Elizabeth (Wade) Brand (1798 - 1885)

Born 12 Sep 1798 in Monongalia County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of James Brand — married 25 May 1820 in Monongalia Co., VA

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1885 at age 86 in Dent's Run, Laurelpoint, Monongalia County, West Virginia

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"Elizabeth (Wade) Brand was born on the 12th day of September, 1798. She married James Brand, son of John Brand, May 25, 1820. Their home was about a mile up Dent's Run from Laurel Point on a tract of land that is now owned by her great-granddaughter, Ivy P, Berry.

In many respects she was a remarkable woman. Being a widow at the age of forty-six, she was confronted with the task of bringing up twelve children, only two of whom were of age when her husband died. She was a woman of strong will and great determination. Although ably assisted by her sons, she took upon herself the entire management of the farm for several years.

She always impressed upon the minds of her children the necessity for hard work, and she took good care to see that her boys did the farm work laid out for them. If one of them shirked he was not likely to do it again soon. Apparently thinking it was best to keep all her children at home as long as possible, she almost uniformly objected to any marriages in the family. Her son John, although past twenty-eight years old, found it prudent to leave home for a few days on the occasion of his matrimonial venture. In the case of her youngest daughter, an engagement was broken to appease the maternal wrath, and Rosina never married until after the death of her mother. She was a member of the old anti-mission Baptist church.

James Brand died on the 20th day of September, 1844; his widow lived until the 8th day of March, 1885." - "The Brand Family of Monongalia County, West Virginia

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