| Birth place | Nantucket, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Spouse | Love Mitchell, m. July 25, 1825[1] |
| Title | Member of the Ohio House of Representatives Cuyahoga County |
| Term start | January 7, 1856 |
| