Isaac Brazelton was born on 3 July 1820 at New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee. His father moved the family out of Tennessee in opposition to slavery, settling for a few years in Indiana, then moving on to the very eastern county of Vermilion, Illinois.
His father was known as a "hunter" and when game had played out, according to him, he sent his sons out to scout better land in lower Wisconsin. They bought land there and in 1835, when Isaac was 15, the family moved across Illinois to Granville, Wisconsin (near Milwaukee).
In 1843, Isaac set out with an ox-team and wagon to back to the Vermilion to claim his bride.
He married Elizabeth Jane Lemley (1822-1907) on 21 Sep 1843 at Vermilion, Illinois.
When they returned together, they camped at night by the roadside.
Cousin Sarah Brazelton Laux wrote: "When Grandpa Brazelton married and brought his bride Jane Lemley to Wisconsin, he felt that he was very well fixed. He had a yoke of oxen, a barrel of molasses, some sacks of wheat, 8 or 10 cakes of tallow 12" x 12", 1/2 barrel of salt pork, and 12 cakes of maple sugar. With this they would set up housekeeping and get through the winter. In Milwaukee they lived downtown where the post office is now."
After a few years, in 1847, Isaac and Jane moved to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where he had a meat market and dealt in livestock; he listed his occupation as "butcher" in the 1850 Sheboygan census. In the Spring of 1861, they removed out to Batavia (Scott Twp) and Isaac opened a store and bought a farm. He bought many parcels of land and ultimately his several farms comprised 325 acres.
Sarah Brazelton Laux continued: "The house of tan brick in Batavia was built in 1888 (the one standing was the third; two others burned down). Martha Lemley Davis lived there, as well as the 5 sons of Willie (Pleasant) Brazelton and the children of Edw. Braardelton." I have visited that tan brick farm house three times, and the back of the house was a warren of little bedrooms, like a built-in bunkhouse for all those kids living there. Once Isaac quit the Batavia store, he kept the showcase from his butcher shop in the basement of the farm. [Later on, it ended up in the basement of my great-grandmother's house, Isaac's daughter, in Sheboygan.]
Isaac was postmaster of Batavia from 1863 for many years, except during the four years of the first term of Grover Cleveland. He also served as Justice of the Peace for 25 years.
My Great-Grandmother Sarah B. Saemann wrote of her father: "Father was a generous giver, ever ready to help the church and poor, a great kind-hearted man. He built the first Methodist Church; at Sheboygan and was almost its entire support for a number of years. His father and mother were Quakers but he joined the Methodist Church after removing to Sheboygan. He was a strong Republican and temperance man. The Bible and Northwestern Christian Advocate were read daily and family prayer was never forgotten in the home."
Isaac died on 9 January 1908 and was buried in the BRAZELTON family plot at Wildwood Cemetery, which he had purchased on 24 April 1860.
Brazelton Family Plot: W1/2, Lot 34, Block 7.
Children were:
Martha Jane (1844-1845)
SARAH CATHERINE (1846-1926)
William Lemley (1849-1925)
Margaret Eliza (1852-1882)
Reed Carper (1855-1856)
Mary Ellen (1857-1859)
Edward Gilman (1861-1941)
His father was known as a "hunter" and when game had played out, according to him, he sent his sons out to scout better land in lower Wisconsin. They bought land there and in 1835, when Isaac was 15, the family moved across Illinois to Granville, Wisconsin (near Milwaukee).
In 1843, Isaac set out with an ox-team and wagon to back to the Vermilion to claim his bride.
He married Elizabeth Jane Lemley (1822-1907) on 21 Sep 1843 at Vermilion, Illinois.
When they returned together, they camped at night by the roadside.
Cousin Sarah Brazelton Laux wrote: "When Grandpa Brazelton married and brought his bride Jane Lemley to Wisconsin, he felt that he was very well fixed. He had a yoke of oxen, a barrel of molasses, some sacks of wheat, 8 or 10 cakes of tallow 12" x 12", 1/2 barrel of salt pork, and 12 cakes of maple sugar. With this they would set up housekeeping and get through the winter. In Milwaukee they lived downtown where the post office is now."
