Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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EPHRAIM BRANDRIFF

Ephraim BRANDRIFF, (deceased) located in Taylor Township in 1864 and remained there on a farm three years. November 25, 1866, Mrs. Hattie E. LONG became his wife, by whom five children were born, three of whom are living. They lost two little boys. The other children are � Mary M. wife of Thomas L. RILEY, a travelling salesman; Louis, fifteen years of age, and Jessie, thirteen years of age. The family lived in Cincinnati Township until March, 1889, when they moved into town. The deceased owned five hundred and sixty acres of land, and lived on the farm twenty-two years. Mr. BRANDRIFF belonged o the Methodist Episcopal Church, while his wife is a Congregationalist. In his political views he was a Republican, and was a strong temperance advocate. He was made a member of the Odd Fellows order in New Jersey. In his home he seemed at his best, was kind and affectionate to all, and in consequence had many friends.

Our subject was born in Millville, N. J., October 13, 1821, and died July 14, 1889, at the age of sixty-nine years, and was buried in the Calhoun Cemetery.

Mrs. BRANDRIFF'S maiden name was MAYNARD, and she was a native of Mt. Clemens, Mich. She came to Council Bluff in 1854.

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