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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Crockett County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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D. M. Brandenburg, horticulturist and farmer, is a son of David and Catherine (Routzahn) Brandenburg, and was born in Maryland in 1840, and is one of twelve children, eight of whom are living. The parents were born in Maryland about 1796, and died in 1882 and 1884, father and mother, respectively. Our subject was educated at Middletown, Md., and April 9, 1864, joined Company L, First Maryland Cavalry, and participated in the battles of Cedar Creek, Harper’s Ferry, New Creek, and several sharp skirmishes, and served until the final surrender. He returned home in July, 1865, and resumed farming. In August, 1867, he married Catharine, daughter of John and Catherine Horine, of Maryland. They became the parents of six children: Minnie O., Bell, Deal, Bessie and Sadie (twins), and an infant. Soon after his marriage Mr. Brandenburg removed to Illinois, and then came to Gadsden and engaged in horticulture, the same having become a great enterprise in Crockett County. He is the owner of 256 acres of land, 160 acres comprising the home farm. He is a stanch Republican in politics, and his first presidential vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln. He belongs to the I. O. O. F. and the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

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This family biography is one of 72 biographies included in the book,  The History of Crockett County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed.  The History of Crockett County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee

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