After a few years, in 1847, Isaac and Jane moved to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where he had a meat market and dealt in livestock; he listed his occupation as "butcher" in the 1850 Sheboygan census. In the Spring of 1861, they removed out to Batavia (Scott Twp) and Isaac opened a store and bought a farm. He bought many parcels of land and ultimately his several farms comprised 325 acres.
Sarah Brazelton Laux continued: "The house of tan brick in Batavia was built in 1888 (the one standing was the third; two others burned down). Martha Lemley Davis lived there, as well as the 5 sons of Willie (Pleasant) Brazelton and the children of Edw. Braardelton." I have visited that tan brick farm house three times, and the back of the house was a warren of little bedrooms, like a built-in bunkhouse for all those kids living there. Once Isaac quit the Batavia store, he kept the showcase from his butcher shop in the basement of the farm. [Later on, it ended up in the basement of my great-grandmother's house, Isaac's daughter, in Sheboygan.]
Isaac was postmaster of Batavia from 1863 for many years, except during the four years of the first term of Grover Cleveland. He also served as Justice of the Peace for 25 years.
My Great-Grandmother Sarah B. Saemann wrote of her father: "Father was a generous giver, ever ready to help the church and poor, a great kind-hearted man. He built the first Methodist Church; at Sheboygan and was almost its entire support for a number of years. His father and mother were Quakers but he joined the Methodist Church after removing to Sheboygan. He was a strong Republican and temperance man. The Bible and Northwestern Christian Advocate were read daily and family prayer was never forgotten in the home."
Isaac died on 9 January 1908 and was buried in the BRAZELTON family plot at Wildwood Cemetery, which he had purchased on 24 April 1860.
Brazelton Family Plot: W1/2, Lot 34, Block 7.
Children were:
Martha Jane (1844-1845)
SARAH CATHERINE (1846-1926)
William Lemley (1849-1925)
Margaret Eliza (1852-1882)
Reed Carper (1855-1856)
Mary Ellen (1857-1859)
Edward Gilman (1861-1941)
Isaac Brazelton was born on 3 July 1820 at New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee. His father moved the family out of Tennessee in opposition to slavery, settling for a few years in Indiana, then moving on to the very eastern county of Vermilion, Illinois.
His father was known as a "hunter" and when game had played out, according to him, he sent his sons out to scout better land in lower Wisconsin. They bought land there and in 1835, when Isaac was 15, the family moved across Illinois to Granville, Wisconsin (near Milwaukee).
In 1843, Isaac set out with an ox-team and wagon to back to the Vermilion to claim his bride.
He married Elizabeth Jane Lemley (1822-1907) on 21 Sep 1843 at Vermilion, Illinois.
When they returned together, they camped at night by the roadside.
Cousin Sarah Brazelton Laux wrote: "When Grandpa Brazelton married and brought his bride Jane Lemley to Wisconsin, he felt that he was very well fixed. He had a yoke of oxen, a barrel of molasses, some sacks of wheat, 8 or 10 cakes of tallow 12" x 12", 1/2 barrel of salt pork, and 12 cakes of maple sugar. With this they would set up housekeeping and get through the winter. In Milwaukee they lived downtown where the post office is now."
After a few years, in 1847, Isaac and Jane moved to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where he had a meat market and dealt in livestock; he listed his occupation as "butcher" in the 1850 Sheboygan census. In the Spring of 1861, they removed out to Batavia (Scott Twp) and Isaac opened a store and bought a farm. He bought many parcels of land and ultimately his several farms comprised 325 acres.
Sarah Brazelton Laux continued: "The house of tan brick in Batavia was built in 1888 (the one standing was the third; two others burned down). Martha Lemley Davis lived there, as well as the 5 sons of Willie (Pleasant) Brazelton and the children of Edw. Braardelton." I have visited that tan brick farm house three times, and the back of the house was a warren of little bedrooms, like a built-in bunkhouse for all those kids living there. Once Isaac quit the Batavia store, he kept the showcase from his butcher shop in the basement of the farm. [Later on, it ended up in the basement of my great-grandmother's house, Isaac's daughter, in Sheboygan.]
