John Bragonier Bio
“From Vol. 2 History of Davenport and Scott County” by Harry E. Downer—S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago.
Surnames: Bragonier, Thomas, Zimmerman, Houck, Fletcher,
Princeton numbers among her population many men who, through cultivating the rich soil of Scott county, have met with a success that now enables them to spend the evening of their lives in honorable retirement, and it is to this class that John Bragonier belongs.
He was born in Fulton county, Pennsylvania, February 12, 1847, a son of Jacob and Matilda (THOMAS) Bragonier, who were likewise natives of the Keystone state, born in Franklin county, the former on the 13th of November, 1821, and the latter on the 4th of December, 1826.
Following their marriage they established their home in the east and there four children were born to them. The date of their arrival in Scott county was November 12, 1854.
Here the father purchased one hundred and sixty acres of raw land in Princeton township, paying for the same six dollars per acre. On the place stood a small house, one and a half stories high, but the dwelling had not been finished sufficiently for the family to live in comfort. The father finished two rooms and here took up his abode. He at once began to cultivate the land and in due course of time the fields yielded abundant harvests, so that he was able from time to time to add to his original holdings until he became the owner of seven hundred and thirty-five acres. He made his home on his first farm for eighteen years and during this time six more children were added to the household. On the expiration of that period he went to live in another part of the township and there made his home till the time of his death which occurred on the 24th of November, 1898, when he was seventy-seven years of age.
He had survived his wife, who had been called to her rest about four years previously, her demise occurring July 20, 1894, when she had reached the age of sixty-eight.
They were numbered among the county’s most worthy and respected pioneer settlers and were consistent and faithful members of the Lutheran church. The father also took a deep interest in all public movements that tended to improve this district and acted as road supervisor and as school director for many years. The record of the family is as follows:
John, of this review;
Abraham J., who was born March 29, 1849 and lives in Omaha, Nebraska,; Henry C., who was born September 5, 1850, and makes his home in Tacoma, Washington; Martha V., who was born October 5, 1852, and lives in Tama, Iowa; Amy A., who was born March 24, 1855, and died in 1869; David J., who was born July 9, 1857, and lives in California; George M., born June 29, 1860, who departed this life in 1866; Mary, whose birth occurred on the 25th of March, 1864, and has also passed away; Clark E., who was born May 19, 1869, and lives in Tama; and Howard O., who was born June 16, 1871, and lives in Clinton, this state.
John Bragonier, the eldest of the ten children, began his education in the schools of Pennsylvania but, being a lad of little more than seven years when the family removed to Scott county, his education was mostly acquired in the district schools of this section. As soon as he was old enough to work in the fields he was assigned various tasks incident to farm life and as his age and strength permitted he assumed larger responsibilities, assisting in the work of the home farm until he was twenty-eight years of age. He then engaged in farming on his own account on a tract of rented land, but in 1881 purchased his farm of one hundred and eighty acres in Princeton township and thereon took up his abode. Although the farm was fairly well improved, Mr. Bragonier made more modern and substantial improvements until it is now one of the valuable properties of eastern Iowa. He was identified with the cultivation of that place for many years but in 1904 put aside business cares and removed to Princeton, where he has since lived retired. He still retains possession of his farm, however, and its rental supplies him with a good annual income.
It was on the 18 of March, 1873, that Mr. Bragonier was married to Miss Hyantha Amelia ZIMMERMAN, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (HOUCK) Zimmerman.
Mrs. Bragonier was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and both her father and mother passed away there. She is the seventh in order of birth in a family of thirteen children, the others being Katherine, William H., Martha J., Marcile C., Sarah M., Mary E., Georgia, John M., Jeremiah D., Amy E., Carrie E., and Joseph S.
Mrs. Bragonier has become the mother of six children, Mildred, Harry, Ethel F., and Ruth, while the third, Earl, has passed away.
The next in order of birth died in infancy.
Cornelia is the wife of J. A. FLETCHER, a resident of Princeton township, and they have three children: Harry A., Earl J., and Mervine.
Harry, the fourth member of the family, died when a youth of seventeen years. Lettie M. and DeWitt are still under the parental roof.
