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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ 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, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030505963
↑ 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, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030505963
↑ 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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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