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Cephas Brainard

Birth
Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Death
9 Jul 1868 (aged 80)
DeKalb County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Genoa, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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died in Riley

Cephas settled first in Portland Chautauqua Co NY and was written up in the towns history:

Descendants of Cephas Lamont BRAINARD
BRAINARD, Cephas (44) Was the son of Samuel, and b. in Conn. Jan. 24, 1788. He removed to Herkimer county, N.Y., when a boy.
He m. Polly Crosby March 10, 1808. Mrs. B. was b. Nov. 22, 1789, and was sister of Luther Crosby, an early settler in P.(Mr. B.) emigrated to P. in the fall of 1814; settled on the N. pt. of lot 29, T. 5, farm now owned and occupied by A. T. Mead .
Upon this purchase he built a log house which was occupied by the family the following winter. In 1825 or ’26 he purchased a piece of land of James Dunn on the opposite side of the road and erected the house now on the farm occupied by Mr. Mead. Mr. B. was a farmer and in after years a cattle dealer, driving to the Buffalo or Toronto markets; probably the first dealer of that class of any note in town. In 1836 he removed to Arkwright, in this county; in 1852 to McKean, Erie county, Pa. and in 1865 to DeKalb Co., Ill., where he died July 9, 1868. Mrs. B. d. Feb 1, 1868.
Mr. B. was a Universalist; politically a whig, American and through the war of 1812 a democrat.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Brainard –
LOVINA: b. April 8, 1810; m. James Quigley in P., 1838; settled in Portland.; d. Jan 28, 1847 b HERE
AMANDA: b. Sept. 27, 1811; m. John Quigley March 3, 1831; settled in Portlnd
ARTAMESE: b. Dec. 30, 1813; d. Aug. 24, 1815.
ORREN: b. in P. March 1, 1816; m. 1st Mary Ann FAY March 1, 1841; 2nd Caroline LAMONT; settled in Pomfret; afterward in Portland both probably b here in Prtland NY d after 1880 bef 1900 ch,Mary, Lucy, Fay, Alice Barnes O, Cephas Lamont, Kate, Emma, Carrie and Hattie
ALVIN: b. May 11, 1818; d. Dec. 8, 1839 Portland Evergreen
LEVI: b. July 2, 1820; m. E. Andrews in 1844; settled in Illinois.
ASA: b. May 28, 1823; m. Lovina Davis; settled in Pomfret.
JACKSON: b. March 27, 1826; m. Euphemia Wilson; settled in Arkwright.
ANSON: b. Oct. 26, 1829; m. in Ill and settled there; d. Dec. 12, 1861 in Missouri; a soldier in Fremont’s army.
POLLY ANN: b. March 10, 1833; m. I. P. Merrills; settled in Pomfret.
died in Riley

Cephas settled first in Portland Chautauqua Co NY and was written up in the towns history:

Descendants of Cephas Lamont BRAINARD
BRAINARD, Cephas (44) Was the son of Samuel, and b. in Conn. Jan. 24, 1788. He removed to Herkimer county, N.Y., when a boy.
He m. Polly Crosby March 10, 1808. Mrs. B. was b. Nov. 22, 1789, and was sister of Luther Crosby, an early settler in P.(Mr. B.) emigrated to P. in the fall of 1814; settled on the N. pt. of lot 29, T. 5, farm now owned and occupied by A. T. Mead .
Upon this purchase he built a log house which was occupied by the family the following winter. In 1825 or ’26 he purchased a piece of land of James Dunn on the opposite side of the road and erected the house now on the farm occupied by Mr. Mead. Mr. B. was a farmer and in after years a cattle dealer, driving to the Buffalo or Toronto markets; probably the first dealer of that class of any note in town. In 1836 he removed to Arkwright, in this county; in 1852 to McKean, Erie county, Pa. and in 1865 to DeKalb Co., Ill., where he died July 9, 1868. Mrs. B. d. Feb 1, 1868.
Mr. B. was a Universalist; politically a whig, American and through the war of 1812 a democrat.
Family of Mr. and Mrs. Brainard –
LOVINA: b. April 8, 1810; m. James Quigley in P., 1838; settled in Portland.; d. Jan 28, 1847 b HERE
AMANDA: b. Sept. 27, 1811; m. John Quigley March 3, 1831; settled in Portlnd
ARTAMESE: b. Dec. 30, 1813; d. Aug. 24, 1815.
ORREN: b. in P. March 1, 1816; m. 1st Mary Ann FAY March 1, 1841; 2nd Caroline LAMONT; settled in Pomfret; afterward in Portland both probably b here in Prtland NY d after 1880 bef 1900 ch,Mary, Lucy, Fay, Alice Barnes O, Cephas Lamont, Kate, Emma, Carrie and Hattie
ALVIN: b. May 11, 1818; d. Dec. 8, 1839 Portland Evergreen
LEVI: b. July 2, 1820; m. E. Andrews in 1844; settled in Illinois.
ASA: b. May 28, 1823; m. Lovina Davis; settled in Pomfret.
JACKSON: b. March 27, 1826; m. Euphemia Wilson; settled in Arkwright.
ANSON: b. Oct. 26, 1829; m. in Ill and settled there; d. Dec. 12, 1861 in Missouri; a soldier in Fremont’s army.
POLLY ANN: b. March 10, 1833; m. I. P. Merrills; settled in Pomfret.


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