Ann Houston and Gustavus Benton Brackett
COL. GUSTAVUS BENTON BRACKETT was born March 24, 1827 in Unity, Waldo, Maine,1954, 11334 and died August 2, 1915 in Washington, District of Columbia.6470, 1954 He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.1954, 456
He married ANN HOUSTON on November 14, 1849 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa,3406 daughter of ELIZABETH RAND EPPS and IRA HOUSTON. She was born June 15, 1828 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, and died March 17, 1886 in Montgomery County, Alabama.456 She is buried in Denmark Cemetery, Lee County, Iowa.456
Children of ANN HOUSTON and COL. GUSTAVUS BENTON BRACKETT:
- WALTER BRACKETT, bur. Denmark Cemetery, Lee County, Iowa.456
- ELLA JANE BRACKETT, b. 1852, Iowa; m. KLARK HIGGINS LOUIS on September 3, 1879 in Lee County, Iowa3434; d. March 3, 1880;456 bur. Denmark Cemetery, Lee County, Iowa.456
- ALICE ELIZABETH BRACKETT, b. November 28, 1853, Iowa;6175 m. WILLIAM H. DEWING on April 29, 1897 in Cook County, Illinois1644; d. January 13, 1927, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan.6175
- BERTHA BELLE BRACKETT, b. June 12, 1866, Denmark, Lee, Iowa;3460 m. CLYDE ROYAL JOY on October 23, 1890 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois11346; d. September 24, 1917, Keokuk, Lee, Iowa.6325
Military Service
Civil War
Gustavus B. Brackett
- Enlisted 15 Jul 1861 in Denmark, Iowa as a Captain with the 1st Engineers, Company I
- Was transferred to Company C
- Mustered out 2 Nov 18646940
Work History
- Gustavus Benton Brackett was Chief Pomologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.11334
Marriage Announcements and News
Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, November 19, 18743406
DANISH DISPATCHES
A Famous Anniversary — Captain and Mrs. Anna Brackett Celebrate Their Silver Wedding — The Hawk-Eye Repeats Its Notice of a Quarter of a Century Ago — Congratulations from all Sides.
DENMARK, Iowa, Nov. 14, 1874.
MR. EDITOR: — Twenty-five years ago the following marriage notice probably appeared in The Hawk-Eye:
"Married on the evening of November 14th, in Denmark, Iowa, at the residence of Mr. Lewis Epps, by the Reverend Asa Turner, Mr. G. B. Brackett to Miss Anna Houston, all of this place."
Captain Brackett is, as many of your readers know, the President of the State Agricultural Society, and is brother to the somewhat famous Brackett Brothers, of Boston, Massachusetts, one the well-known sculptor, the other the celebrated painters; both have achieved works which the world will not willingly let die.
Captain Brackett served his country faithfully in the late Rebellion as Captain of a company of one of the engineer regiments.
This evening a large party of relations and friends assembled by invitation at the beautiful home of the married pair, to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding. The hostess wore her wedding dress and looked so young and charming that, as we frequently remarked, she might be mistaken for an elder sister of her young daughters—so lightly has Father Time touched her.
There is a large circle of relatives and nearly all were present, while a very large proportion of the guests who attended the wedding in 1849, were her to offer their congratulations to the happy pair, who had thus completed their first quarter of a century of married life. The rooms were cheerfully lighted and tastefully adorned, while the refreshments were most appropriate to the occasion.
The host and hostess were much averse to receiving presents, and so withheld the invitations—in which no mention was made of the silver wedding—till the morning of the anniversary, trusting that at so late an hour they might count upon an omission of this custom, which they considered "more honored in its breach than its observance." But their friends had better memories of dates than had been supposed, and quite a number of beautiful presents were displayed on a table, all of which were much admired.
The surprise of Captain Brackett was genuine, and the rather injured tone in which he returned thanks for the kind feeling which prompted the offering was quite amusing to witness.
Taken altogether the social reunion was a most delightful one, and the universal sentiment of all present was—that it was good to be there. May they live to see their golden wedding.
Obituaries
Evening Star, August 3, 191511334
COL. G. B. BRACKETT DIES; ILL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS
Was for Eighteen Years Chief Pomologist of the Department of Agriculture
Col. G. B. Brackett, eighty-eight years old, for the last eighteen years chief pomologist of the Department of Agriculture, died yesterday afternoon at the Emergency Hospital, following an illness of several weeks.
Funeral services, to be attended by associates at the Department of Agriculture, are to be held tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock at the Spears undertaking parlors, under auspices of the Loyal Legion. Interment is to be in Arlington national cemetery.
Col. Brackett was born in Unity, Me., March 24, 1827. He went with his parents to Ohio when a child and was educated in the schools of Cincinnati.
Served During the Civil War.
During the civil war he served for three years, rendering distinguished service.
After the war he removed to Denmark, Iowa, and engaged in the nursery business, from which he was called in 1897 to the position of chief pomologist of the Department of Agriculture.
Col. Brackett had been honored with the Chevalier Du Merite Agricole of the French government for distinguished service to agriculture, with especial reference to pomology. He was superintendent of pomology at the Centennial exposition in Philadelphia, and an expert at the Paris expositions of 1878 and 1900. He was a former president of the American Pomological Society.
Two sisters [daughters], Mrs. Joy and Mrs. Doing, survive him.
Davenport Democrat and Leader, August 6, 19156470
Iowa Pioneer Dies in Washington
Keokuk, Ia., Aug. 6.—Colonel Gustavus B. Brackett, an early settler of this county, died in Washington Monday and was buried in Arlington cemetery with military honors. Colonel Brackett took a prominent part in the war of the rebellion, serving in the engineer corps with the ran[k] of captain. Colonel Brackett was the commissioner in charge of the exhibits at the centennial exposition at Philadelphia in 1876. In 1878 he was the United States commissioner to the great world's fair and exposition in Paris. Of late years he had resided in Washington. His daughter, Mrs. C. R. Joy, is a resident of this city.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 20, 18604 | Denmark, Lee, Iowa |
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| August 11, 18701708 | Denmark, Lee, Iowa |
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| June 5, 18803408 | Denmark, Lee, Iowa |
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