Brantner, Jacob Austin

BRANTNER, PHILIPS, STATES, PIERCE, HANN

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Date: 8/27/2009 at 10:24:33

Brantner, Jacob Austin

To Jacob Austin Brantner, one of Kellogg Township's most enterprising farmers, has come the reward that is always vouchsafed to honest and persistent industry, as is shown by his present comfortable circumstances in life.

Mr. Brantner was born in Ogle County, Illinois, August 9, 1858, and he is the son of Michael and Mary (Philips) Brantner, the father born in Maryland, in September 1802, and in that state the mother was also born in August 1812. They spent their lives on a farm and became very well situated later in life. The father's death occurred in November 1906, and the mother's death, occurred some years before, in December 1899. They spent their last days in Jasper County.

Jacob A. Brantner, of this review, grew to maturity in Ogle County, Illinois, and received his education there and worked on a farm until he was eighteen years of age. In August 1876, he came to Melbourne, Marshall County, Iowa, and there engaged in farming until 1878, when he went to Kansas, and remained there one year, then returned to Marshall County and lived there until 1881, in which year he came to Jasper County, where he remained fourteen years, working on the Summer Gales farm in Newton Township. Then he moved to the Wayne farm in Marshall County, then back to Jasper County in 1902, having worked on the farm all these years. Moving-to the old Joe Dodge farm in 1904, he remained there two years. He also worked on the Wilson and Peterson place, remaining there three years, then located on his present place, known as the old Dammeier farm. He has improved the place and has a very neat home. The place consists of one hundred and sixty acres.

Mr. Brantner was united in the bonds of marriage to Maggie States, who was born in Orin, Illinois, September 2, 1868, the daughter .of David and Mandy (Pierce) States, the father born in Pennsylvania and the mother in Orin, Illinois.

Politically, Mr. Brantner is a Republican. His family consists of two sons and three daughters, namely: Delbert B., born May 15, 1889; Della M., born August 25, I890, married John Hann; Delsa Pearl was born May 13, 1893; Addie was born September 7, 1894; Marion W. J. was born December 3, 1908; they are all living.

The subject is one of a family of six children, the others being Harris, Samuel, John, Joseph M., Charles B. and Albin. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912 Page 1287.