Isaac Brayton
| Isaac Brayton | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives Cuyahoga County | |
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In office January 7, 1856 – January 5, 1857 | |
| Associate Judge of the 9th Judicial Circuit of Ohio | |
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In office February 1850 – January 1852 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Nantucket County | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nantucket, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Love Mitchell, m. July 25, 1825[1] |
| Children | Mary Ann, George Mitchell, Lydia Mitchell, John, and Henry Swift.[2] |
| Profession | Sea captain |
Isaac Brayton (1801-1885) was an American sea captain and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, in the Ohio House of Representatives,[3] as an Ohio state Judge, and in the Ohio Senate.[4][1]
Early life
Brayton was born to Issac and Sarah[5] in Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1801.[1] Brayton's father died when he was young, and he was raised by, a relative, Hezekiah Barnard.[6]
Family life
On July 25, 1825[1] Brayton married Love Mitchell, the daughter of Lydia and Peleg Mitchell, Love[2](Love was the aunt of Maria Mitchell).[4] They had five children; Mary Ann,[1] George Mitchell, Lydia Mitchell, John, and Henry Swift.[2]
Ship's Captain
In the early part of his life Brayton became the Captain of a whaling ship, on April 28, 1833 Brayton landed the largest cargo of whale oil ever brought to Nantucket (2,824 barrels).[5] Brayton also landed one of the first, if not the first Christian missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands.[5]
Associate Judgeship
In 1850 Brayton was elected an Associate[7] Judge[8] by the General Assembly,[9] which at this time elected Ohio's judges,[10] to represent Portage County on Ohio's Ninth Judicial Circuit.[11]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bowen, A. W. (1898), A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio, Logansport, Indiana: A. W. Bowen & Co., p. 689.
- 1 2 3 Hills, Aaron Merritt (1895), Life and labors of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, Ravenna, Ohio: F. W. Woodbridge, p. 401.
- ↑ Halley, W. E. (1917), Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of Ohio, 1915-1916, Columbus, Ohio: Ohio General Assembly, p. 282.
- 1 2 Hills, Aaron Merritt (1895), Life and labors of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, Ravenna, Ohio: F. W. Woodbridge, p. 28.
- 1 2 3 Hills, Aaron Merritt (1895), Life and labors of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, Ravenna, Ohio: F. W. Woodbridge, p. 27.
- ↑ Warner, Beers, & Co. (1885), History of Portage County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Chicago, Illinois: Warner, Beers, & Co., p. 814.
- ↑ Gilkey, Elliott Howard (1901), The Ohio Hundred Year Book: A Hand-book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio from the Formation of the North-West Territory (1787) to July 1, 1901, Columbus, Ohio: Seventy Fourth Ohio General Assembly, p. 542.
- ↑ Bowen, A. W. (1898), A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio, Logansport, Indiana: A. W. Bowen & Co., p. 690.
- ↑ Gilkey, Elliott Howard (1901), The Ohio Hundred Year Book: A Hand-book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio from the Formation of the North-West Territory (1787) to July 1, 1901 (, Columbus, Ohio: Seventy Fourth Ohio General Assembly, p. 543.
- ↑ O’Connor, Maureen (May 2013), Ohio Courts 2013: A Proposal for Strengthening Judicial Elections, Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Courts 2013, p. 3.
- ↑ Warner, Beers, & Co. (1885), History of Portage County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Chicago, Illinois: Warner, Beers, & Co., p. 332.