J. V. BRAZIE
J. V. Brazie, stock raiser and farmer, was born in Schoharie county, N. Y., in April, 1853; in 1863 he moved with parents to Albany; thence the same year to Lapeer county, Mich. In 1864 he removed to Rochester, N. Y., and the year following to Butler county, Ia., and to Harlan in the spring of 1866. In 1847 he attended the University at Des Moines; engaged in teaching several terms, and in 1875 engaged in farming. In 1876, he purchased the livery stock of E. Monroe; conducted business until May, 1881; then sold to E. C. Swain, and continues farming, paying special attention to the raising of pure Berkshire and Poland China hogs.
Transcribed February, 2018 by Cheryl Siebrass from: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth, published in Sioux City, IA.: Western Publishing Company, 1882, pg. 415.
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