Porter E. Brant
Porter E. Brant was born March 3, 1843, in Hagar Township, Michigan, to Daniel and Marietta Brant. His father was a farmer who owned $800 of real estate by 1850. He grew up and attended school in Berrien County, Michigan, and by 1860, he was working as a farmer. He married Harriet Moore on October 30, 1866, and they had at least three children: Ella, born around 1868; Jesse, born around 1872; and Maud, born around 1888. He worked as a farmer in Bainbridge, Michigan, and by 1870, he owned $300 of real estate and $100 of personal property. His wife died on April 29, 1925, and he died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Bainbridge on November 29, 1926.
Image: Porter E. Brant (The Herald-Palladium, 30 November 1926)
DATABASE CONTENT
| (2766) | Brant, Porter E. | 1843-03-03 | 1926-11-29 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 10
- (7801) [recipient] ~ Hattie Thompson to Porter E. Brant, 5 February 1873
- (7804) [recipient] ~ Unknown to Porter E. Brant, 4 September 1864
- (7805) [recipient] ~ Lafayette Brant to Porter E. Brant and Warren M. Brant, 2 March 1862
- (7806) [recipient] ~ Lafayette Brant to Porter E. Brant and Warren M. Brant, 13 February 1862
- (7807) [recipient] ~ Lafayette Brant to Porter E. Brant and Laura A. Brant, 21 January 1862
- (7808) [recipient] ~ Lafayette Brant to Porter E. Brant and Laura A. Brant, 3 January 1862
- (7809) [recipient] ~ Lafayette Brant to Porter E. Brant, 31 October 1861
- (7810) [recipient] ~ Anson Matthews to Porter E. Brant, 1 January 1862
- (7811) [recipient] ~ Lafayette Brant to Porter E. Brant, 27 September 1861
- (7812) [recipient] ~ Anson Matthews to Porter E. Brant, 14 December 186X
People - Records: 5
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Michigan Death Records, 1867-1952, available from Ancestry.com; St. Joseph (MI) Herald-Press, 30 November 1926
