Husband Washington D. Brandon 1 2 3 4 5 6
Born: 1 Nov 1847 - Connoquenessing Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 2
Christened:
Died: 1953
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Father: John W. Brandon (1814-1890) 7 8
Mother: Ruth Ann Catherine Beighley (1820-1911) 3
Marriage: 27 May 1875 9
Wife Clara Bell Campbell 10 11
Born: 1851
Christened:
Died: 5 Jan 1925 11
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Father: James Campbell (1802-1886) 12
Mother: Rebecca Bell David (1820-1853) 13
Children
1 F Margaret Brandon 14
Born: 1876
Christened:
Died: 8 Jan 1904 9
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
2 F Elora Brandon 14
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Robert L. James ( - ) 9
3 M John Welsh Brandon 14
Born: 1881
Christened:
Died: 1968
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Spouse: Helen G. Walker (1881-1912) 9
4 M James Campbell Brandon 6 9 14 15
Born: 17 Jul 1884 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 15
Christened:
Died: 1979
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Spouse: Kathleen Walker (1887-1973) 16
Marr: 11 Jun 1914 16
5 M Howard Allan Brandon 14
Born: 1889
Christened:
Died: 1935
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
General Notes: Husband - Washington D. Brandon
He was born on the Brandon homestead, in Connoquenessing township, Butler County, PA. After receiving a common school education, he attended Witherspoon Institute at Butler, and was graduated at Washington and Jefferson College in 1868. The following year he commenced reading law with Hon. Ebenezer McJunkin, and was admitted to the bar in 1871. He continued to practice with Judge McJunkin for three years, was next in partnership with Clarence Walker, but after 1875 he practiced alone and built up a large and most gratifying legal business. He was recognized as one of the leading members of the Butler county bar, as well as one of its most successful lawyers. In June of 1909 he took into partnership his son, J. Campbell Brandon, and continued active in the practice of his profession.
In politics, he was always a Republican, and was a delegate to the State convention in 1887. He was a director and attorney of the Butler Savings Bank; was a director of the Butler Light, Heat and Motor Company; was president of the Butler Water Company, and attorney for the United Pipe Line and National Transit Companies. He was one of the promoters of the Bald Ridge Oil Company, and was deeply interested in the development of the Butler oil fields. He was one of the most useful members of the Presbyterian church of Butler, was a ruling elder in that body, and was superintendent of the Sabbath school. In all matters pertaining to the prosperity of the church he gave his time willingly, and few members of the congregation took a deeper interest in its material progress.
For years he was prominently identified with the civic and religious life of the community and was one of its leaders. He was a director and was one of the organizers of the Butler Savings & Trust Company. In his earlier days he was prominently identified with the oil and gas industry in Butler County, and was a director and one of the organizers in the Bald Ridge Oil and Transportation Company, the pioneer oil company of the county. He was largely instrumental in inducing the Standard Steel Car Company to locate in Butler and was actively identified with the Standard Plate Glass Company, the Butler Light, Heat and Motor Company, Spang & Company, the Butler Water Company, and many other enterprises. He was a leading member of the First Presbyterian Church, in which he served as an elder and member of the session for some forty-five years, and was clerk of the session for twenty-seven years, and was a member of the General Assembly of that church in 1881 at its meeting in Buffalo, New York. For twenty-two years he was superintendent of the Sunday school. During the World War he served on various committees and did a great deal of patriotic speaking, for which he received a certificate of recognition. He was a Republican and though urged to be a candidate at various times, he never sought or held public office. He was a member of the Butler Country Club, Sterling Club, and the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Intensely interested in the affairs of his own and other Presbyterian colleges, Mr. Brandon served as a trustee of Washington and Jefferson College, a trustee of Grove City College, and was a director of the Western Theological Seminary, and a trustee of the Young Men's Christian Association. He was also president of the Butler County Bar Association. [HBC 1927, 808]