITE
Marital Status: Widowed

Note: There is a bio of him in the book First Families of Ionia
County. NEED TO LOOK THIS UP!!!

Note: Benjamin lived in District 10 and was assessed 3 1/2 days of
highway labor.

Note: In March of 1836, Philo Bates and William Babcock came to the
western town line of Ionia, south of the Grand River, to begin
the improvement of a large tract of land they had purchased in
1835. This tract, which Bates and Babcock bought in common,
comprised fully four thousand acres, and lay in the townships
of Ionia, Berlin, and Orange. When they came, they brought the
families of Moses Marsh and Benjamin D. Brand to assist them.
By the fall of 1836, Bates and Babcock having got up their
cabins and made a fair start, brought out their own families.
Benjamin Brand then became the second settler in Orange
Township. His farm was located on Section 8, in the northwest
corner of the town. He was the first person to build a house
in Orange. His house was constructed entirely of wood and bark
and was put together without the use of nails. At this time
the present town contained no roads except for an Indian trail.
It was densely timbered in every part and was, in short a wide
wilderness inhabited by wild beasts and resounding with the
cried of wolves by night and by day. This was by no means an
inviting prospect to the hardy settler who counted upon making
a home there, but was a prospect common enough in Michigan at
that time.

Source: (Name)
Title: Death Record
Abbreviation: Death Record
Page: Mary Brand Carr

Source: (Death)
Title: Death Record
Abbreviation: Death Record
Page: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/scripts/individual.idc?Uniq
ueID=153853

Source: (Individual)
Title: History of Ionia and Montcalm Counties of Michigan with
Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of their Prominent Men
and Pioneers
Abbreviation: Ionia and Montcalm Co
Author: John S. Schenck
Publication: D.W. Ensign & Co, Philadelphia, PA, 1881

Source: (Individual)
Title: Death Record
Abbreviation: Death Record

Birth: 09 JUL 1801 New York

Event: Type: Death RTN
Place: Orange Twp, Ionia Co, Michigan
Note: Died of Apoplexy of Chest

Occupation: Served as a juror
Date: 1840

Occupation: Was elected highway commissioner
Date: 1845

Age: 70 years 1 month 10 days
Cause of Death: DROPSY OF CHEST
Birthplace: NEW YORK
Occupation: FARMER
Father's Name: Brand, BENJAMIN
Father's Residence: NEW YORK
Mother's Name: BRAND, LUCINDA
Mother's Residence: Not Recorded
Date of record: 27-Apr-1872

Death: 19 AUG 1871 Orange Twp, Ionia Co, Michigan

Reference: 7393

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Brand, Scott {I7394} (b. ABT 1833, d. 20 MAY 1875)

Note: Died from consumption. Parents names aren't listed.

Date of death: 20-May-1875
Ledger Page: 12
Record Number: 256
Place of death: Orange
County of Death: Ionia
Sex: Male
Race: WHITE
Marital Status: Married

Source: (Name)
Title: 1860 Michigan Census
Abbreviation: 1860 Michigan Census

Source: (Death)
Title: Death Returns
Abbreviation: Death Returns
Page: Ionia County's USGENWEB site

Source: (Death)
Title: Website
Abbreviation: Website
Page: Michigan GENDIS

Birth: ABT 1833 New York

Event: Type: Directory
Date: 1872
Place: Ionia Co, Michigan
Note: County Directory: 1872
Place: Ionia Co
Note: Brand, Scott, farmer, section 8, Orange Twp, Ionia post
office

Age: 45 years
Cause of Death: CONSUMPTION
Birthplace: UNKNOWN
Occupation: FARMER
Father's Name: Last name not recorded, DO NOT KNOW
Father's Residence: Not Recorded
Mother's Name: Last name not recorded, First name not recorded
Mother's Residence: Not Recorded
Date of record: 19-Jun-1876

Death: 20 MAY 1875 Orange Twp, Ionia Co, Michigan

Reference: 7394

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Carr, Benjamin {I7395} (b. ABT 1862)

Note: Benjamin doesn't appear on the 1870 census; however, two other
sons born in 1862 do... James and Delbert. We believe Benjamin
is the middle name of one of these other sons - probably
Delbert? :)