The family are members of the Presbyterian church at Princeton, and are prominent in social circles. Personally Mr. Bragonier is quiet and unassuming in manner, refusing political preferment and avoiding publicity. In former years he led a busy and active life, finding little time for outside interests, and yet he was not unmindful of the duties of citizenship. His greatest pleasure now is in the companionship of his wife and children and he can look back over a life well spent and feel that his rest is well deserved, for it has come not through the timely aid of others but as the result of his own labors and the careful management of his business affairs.
Transcribed by Elaine Rathmann for the Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project, THANK YOU.
John was a Presbyterian; He moved to Iowa with his parents at the age of seven. REF: Georgiana Randall pages 80-87
John’s father Jacob was a Farmer, road super and school director. Jacob was a Lutheran, moved to Iowa in 1854, by 1882 Jacob was one of the largest and well-to-do farmers in Scott County, Iowa, with 695 acres of land valued at $40.00 per acre ($27,800.00) See page 86-87 of G. Randall's "Bragonier Family," and a letter from Wendell H. Bragonier. REF: The Little Cove PA, shows that Susan, Leah and Jacob were under age when their father (Jacob Bragonier Sr - wife Elizabeth Palmer) died in 1821 and John Divilbiss was appointed their guardian. LDS Batch #8422902 1395844 40
“From Vol. 2 History of Davenport and Scott County” by Harry E. Downer—S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago.
Surnames: Bragonier, Thomas, Zimmerman, Houck, Fletcher,
Princeton numbers among her population many men who, through cultivating the rich soil of Scott county, have met with a success that now enables them to spend the evening of their lives in honorable retirement, and it is to this class that John Bragonier belongs.
He was born in Fulton county, Pennsylvania, February 12, 1847, a son of Jacob and Matilda (THOMAS) Bragonier, who were likewise natives of the Keystone state, born in Franklin county, the former on the 13th of November, 1821, and the latter on the 4th of December, 1826.
Following their marriage they established their home in the east and there four children were born to them. The date of their arrival in Scott county was November 12, 1854.
Here the father purchased one hundred and sixty acres of raw land in Princeton township, paying for the same six dollars per acre. On the place stood a small house, one and a half stories high, but the dwelling had not been finished sufficiently for the family to live in comfort. The father finished two rooms and here took up his abode. He at once began to cultivate the land and in due course of time the fields yielded abundant harvests, so that he was able from time to time to add to his original holdings until he became the owner of seven hundred and thirty-five acres. He made his home on his first farm for eighteen years and during this time six more children were added to the household. On the expiration of that period he went to live in another part of the township and there made his home till the time of his death which occurred on the 24th of November, 1898, when he was seventy-seven years of age.
He had survived his wife, who had been called to her rest about four years previously, her demise occurring July 20, 1894, when she had reached the age of sixty-eight.
They were numbered among the county’s most worthy and respected pioneer settlers and were consistent and faithful members of the Lutheran church. The father also took a deep interest in all public movements that tended to improve this district and acted as road supervisor and as school director for many years. The record of the family is as follows:
John, of this review;
Abraham J., who was born March 29, 1849 and lives in Omaha, Nebraska,; Henry C., who was born September 5, 1850, and makes his home in Tacoma, Washington; Martha V., who was born October 5, 1852, and lives in Tama, Iowa; Amy A., who was born March 24, 1855, and died in 1869; David J., who was born July 9, 1857, and lives in California; George M., born June 29, 1860, who departed this life in 1866; Mary, whose birth occurred on the 25th of March, 1864, and has also passed away; Clark E., who was born May 19, 1869, and lives in Tama; and Howard O., who was born June 16, 1871, and lives in Clinton, this state.
John Bragonier, the eldest of the ten children, began his education in the schools of Pennsylvania but, being a lad of little more than seven years when the family removed to Scott county, his education was mostly acquired in the district schools of this section. As soon as he was old enough to work in the fields he was assigned various tasks incident to farm life and as his age and strength permitted he assumed larger responsibilities, assisting in the work of the home farm until he was twenty-eight years of age. He then engaged in farming on his own account on a tract of rented land, but in 1881 purchased his farm of one hundred and eighty acres in Princeton township and thereon took up his abode. Although the farm was fairly well improved, Mr. Bragonier made more modern and substantial improvements until it is now one of the valuable properties of eastern Iowa. He was identified with the cultivation of that place for many years but in 1904 put aside business cares and removed to Princeton, where he has since lived retired. He still retains possession of his farm, however, and its rental supplies him with a good annual income.
