J. W. HENRY BRAMMEIER

J. W. Henry Brammeier, whose labors as an agriculturist have been attended with a gratifying measure of success, is the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of rich and productive land in Farmington township. His birth occurred in Cedar county, Iowa, on the 21st of August, 1863, his parents being Frederick and Annie Martha (Otto) Brammeier, who are mentioned at greater length on another page of this volume.

J. W. H. Brammeier supplemented his preliminary education, obtained in the district schools, by a course of study at the Wilton Normal Academy. He remained under the parental roof until twenty-six years of age, assisting his father in the operation of the home farm and thus gaining practical knowledge of the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. In 1889 he started out as an agriculturist on his own account, renting eighty acres of land, in the cultivation of which he was actively engaged for six years. During the following four years he devoted his attention to the operation of a rented farm of one hundred and twenty acres and then purchased the tract of one hundred and twenty acres in Farmington township which has remained his place of abode to the present time. The many substantial improvements which now adorn the property, including a handsome residence, good barn and outbuildings, all stand as monuments to his industry and enterprise. In connection with the tilling of the soil he follows stock-raising to some extent, finding both branches of business congenial as well as profitable.

As a companion and helpmate on the journey of life Mr. Brammeier chose Miss Lena Wacker, a daughter of Peter and Wilhelmina (Stender) Wacker, who were among the earliest settlers of Wilton, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Brammeier had two children, namely: Alma, who was born on the 10th of March, 1891; and Ernest, whose natal day was October 24, 1893. The wife and mother was called to her final rest in April, 1894.

Mr. Brammeier is a stalwart democrat in politics has never sought nor desired office as a reward for his party fealty. In religious faith he is a Lutheran. Having resided in Cedar county from his birth to the present time, he has a wide acquaintance here and his friends know him as an enterprising agriculturist and a man of genuine worth.