E. S. Brammer
E. S. Brammer was born in Windsor township, this county, March 19, 1824. His grandfather, Edmund Brammer, was born in Virginia, and came to this county in 1817, settling about six miles up Symmes creek, where he died September 15, 1822. Mary Lee, grandmother of E. S. Brammer, was a native of Virginia, and came here with her husband, her death occurring in 1844, and she was buried beside her husband. The father of the subject of this sketch, James Brammer, was born in Patrick county, Virginia, February 25, 1791; he married Sarah H. Seamonds, January 11, 1818. She was born in Albemarle county, Virginia in 1794; they came to this county, March 16, 1818, and settled on the farm now owned by Creed Templeton, where they remained a year, when they removed to the farm where they died, situated on McKinney’s creek, Windsor township. He was a great hunter, the woods in his time being filled with game. He was in the war of 1812. He cleared one of the first farms in Windsor township; he helped to organize and build the first Baptist church in the township, also the first school-house in the township of Windsor; both himself and wife were members of the Baptist church up to the time of their death. E. S. Brammer was married in Lawrence township, Lawrence county, March 11, 1849, to Eliza Pemberton, who was born in Jackson county, Ohio, March 12, 1829. They have had three children, as follows: Richard, born December 10, 1849, died June 23, 1881; Lucinda, February 19, 1851, resides at home; Marion S., September 19, 1858, resides in Union township. The parents of Mrs. Brammer are Richard Pemberton, born in Tennessee in 1799, died April 11, 1876, and Jemima (Hill) Pemberton, who died in Jackson county in 1835. After her death her husband removed to Lawrence county, settling on Dick’s creek. His death occurred at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Brammer. Jemima Pemberton was a member of the United Brethren church. The grandfather of Mrs. Brammer, Henry Pemberton, was born in Tennessee, and came to Jackson county, Ohio, where his death occurred in 1821. His wife, Elizabeth (Woods) Pemberton, after his death, removed to Lawrence county in 1846, where she died in 1856. E. S. Brammer, the subject of this sketch, has been a justice of the peace in Union township, since 1872, still holding the position. His brother, Rowland Brammer, was in the war of 1861. He enlisted the first year of the war, and served his full time; he was wounded in the face, the ball striking on the left side, knocking out some of his teeth, and passing out through the base of the right side of the nose. His mind seemed to be somewhat affected after this occurrence. On September 14, 1876, he was killed by the accidental discharge of a gun. Mr. and Mrs. Brammer are the members of the Symmes Creek Baptist church, joining in 1852. Their daughter, Lucinda, joined the same church in 1872. Mr. Brammer’s postoffice address is Russell’s Place, Lawrence county, Ohio.
Atlas of Lawrence Co., Ohio by Hardesty (1882)