Biography of Harry K. BRANDEBERRY, pages 272/273. Steuben County, Indiana 
1920 History by W. H. McIntosh, Published by The Lewis Publishing 
Company, Chicago and New York , 1920 

HARRY K. BRANDEBERRY. It is remarkable how many of the farmers of 
Steuben County are the sons of farmers, this region giving to the state 
some of the best agriculturists because they have been trained in their 
line of work from boyhood, and have always been interested in it. One of 
the men who comes under this classification is Harry K. Brandeberry, 
whose father was one of the early settlers of Steuben County and a 
farmer in Richland Township, where the son now resides. Harry K. 
Brandeberry was born in Richland Township July 6, 1877, a son of Isaac 
and Thressa (Thompson) Brandeberry. The father was born in Carroll 
County, Ohio,  July 20, 1833. He was married in Williams County, Ohio, 
his wife having been born there, February 12, 1840, although in
the meanwhile he had come to Steuben County in 1854, securing land in 
the woods in Richland Township. On this he built a log cabin and cleared 
off his land. Although he had left home and become self-supporting when 
only thirteen years old, he prospered and became a man of considerable 
means, at his death, September 14, 1909, owning two farms of 140 acres 
of land and property in Angola. In addition to farming he bought and 
sold considerable farm land, but in his later years lived in retirement 
in Angola. His wife died many years before him, passing away April 16, 
1885. They had the following children: Olive, who is the widow of Bruce 
Garwood; W. C. who is a farmer of Richland Township; Edna, who is the 
wife of S. C. Hammond, a son of Dr. A. Hammond; and Harry K., whose name 
heads this review. Mrs. Brandeberry was an earnest member of the 
Christian Church. Harry K. Brandeberry attended the public and high 
schools at Angola, being graduated from the latter May 28, 1892, and he 
later was a student for several terms at the Tri-State College at 
Angola. In 1902 Mr. Brandeberry moved on his present farm in Richland 
Township, since which time he has erected a comfortable residence, and
he is carrying on general farming and stock raising. He also owns 
another farm of fifty acres in Richland Township. In
politics he is a republican. His fraternal connections are with Metz 
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, the third largest order in the county, which 
has a fine hall of its own. On March 1, 1902, Mr. Brandeberry was 
married in Richland Township to Miss Ina Gasser, who was born in Scott 
Township November 20, 1881, a daughter of Frederick and Charlotte 
(Tuttle) Gasser, and granddaughter of Benedict Gasser, whose biography 
appears elsewhere in this work. Frederick Gasser and his wife are now
living in comfortable retirement at Angola, but were formally farming 
people of considerable prominence in Scott Township. They had two 
children, namely: Lena, who is the wife of John Carson, of Angola; and 
Ina, who is Mrs. Brandeberry. Mr. and Mrs. Brandeberry have one son, 
Harold Kelly, who was born October 11, 1903, is now attending Metz High 
School. He and his mother belong to the Christian Church. Mr. 
Brandeberry is a man of sterling worth and stands well in public esteem.
His family is an old and honored one in the county, as is that of Mrs. 
Brandeberry, and their connections are many in this part of the state. 

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