Brandon, Zar P. *PIC*

Posted By: Elinor Berger
Date: 20 September 2002

from: Sesquicentennial Reprint of Paolo Sioli's _Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California_. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its PROMINENT MEN & PIONEERS, Cedar Ridge Publishing, Georgetown, California 1998.

ZAR P. BRANDON

This gentleman was born on the 11th day of March 1821, in Sarke [sic.] county, Ohio. He is a son of Joseph and Catherine Brandon. In 1843 he went to Wisconsin, located first in Rock, next in Walworth, and finally in Jefferson county, where he resided till the spring of 1850, when he crossed the plains. He arrived at Placerville on the 10th of July, and at once went to mining on Weber creek. In 1851 he returned to Wisconsin after his family and brought them out in 1852. On the 3rd day of May, 1853, he located on his present home on Indian creek, where he has 320 acres of fertile land well watered. Mr. Brandon was married in 1842, to Martha Enyant, who died in 1853, on French creek. To them was born four children, viz: Amberson E., Helen, Myron P. and Washington P. Helen is now Mrs. J. G. McClinton, of San Francisco. His second marriage was to Louisa Doan, and to them have been born seven children, viz: Mattie, now Mrs. Frank T. Fuller, Madison D., Lincoln, Horace, Mabel Frank, Giles and Minnie M. On his farm, on Indian creek, is to be found fine fish ponds well stocked with cat, carp and goldfish; all kinds of fruit known to the climate is grown, and considerable attention given to good stock and poultry.

[Marker in Sylvan Cemetery, Citrus Heights, Sacramento Co., California]

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