Isaac was postmaster of Batavia from 1863 for many years, except during the four years of the first term of Grover Cleveland. He also served as Justice of the Peace for 25 years.
My Great-Grandmother Sarah B. Saemann wrote of her father: "Father was a generous giver, ever ready to help the church and poor, a great kind-hearted man. He built the first Methodist Church; at Sheboygan and was almost its entire support for a number of years. His father and mother were Quakers but he joined the Methodist Church after removing to Sheboygan. He was a strong Republican and temperance man. The Bible and Northwestern Christian Advocate were read daily and family prayer was never forgotten in the home."
Isaac died on 9 January 1908 and was buried in the BRAZELTON family plot at Wildwood Cemetery, which he had purchased on 24 April 1860.
Brazelton Family Plot: W1/2, Lot 34, Block 7.
Children were:
Martha Jane (1844-1845)
SARAH CATHERINE (1846-1926)
William Lemley (1849-1925)
Margaret Eliza (1852-1882)
Reed Carper (1855-1856)
Mary Ellen (1857-1859)
Edward Gilman (1861-1941)
His father was known as a "hunter" and when game had played out, according to him, he sent his sons out to scout better land in lower Wisconsin. They bought land there and in 1835, when Isaac was 15, the family moved across Illinois to Granville, Wisconsin (near Milwaukee).
In 1843, Isaac set out with an ox-team and wagon to back to the Vermilion to claim his bride.
He married Elizabeth Jane Lemley (1822-1907) on 21 Sep 1843 at Vermilion, Illinois.
When they returned together, they camped at night by the roadside.
Cousin Sarah Brazelton Laux wrote: "When Grandpa Brazelton married and brought his bride Jane Lemley to Wisconsin, he felt that he was very well fixed. He had a yoke of oxen, a barrel of molasses, some sacks of wheat, 8 or 10 cakes of tallow 12" x 12", 1/2 barrel of salt pork, and 12 cakes of maple sugar. With this they would set up housekeeping and get through the winter. In Milwaukee they lived downtown where the post office is now."
After a few years, in 1847, Isaac and Jane moved to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where he had a meat market and dealt in livestock; he listed his occupation as "butcher" in the 1850 Sheboygan census. In the Spring of 1861, they removed out to Batavia (Scott Twp) and Isaac opened a store and bought a farm. He bought many parcels of land and ultimately his several farms comprised 325 acres.
Sarah Brazelton Laux continued: "The house of tan brick in Batavia was built in 1888 (the one standing was the third; two others burned down). Martha Lemley Davis lived there, as well as the 5 sons of Willie (Pleasant) Brazelton and the children of Edw. Braardelton." I have visited that tan brick farm house three times, and the back of the house was a warren of little bedrooms, like a built-in bunkhouse for all those kids living there. Once Isaac quit the Batavia store, he kept the showcase from his butcher shop in the basement of the farm. [Later on, it ended up in the basement of my great-grandmother's house, Isaac's daughter, in Sheboygan.]
Isaac was postmaster of Batavia from 1863 for many years, except during the four years of the first term of Grover Cleveland. He also served as Justice of the Peace for 25 years.
My Great-Grandmother Sarah B. Saemann wrote of her father: "Father was a generous giver, ever ready to help the church and poor, a great kind-hearted man. He built the first Methodist Church; at Sheboygan and was almost its entire support for a number of years. His father and mother were Quakers but he joined the Methodist Church after removing to Sheboygan. He was a strong Republican and temperance man. The Bible and Northwestern Christian Advocate were read daily and family prayer was never forgotten in the home."
Isaac died on 9 January 1908 and was buried in the BRAZELTON family plot at Wildwood Cemetery, which he had purchased on 24 April 1860.
Brazelton Family Plot: W1/2, Lot 34, Block 7.
Children were:
Martha Jane (1844-1845)
SARAH CATHERINE (1846-1926)
William Lemley (1849-1925)
Margaret Eliza (1852-1882)
Reed Carper (1855-1856)
Mary Ellen (1857-1859)
Edward Gilman (1861-1941)
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