Biography of Silas J. Brandon, pages 848 / 849.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Silas J. Brandon, Treasurer of De Kalb County, Ind., was born in Plain 
Township, Stark Co., Ohio, Dec. 29, 1840, a son of John and Mary Brandon.  
In 1849 he came with his parents to Indiana and settled on a farm near 
Auburn, De Kalb County, where he lived till manhood.  In 1864 he was married 
to Miss Maria Garver, of Auburn.  He then carried on his father’s farm till 
1869, when he purchased a tract of wild land, which he improved, and it is 
now his fine farm in Jackson Township.  In 1878 he was elected Trustee of 
his township; was re-elected in 1880, serving four years.  In the fall of 
1884 he was elected on the Democratic ticket, Treasurer of De Kalb County, a 
position he is filling with efficiency.  Mr. and Mrs. Brandon have had five 
children; but four are living---Clement V., Clyde, Bertha G. and John.  Nora 
G. died July 2, 1876, aged nine months.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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