Bramhall, Emerson (1838-1914)

BRAMHALL

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 11/1/2017 at 17:48:58

BRAMHALL, EMERSON E., farmer, Sec. 16, West Washington Township [now Lincoln Township]; P. O. Spring Hill; born in Ohio in the year 1838, and was raised there; came from that State to this county in February, 1851; was married in this county to Miss Isabel Cummings, of Indiana, in the year 1865; they have a family of two sons: Wm. E. and Perry E.; he enlisted in the late war of the rebellion, in Co. E, 4th Iowa Infantry, July 17, 1861, and was mustered out at Davenport, August 8, 1865, and participated in the following engagements: Pea Ridge, Ark., siege of Vicksburg, Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea; was at Sherman's Grand Review at Washington City, 1865; owns an improved farm of 160 acres.
Source: History of Warren County, Iowa, containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, & etc., Union Historical Co.; Des Moines, IA, 1879, p.674