Biography of Isaac B. Brandon, page 848.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Isaac B. Brandon, farmer, was born near Canton, Stark Co., Ohio, May 12, 
1836, a son of John and Mary (Beard) Brandon.  In June, 1849, his parents 
moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on what is now the Brandon farm, 
joining Auburn on the west.  With the exception of about six months that he 
was clerking in Auburn he lived with his parents till 1862, assisting his 
father in work on the farm. After his marriage he moved to a farm he owned 
in Richland Township, and lived there till the fall of 1873, when he moved 
to the old homestead.  In the fall of 1874 he and his brother, Silas J., 
went to Nebraska with the intention of buying land and locating, but in 
their absence the father was taken sick, and upon his return he settled 
permanently on the old homestead.  Mr. Brandon is a good manager, a 
practical farmer and a successful business man.  He has never aspired to 
official honors preferring a quiet business life. While in Richalnd 
Township he was elected Justice of the Peace, but did not qualify.  He was 
married March, 20, 1862, to Barbara A. Kutzner, a native of Canton, Ohio, 
daughter of Isaac Kutzner.  They have seven children---Alva, farmer of 
Union Township; Ira, Orin, Asa, Ulla, Myron and Artie, at home.

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