Joseph Rodrigues Brandon

Joseph was born in 1828. Joseph's father was Alfred Rodrigues Brandon and his mother was Sarah Simpson Wood. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Alfred, Alfred, Julia, Esther and Lavinia. He was the fifth oldest of the six children.

General Notes

Below is an exact transcript of Joseph's obituary which appeared in the Placreville Mountain Democrat newspaper dated 29th April 1916.

Joseph Rodrigues Brandon, for fifty-six years a practicing lawyer of San Francisco, died at the home of his son, Dr Alfred R. Brandon, at San Leandro, Saturday night, April 22. He was 88 years of age. The funeral was held from the home of Dr. Brandon in San Leandro.
Brandon was the son of a wealthy planter of Barbados, British West Indies. He was educated in London . He came to New York in 1849, and later opened a branch of his London house of shipping and importing there. In 1855 he came to San Francisco and after the panic of 1867 took up the study of law. During his career he was noted as one of the best land and title lawyers in the State. Last October he removed to his son's home in San Leandro.
Four children survive him, and some time before his death Brandon divided his interests among them. The children are Mrs P W H Ash, Mrs Madison Hawes Critcher, Dr Alfred R Brandon and Dr Julian R Brandon.