Levi Brantner ^{2 4 5 6 7}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1820 US Census in Election District 2, Washington County, MD on August 1820. ⁸

1820 US Census
Page 193, Roll 46
Election District 2, Washington County, Maryland
Males under 10: 3 - (Levi, age 5; Jonas, age 4; Samuel Brantner, age 0)
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1830 US Census in Monroe Township, Richland County, OH on June 1830. ⁹

1830 US Census
Page 160, Roll 139
Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio
Males
15-20: 1 (Levi Brantner, age 15, step-son)
(Living with mother and step-father.)
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• He appeared on the 1840 US Census in Monroe Township, Richland County, OH on June 1840. ¹⁰

1840 US Census
Page 82A, Roll 423
Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio
Males
20-30: 2 = (Levi Brantner, son, age 25; Jonas Brantner, son, age 24)
(Living with apparently widowed mother.)
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• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Monroe Township, Richland County, OH on 28 August 1850. ⁵

1850 US Census
Page 330B, Dwelling 165, Family 165, Roll 724
Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio
Levi Brentner..35..MD

(Living with widowed mother, brother, Samuel, half-sister, Mary Ann Stoner, and apparently her daughter, Isabella.)
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Monroe Township, Richland County, OH on 11 June 1860. ⁶

1860 US Census
Page 38, Roll 1029, Dwelling 261, Family 267
Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio
Levi Brantner..45..PA..Cooper
Izamba Brantner..16..OH

(Levi was widowed and living with his daughter. His birth location was thought to be Maryland instead of Pennsylvania.)

NOTE - His son, Ira, from his 2nd wife would have been about 8 years old but his location is not known.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Monroe Township, Allen County, IN on June 1880. ¹¹

1880 US Census
Page 371A, Roll 0264
Monroe Township, Allen County, Indiana
Levi Brantner..Father-in-Law..64..MD..Retired Carpenter
(Living with his married daughter, Izamba, and her 2nd husband and their family.)
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Levi married Jane Mosier on 13 October 1842 in , Richland County, OH.^{1 2} (Jane Mosier was born about 1820 and died between 1847 and 1860.)

Levi next married Wilhelmina Masden, daughter of William Masden and Sarah Enyeart, on 10 April 1853 in , Richland County, OH.^{1 3 4} (Wilhelmina Masden was born about 1821 in Ohio and died on 10 February 1854 in , Richland County, OH ³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• 1880 US Census: June 1880. 1880 US Census
Page 371A, Roll 0264
Monroe Township, Allen County, Indiana
John P. Wass..Self..33..OH..Farmer
Izamba Wass..Wife..33..OH..Keeping House
Jessie Hartman...StepDau..14..OH..At School
Charles Hartman...StepSon..12..OH
Clarence O. Wass..Son..4..IN
Levi Brantner..Father-in-Law..64..MD..Retired Carpenter
Jonas Brantner..Cousin..19..CO

This census record could be very confusing without actually knowing about the previous marriages of John Wass Izamba Brantner. Jessie and Charles Hartman are both listed as step children of John's so one would naturally assume that their mother must be John's current wife, Izamba, and that her previous married name was Izamba Hartman. Clarence Wass must have been a child born to John and Izamba but strangely it shows the birth location of Clarence's mother as Indiana where Izamba's birth location is shown as OH. Hopefully this is merely a clerical error otherwise there may have been other wives involved here.
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