From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 677.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


DAVID A. BRANTNER

David A. Brantner, a worthy citizen of Washington district, was born 
in Marshall county, February 9, 1828, the son of George W. and Sarah 
(Nace) Brantner, the former of whom, a cooper by trade, died when 
David was quite young.  The mother, who died at Martin's Ferry in 
1877, at the age of seventy-five years, was a life-long member of the 
Methodist church, and noted for her good works.  The following 
children were born to these parents:  Joseph N., Elizabeth Chaddock, 
Eliza J. Baker, of Iowa, David A. and the following deceased:  George 
and Mary J.; Jacob, died during the war on the Osage river; Margaret 
Goudy, and Ruhana, wife of Jacob Clark. David A. began working on the 
farm at an early age, and he has ever since been following 
agriculture as his vocation.  He has served the public efficiently in 
official positions, having been marshal of Moundsville two years, 
constable one year, deputy sheriff two years, and he is now the 
keeper of the Marshall county infirmary, a position he has held for 
two years.  Before the war he made three trips to New Orleans as a 
deck hand, experiencing a view of the horrors of cholera and at the 
time of his last trip learning the hostility of that city toward the 
north at the outbreak of the rebellion.  In that strggle, he 
subsequently served in Company G, of the Seventeenth West Virginia 
infantry, during the spring of 1865.  He was married in 1850 to 
Clorinda Howard, who died in March, 1863.  By this union he had six 
children, of whom survive, Amanda J., wife of Stewart Crouch; Sarah 
B., wife of Mr. Ritchie, and David L.  The second wife of Mr. 
Brantner is Mary A., widow of James Lute, by whom she had one child, 
now deceased. Three children have been born to this union:  Fannie 
E., John H., and Charles W.  Mr. Brantner is an Odd Fellow, and his 
wife is a member of the Methodist church.

(Linda Fluharty)