Harriet Wisely Brandt
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Harriet Wisely Brandt was born with a twin sister in January, 1829, near Carroll, Ohio. Her parents, Edward and Leah Wisely. were early settlers in central Ohio. Harriet was the youngest child of a large family of fifteen children. She was born and raised on a farm and learned to spin, weave, and sew. She was also educated in public and private schools in her neighborhood. She married Isaac Brandt, a young shoemaker on November 1, 1849.
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*Original article published in The Annals of Iowa 20 (1936), State Historical Society of Iowa. Isaac Brandt and his family moved to Des Moines in the spring of 1858 and decided to locate on the east side of the Des Moines River because of its…