Samuel Brand was born 2/20/1837. He was a good student & became a well-informed man. He read, experienced, & observed. 

The occupation to which he was reared he made his life's work & was accounted one of the enterprising & prosperous farmers of his neighborhood.

At the age of 23 he was married in Sheffield Township, Tipp County, to Sarah Peter. She was born on 7/4/1838 in Lehigh County, Pa. They began their life together in Perry Township, Tipp County, upon a farm of 186 acres, of which 80 acres had been cleared. Samuel continued its further development, & transformed it into richly cultivated fields, which yielded to him a golden tribute in return for the care he bestowed upon them.

As his financial resources increased, he purchased other lands & extended the boundaries of his farm until it embraced 226 acres. He erected a substantial residence & commodious barns & out buildings for the care of his stock & conducted his farming operations on a most progressive & improved plan. His life was not unchecked by difficulties & obstacles but these he overcame by determined purpose & steadily advanced to success.

Samuel was a man of high moral character, of temperate habits & peaceable disposition, reliable in all business transactions, & faithful to all duties of citizenship. He died on 1/7/1895 on the farm where he had spent his entire life. He was a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church & held the office of church trustee for many years.

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From "A Biographical History of Benton, Warren, Pulaski, Tippecanoe, White, Jasper and Newton Counties"

Study of the history of Tippecanoe County will soon disclose the fact that the Brand family has been one of the most prominent from the time of the earliest settlement here to the present. Its representatives have been especially active in promoting the agricultural interests, and at all times have been numbered among that class of loyal citizens who promote the public good while advancing individual prosperity, and who labor earnestly and consecutively for the improvement and betterment of the community with which they are associated. Such a man was Samuel Brand, the subject of this review, and at his death the county lost one of its best residents. He was born on the old family homestead in Sheffield Township, February 22, 1837, and is a son of Samuel Brand, an honored pioneer of the locality, who was born in Maryland, December 13, 1802. His father, who also bore the name of Samuel Brand, removed from Maryland to Pennsylvania and thence to Ohio, locating among the pioneers of Butler County, that state. There he carried on farming, and also operated a distillery near Hamilton, Ohio. He spent his remaining days in Butler County, and reached an advanced age. Both he and wife were members of the United Brethren Church, and to them were born nine children, namely, Samuel, Michael, Elizabeth, Barbara, George, Susan, John, Mary and Rebecca.