David Clement Brandon

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David Clement Brandon ~1910

Birth

  • Date: 13 Nov 1875
  • Location: Patterson Twp, Darke Co, Ohio, USA

Immediate Ancestors

Immediate Descendants

With Mary Evelyn VanTilburgh

  • Ralph Aaron Brandon
  • Philip Leroy Brandon (b 1 Sep 1910 in Searcy Co, Arkansas; Married Eva Thomas; d after 1956 in Midland, TX)
  • Clement Edwin "Ed" Brandon (b 3 Oct 1915 in Darke Co, Ohio; Married Marian Steingass)

Places Lived

Marriages

Death

Biographical Information

  • Along with his family were homesteaders in Arkansas as told in The D.C. Brandon Arkansas Homestead Story by his son Philip.
  • Was a Justice of the Peace for 36 years.
  • While living at the Versailles, OH farmhouse had a large garden near the library where most of the family's food for the year was grown each summer. The food was canned and stored in the cellar until time to open the canning jars and use it.
  • Potatoes and Corn were grown elsewhere for resale to neighbors and downtown stores, especially the "A & P Tea Company", Versailles only chain store and largest grocery in town at that time.

References

Notes

  • Some sources give wife's name as "Mary Eveline Vantilburg".
  • Ralph Aaron Brandon is sometimes listed as Ralph E Brandon
  • Clement Edwin Brandon is sometimes listed as C Edwin Brandon and occasionally as Edwin C Brandon
  • Posted on abulsme.com on 1 Jul 2006
  • The location of DCB's second house in Versailles, OH is now a parking lot. The farmhouse in Versailles is about a mile outside of town and still there with minor renovations as of 2007.

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