Bramhall, John H. (1805-1890

BRAMHALL

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Date: 11/1/2017 at 17:52:22

BRAMHALL, JOHN, stock raiser, Sec. 17, Allen Township; P. O. Carlisle; was born in Derbyshire, England, September 7, 1805, and in the spring of 1831 he came to the United States, and located in Boston, where he worked in a cotton factory, eighteen miles from the city, and while there he married to Miss Elona Smith, a native of Boston, January, 1832; he left there in February, 1833, and came to Carroll county, Ohio, and engaged in farming, till 1850, when he came to this county and located where he now lives; his wife died at Indianola, July 20, 1868, and left four sons, and four daughters: Betsy, Joseph, Eleazer, Emmerson, Harrison, Mary A. M., Hannah, Hellen; he married again to Julia Asbury, September, 1868, a native of England; they have one son, John A; was engaged in the hardware business for about four years, and the balance of the time he has given his attention to stock raising, and that of the best quality.
Source: History of Warren County, Iowa, containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, & etc., Union Historical Co.; Des Moines, IA, 1879, p.715