John Brandon and Susan Welsh

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Husband John Brandon ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 4 Jul 1782 - near Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA 2
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           Died: 13 Jun 1873 - Connoquenessing Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Father: William Brandon (1756-1826) 2 4
         Mother: Sarah Livingston (1753-1842) 2 4

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       Marriage: 1804 - ? Butler Co, PA 1 2

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Wife Susan Welsh ^{2 5}

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            AKA: Sarah [Unk] 6
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         Father: John Welsh (Bef 1770-      ) 7 8 9
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Children

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1 M William Brandon ^{2 10 11}

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           Died: 1839 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 10
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Mary W. Brandon ^{10 11}

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           Died: Bef 1883
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Sarah Brandon ^{2 10 11}

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         Spouse: Jacob Cleffer (      -      ) 2

         Spouse: Rudolph Kelker (      -      ) 2 10

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4 M John W. Brandon ^{2 3}

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           Born: 6 Sep 1814 - Forward Twp, Butler Co, PA 6
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           Died: 9 Sep 1890 - Connoquenessing Twp, Butler Co, PA 6
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         Spouse: Ruth Ann Catherine Beighley (1820-1911) 4
           Marr: 24 Dec 1840 4

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5 M James Brandon ^{10 11 12}

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           Born: 26 Jul 1816 - Forward Twp, Butler Co, PA 11
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           Died: 30 Mar 1905 - ? Butler Co, PA 11 12
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         Spouse: Jane B. McDowell (      -      ) 11
           Marr: 8 Jun 1846 11

         Spouse: Susan A. Bolton (      -1892) 11 12
           Marr: Sep 1848 11

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6 F Eliza Brandon ^{10 11}

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           Died: Bef 1883 - ? Venango Co, PA
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         Spouse: George Marvin (      -      ) 2 10

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7 M Thomas Brandon ^{2 10 11}

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General Notes: Husband - John Brandon

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He was of Dutch extraction and was the founder of the family in Butler County, PA. He settled in the region that is now Forward Township, about the year 1798. He served in the War of 1812 and suffered all the rest of his life from injuries received during his military service.

He came from Eastern Pennsylvania to Westmoreland County, thence removed to Mercer County, and, after a short residence there, came to Butler County and taught school. About 1807, he married and settled north of the Connoquenessing. He was out in the war of 1812 a short time.
He served one term as County Commissioner and was one of the most active citizens in support of a temperance movement which originated in the neighborhood, and, in 1830, resulted in the formation of a total abstinence society, which met for some time at his house, but afterward, assuming greater proportions, temperance meetings were held at the church, and many became teetotalers. Mr. Brandon signed the total abstinence pledge among the very first, and strove to discourage the use of spirits. He was unable to hire help in harvest the following season, because he would allow no whisky on his premises. But a year later, help was plenty and sobriety the rule.
He lived to the ripe old age of ninety-two.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 71.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1184.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 643, 911.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 912.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 186, 235.

6 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 911.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 186.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 904.

9 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1265.

10 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 235.

11 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 643.

12 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1235.