Brandt, Isaac 1827 – 1909

BRANDT

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 9/5/2019 at 16:10:18

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Sept. 17, 1909, 2, C5

Well Known Man Who Helped Make Des Moines a Victim of Apoplexy.
ISAAC BRANDT, pioneer of Des Moines, one of the best known men in Iowa, died as he wished to die, without pain, in the middle of the night, after spending the day in Grand View park and retiring in his usual health. Apoplexy was the cause of death, and all central Iowa is in mourning, with the flags in the parks and on the public buildings flying at half staff in honor of his memory.
Isaac Brandt was an Iowa pioneer, he helped secure the state fair and the state capitol for Des Moines, he was at one time a member of the legislature and another assistant state treasurer. Although eighty-two years of age, he was hearty and bright eyed and was in business to the last. He was at one time park commissioner and lived much of his life in the parks. During the last city campaign in Des Moines he was a candidate, with forty-two others, for the nomination for councilman and for six weeks spoke nightly in different parts of the city, standing the terrible strain better than younger men. He was a member of the Tippecanoe club, the Buckeye-Hawkeye association and the Old Settlers’ association. Probably his name has appeared in the Des Moines newspapers more in the last fifty years than any other and he was known all over Iowa. He was a stalwart Republican and once held the office of postmaster.

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows he is buried in Woodland Cemetery and was born April 7, 1827 and died September 12, 1909.