It was on the 18 of March, 1873, that Mr. Bragonier was married to Miss Hyantha Amelia ZIMMERMAN, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (HOUCK) Zimmerman.
Mrs. Bragonier was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and both her father and mother passed away there. She is the seventh in order of birth in a family of thirteen children, the others being Katherine, William H., Martha J., Marcile C., Sarah M., Mary E., Georgia, John M., Jeremiah D., Amy E., Carrie E., and Joseph S.
Mrs. Bragonier has become the mother of six children, Mildred, Harry, Ethel F., and Ruth, while the third, Earl, has passed away.
The next in order of birth died in infancy.
Cornelia is the wife of J. A. FLETCHER, a resident of Princeton township, and they have three children: Harry A., Earl J., and Mervine.
Harry, the fourth member of the family, died when a youth of seventeen years. Lettie M. and DeWitt are still under the parental roof.
The family are members of the Presbyterian church at Princeton, and are prominent in social circles. Personally Mr. Bragonier is quiet and unassuming in manner, refusing political preferment and avoiding publicity. In former years he led a busy and active life, finding little time for outside interests, and yet he was not unmindful of the duties of citizenship. His greatest pleasure now is in the companionship of his wife and children and he can look back over a life well spent and feel that his rest is well deserved, for it has come not through the timely aid of others but as the result of his own labors and the careful management of his business affairs.
Transcribed by Elaine Rathmann for the Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project, THANK YOU.
John was a Presbyterian; He moved to Iowa with his parents at the age of seven. REF: Georgiana Randall pages 80-87
John’s father Jacob was a Farmer, road super and school director. Jacob was a Lutheran, moved to Iowa in 1854, by 1882 Jacob was one of the largest and well-to-do farmers in Scott County, Iowa, with 695 acres of land valued at $40.00 per acre ($27,800.00) See page 86-87 of G. Randall's "Bragonier Family," and a letter from Wendell H. Bragonier. REF: The Little Cove PA, shows that Susan, Leah and Jacob were under age when their father (Jacob Bragonier Sr - wife Elizabeth Palmer) died in 1821 and John Divilbiss was appointed their guardian. LDS Batch #8422902 1395844 40
John Bragonier Bio
“From Vol. 2 History of Davenport and Scott County” by Harry E. Downer—S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago.
Surnames: Bragonier, Thomas, Zimmerman, Houck, Fletcher,
Princeton numbers among her population many men who, through cultivating the rich soil of Scott county, have met with a success that now enables them to spend the evening of their lives in honorable retirement, and it is to this class that John Bragonier belongs.
He was born in Fulton county, Pennsylvania, February 12, 1847, a son of Jacob and Matilda (THOMAS) Bragonier, who were likewise natives of the Keystone state, born in Franklin county, the former on the 13th of November, 1821, and the latter on the 4th of December, 1826.
Following their marriage they established their home in the east and there four children were born to them. The date of their arrival in Scott county was November 12, 1854.
Here the father purchased one hundred and sixty acres of raw land in Princeton township, paying for the same six dollars per acre. On the place stood a small house, one and a half stories high, but the dwelling had not been finished sufficiently for the family to live in comfort. The father finished two rooms and here took up his abode. He at once began to cultivate the land and in due course of time the fields yielded abundant harvests, so that he was able from time to time to add to his original holdings until he became the owner of seven hundred and thirty-five acres. He made his home on his first farm for eighteen years and during this time six more children were added to the household. On the expiration of that period he went to live in another part of the township and there made his home till the time of his death which occurred on the 24th of November, 1898, when he was seventy-seven years of age.
He had survived his wife, who had been called to her rest about four years previously, her demise occurring July 20, 1894, when she had reached the age of sixty-eight.
They were numbered among the county’s most worthy and respected pioneer settlers and were consistent and faithful members of the Lutheran church. The father also took a deep interest in all public movements that tended to improve this district and acted as road supervisor and as school director for many years. The record of the family is as follows:
John, of this review;
Abraham J., who was born March 29, 1849 and lives in Omaha, Nebraska,; Henry C., who was born September 5, 1850, and makes his home in Tacoma, Washington; Martha V., who was born October 5, 1852, and lives in Tama, Iowa; Amy A., who was born March 24, 1855, and died in 1869; David J., who was born July 9, 1857, and lives in California; George M., born June 29, 1860, who departed this life in 1866; Mary, whose birth occurred on the 25th of March, 1864, and has also passed away; Clark E., who was born May 19, 1869, and lives in Tama; and Howard O., who was born June 16, 1871, and lives in Clinton, this state.
