Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Brant, John May 13, 1850 - 
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Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904
Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor

JOHN BRANT was born May 13, 1850, in Lower Pottsgrove 
township. He is the son of Isaac and Rachel (Zoller) Brant.

Isaac Brant (father) was born in Limerick township, where he 
engaged in farming. He was a Democrat and a member of St. 
James' Reformed church. He had three children, of whom John 
is the only one now living. Katie died unmarried at the age 
of twenty-seven years, and Frank died very young. The 
grandfather of John Brant lived on the farm at Limerick.

John Brant left school when he was sixteen years of age, and 
worked on the farm for his father until his father died, and 
he purchased the farm. He was at that time twenty-three 
years of age. He has since resided upon the same farm. John 
Brant married Hannah Umstead, daughter of Joseph Umstead 
(deceased), who was a farmer and a blacksmith in Lower 
Pottsgrove township. Mr. and Mrs. Brant had four children, 
of whom Annie died at the age of four years. The other three 
are: 1. Frank, married Miss Trout, of Berks county, where 
they are engaged in farming, he residing on the homestead 
and assisting in conducting the farm. 2. Harry C., 
unmarried, lived with his parents until May, 1903. He is now 
employed at Royersford, where he is learning the trade of 
molding. 3. Laura, unmarried, residing with her parents. 
John Brant is a Democrat in politics, and is a member of the 
same church as his parents.

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