Bio

• Born in Chicago, younger brother of Virgil and Horace Brand, father of Jane Brand Allen. Enlisted in the army for service in the Spanish American War. He trained with the 32nd Michigan Regiment but peace came before he was called into action. His inheritance in 1897 allowed him freedom to travel and time for leisure activities. Married Frieda Grommes October 10, 1905. They had one child, Jane.

  Brand invested in vanadium deposits near Telluride, Colorado. He became prosperous providing vanadium alloys for Henry Ford. In 1909 he took over management of the Brandsville Fruit Company from his brother Horace.

  see: Virgil Brand: The Man and His Era by Q. David Bowers

Geburtsdatum

• 1877-09-02

Geburtsort

• Chicago

Sterbedatum

• 1926-04-21

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