John Bragonier, the eldest of the ten children, began his education in the schools of Pennsylvania but, being a lad of little more than seven years when the family removed to Scott county, his education was mostly acquired in the district schools of this section. As soon as he was old enough to work in the fields he was assigned various tasks incident to farm life and as his age and strength permitted he assumed larger responsibilities, assisting in the work of the home farm until he was twenty-eight years of age. He then engaged in farming on his own account on a tract of rented land, but in 1881 purchased his farm of one hundred and eighty acres in Princeton township and thereon took up his abode. Although the farm was fairly well improved, Mr. Bragonier made more modern and substantial improvements until it is now one of the valuable properties of eastern Iowa. He was identified with the cultivation of that place for many years but in 1904 put aside business cares and removed to Princeton, where he has since lived retired. He still retains possession of his farm, however, and its rental supplies him with a good annual income.
It was on the 18 of March, 1873, that Mr. Bragonier was married to Miss Hyantha Amelia ZIMMERMAN, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (HOUCK) Zimmerman.
Mrs. Bragonier was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and both her father and mother passed away there. She is the seventh in order of birth in a family of thirteen children, the others being Katherine, William H., Martha J., Marcile C., Sarah M., Mary E., Georgia, John M., Jeremiah D., Amy E., Carrie E., and Joseph S.
Mrs. Bragonier has become the mother of six children, Mildred, Harry, Ethel F., and Ruth, while the third, Earl, has passed away.
The next in order of birth died in infancy.
Cornelia is the wife of J. A. FLETCHER, a resident of Princeton township, and they have three children: Harry A., Earl J., and Mervine.
Harry, the fourth member of the family, died when a youth of seventeen years. Lettie M. and DeWitt are still under the parental roof.
The family are members of the Presbyterian church at Princeton, and are prominent in social circles. Personally Mr. Bragonier is quiet and unassuming in manner, refusing political preferment and avoiding publicity. In former years he led a busy and active life, finding little time for outside interests, and yet he was not unmindful of the duties of citizenship. His greatest pleasure now is in the companionship of his wife and children and he can look back over a life well spent and feel that his rest is well deserved, for it has come not through the timely aid of others but as the result of his own labors and the careful management of his business affairs.
Transcribed by Elaine Rathmann for the Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project, THANK YOU.
John was a Presbyterian; He moved to Iowa with his parents at the age of seven. REF: Georgiana Randall pages 80-87
John’s father Jacob was a Farmer, road super and school director. Jacob was a Lutheran, moved to Iowa in 1854, by 1882 Jacob was one of the largest and well-to-do farmers in Scott County, Iowa, with 695 acres of land valued at $40.00 per acre ($27,800.00) See page 86-87 of G. Randall's "Bragonier Family," and a letter from Wendell H. Bragonier. REF: The Little Cove PA, shows that Susan, Leah and Jacob were under age when their father (Jacob Bragonier Sr - wife Elizabeth Palmer) died in 1821 and John Divilbiss was appointed their guardian. LDS Batch #8422902 1395844 40
“From Vol. 2 History of Davenport and Scott County” by Harry E. Downer—S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago.
Surnames: Bragonier, Thomas, Zimmerman, Houck, Fletcher,
Princeton numbers among her population many men who, through cultivating the rich soil of Scott county, have met with a success that now enables them to spend the evening of their lives in honorable retirement, and it is to this class that John Bragonier belongs.
He was born in Fulton county, Pennsylvania, February 12, 1847, a son of Jacob and Matilda (THOMAS) Bragonier, who were likewise natives of the Keystone state, born in Franklin county, the former on the 13th of November, 1821, and the latter on the 4th of December, 1826.
Following their marriage they established their home in the east and there four children were born to them. The date of their arrival in Scott county was November 12, 1854.
Here the father purchased one hundred and sixty acres of raw land in Princeton township, paying for the same six dollars per acre. On the place stood a small house, one and a half stories high, but the dwelling had not been finished sufficiently for the family to live in comfort. The father finished two rooms and here took up his abode. He at once began to cultivate the land and in due course of time the fields yielded abundant harvests, so that he was able from time to time to add to his original holdings until he became the owner of seven hundred and thirty-five acres. He made his home on his first farm for eighteen years and during this time six more children were added to the household. On the expiration of that period he went to live in another part of the township and there made his home till the time of his death which occurred on the 24th of November, 1898, when he was seventy-seven years of age.
