John Albright Brant and Jessie M. Shafer

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Husband John Albright Brant ¹

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           Born: 26 Sep 1861 - Ligonier Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Abraham Brant (1821-1896) 1
         Mother: Catherine Kimmel (Abt 1826-1877) 2

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       Marriage: 11 Sep 1889 2

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Wife Jessie M. Shafer ²

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           Born: 6 Sep 1870 2
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         Father: Edward Shaffer (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Rachel Naugle (      -1901) 2 3

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Children

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1 M Noss Dean Brant ²

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           Born: 25 Jan 1891 2
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2 F Willa G. Brant ²

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           Born: 9 Aug 1893 2
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3 M Edward E. Brant ²

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           Born: 27 Sep 1900 2
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           Died: 1 Jan 1901 2
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General Notes: Husband - John Albright Brant

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He was educated in the common schools of the district and later attended the California State Normal school, from which he was graduated in 1887. He commenced his business career by working in the woolen mill of his father, and was actively engaged there for eighteen years, during this time thoroughly mastering every detail of the business, from the wool on the sheep's back to the finished product. While thus occupied, and prior to 1888, Mr. Brant taught in the township schools for thirteen winters. He purchased the "Ligonier Echo" in 1888. This was a small and struggling paper with a subscription list of one hundred and twenty-five names, and Mr. Brant's energy and capable handling worked this up in the course of three years to a list of seven hundred and thirty-five. He then sold out his interest in the paper to his partner, I. M. Graham. Mr. Brant's next business venture was in Ligonier, where for five years he owned and conducted a livery stable. Selling out this business he bought a saw mill, and for two years was engaged in lumbering. He then purchased a farm in Ligonier township, and for one year followed agricultural pursuits. He bought from the Horner heirs in 1902 the mercantile business at Stahlstown, and there he conducted a well stocked and flourishing general store.
He was an enthusiastic Republican, and filled a number of the town offices, among them those of clerk and collector of taxes. He was a member of the Evangelical church at Ligonier.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 436.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 437.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 782.