Jacob BRANDENBURG

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A Historical and Biographcial Cyclopedia of Butler County, OH, 1882
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                   RESEARCH NOTE: Jacob Brandenburg is mentioned in the Scipio Township, Butler County, OH section of "A Historical and Biographcial Cyclopedia of butler County, OH", 1882, stating that he was scalded to death at his distillery "over 45 years ago."  The section mentions that the township had rougly 13 distilleries, of which Jacob Brandenburg's was one.  The Oxford township section appears to address the history chronologically, and in a section addressing the history of the 1820's, states "Jacob Brandenburg has been here forty years," although the exact meaning of this statement is unknown.

"On Howard's Creek, near the Hamilton County line, there was a distillery run by Joseph BOGGETT, and about twenty rods north was another by James CARLTON, Sen. One mile further up the creek was one by John HOMMER, Sen. About one mile north of this one, near where the Macedonia Church now stands, John MISNER had a still-house. From there we go to the headwaters of Dry Fork, near the State line, just south of Scipio; here was one by SMITH & HOLLIBUT, and a little further down, one carried on by Reuben GEORGE, Sen. Near where the new bridge on the Biddinger Turnpike crosses the creek was another by James JENKINS, & near the residence of Jacob KEEN was one more by Reuben GEORGE, Jr. Just west, one mile of this one, on the old HANLY farm, was another, owned by John PHILLIPS. Below Okeana were two more, belonging to Charles SHIELDS & Alexander DeARMOND. Two miles further down was another, owned by Jacob BRANDENBURG. Mr. BRANDENBURG was scalded to death at his distillery more than 45 years ago. The old site is now on the farm owned by Jonathan HALL. One-half mile below was another, on the property of Hugh SMITH. John ISEMINGER was the originator of this. The whisky was made in large copper stills, six bushels per day being the capacity of each house. Twelve gallons of the real old-fashioned whisky was a good day's work. The price was twelve and eighteen cents per gallon. Besides the above list of still-houses, there was a still on the VANTREES farm, where a superior article of peach brandy was made. Neighbors took their peaches here for miles around, and had them made up on the shares. This brand is reported to have been of a superior quality."


Another entry in the same book in the Oxford Township history section.  It seems that this entry dates to the printing of the book, although the interpretation of "has been here forty years" is somewhat confusing, seeing that Jacob died in 1834, about fifty years before the writing of the book.  It is possible that this section references another JAcob Brandenburg, though other entries reference people as far back as 1830.

"A V. FLAGG was a citizen of Oxford for twenty-five or thirty years, during which time he engaged in the business of a blacksmith. FLAGG was here about sixty years ago. The lot where the blacksmith's shop stood is now owned by John STERNS. The shop is now occupied as a shoe-shop. E. E. SMITH was here forty years ago, in the same branch of business, in a frame building. B. B. DAVIS, another blacksmith, was engaged in blacksmithing in Oxford for twenty years, where Mrs. S. V. HILL now lives. DAVIS was a strong Methodist; he died in Indiana. J. JELLIES was also a similar mechanic, on the ground where Charles WATT now is. Jacob BRANDENBURG has been here for forty years. Edward FRENCH was a smith on lot No. 43, but left many years ago. John KIRKWOOD was another blacksmith in Oxford fifty years in the past. William PROCTER, a colored smith, was a mechanic in this village in 1830. He was shot by two drunken soldiers some time during the war, who, in turn, were killed the same night by some of the citizens."