He had survived his wife, who had been called to her rest about four years previously, her demise occurring July 20, 1894, when she had reached the age of sixty-eight.
They were numbered among the county’s most worthy and respected pioneer settlers and were consistent and faithful members of the Lutheran church. The father also took a deep interest in all public movements that tended to improve this district and acted as road supervisor and as school director for many years. The record of the family is as follows:
John, of this review;
Abraham J., who was born March 29, 1849 and lives in Omaha, Nebraska,; Henry C., who was born September 5, 1850, and makes his home in Tacoma, Washington; Martha V., who was born October 5, 1852, and lives in Tama, Iowa; Amy A., who was born March 24, 1855, and died in 1869; David J., who was born July 9, 1857, and lives in California; George M., born June 29, 1860, who departed this life in 1866; Mary, whose birth occurred on the 25th of March, 1864, and has also passed away; Clark E., who was born May 19, 1869, and lives in Tama; and Howard O., who was born June 16, 1871, and lives in Clinton, this state.
John Bragonier, the eldest of the ten children, began his education in the schools of Pennsylvania but, being a lad of little more than seven years when the family removed to Scott county, his education was mostly acquired in the district schools of this section. As soon as he was old enough to work in the fields he was assigned various tasks incident to farm life and as his age and strength permitted he assumed larger responsibilities, assisting in the work of the home farm until he was twenty-eight years of age. He then engaged in farming on his own account on a tract of rented land, but in 1881 purchased his farm of one hundred and eighty acres in Princeton township and thereon took up his abode. Although the farm was fairly well improved, Mr. Bragonier made more modern and substantial improvements until it is now one of the valuable properties of eastern Iowa. He was identified with the cultivation of that place for many years but in 1904 put aside business cares and removed to Princeton, where he has since lived retired. He still retains possession of his farm, however, and its rental supplies him with a good annual income.
It was on the 18 of March, 1873, that Mr. Bragonier was married to Miss Hyantha Amelia ZIMMERMAN, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (HOUCK) Zimmerman.
Mrs. Bragonier was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and both her father and mother passed away there. She is the seventh in order of birth in a family of thirteen children, the others being Katherine, William H., Martha J., Marcile C., Sarah M., Mary E., Georgia, John M., Jeremiah D., Amy E., Carrie E., and Joseph S.
Mrs. Bragonier has become the mother of six children, Mildred, Harry, Ethel F., and Ruth, while the third, Earl, has passed away.
The next in order of birth died in infancy.
Cornelia is the wife of J. A. FLETCHER, a resident of Princeton township, and they have three children: Harry A., Earl J., and Mervine.
Harry, the fourth member of the family, died when a youth of seventeen years. Lettie M. and DeWitt are still under the parental roof.
The family are members of the Presbyterian church at Princeton, and are prominent in social circles. Personally Mr. Bragonier is quiet and unassuming in manner, refusing political preferment and avoiding publicity. In former years he led a busy and active life, finding little time for outside interests, and yet he was not unmindful of the duties of citizenship. His greatest pleasure now is in the companionship of his wife and children and he can look back over a life well spent and feel that his rest is well deserved, for it has come not through the timely aid of others but as the result of his own labors and the careful management of his business affairs.
Transcribed by Elaine Rathmann for the Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project, THANK YOU.
John was a Presbyterian; He moved to Iowa with his parents at the age of seven. REF: Georgiana Randall pages 80-87
John’s father Jacob was a Farmer, road super and school director. Jacob was a Lutheran, moved to Iowa in 1854, by 1882 Jacob was one of the largest and well-to-do farmers in Scott County, Iowa, with 695 acres of land valued at $40.00 per acre ($27,800.00) See page 86-87 of G. Randall's "Bragonier Family," and a letter from Wendell H. Bragonier. REF: The Little Cove PA, shows that Susan, Leah and Jacob were under age when their father (Jacob Bragonier Sr - wife Elizabeth Palmer) died in 1821 and John Divilbiss was appointed their guardian. LDS Batch #8422902 1395844 40
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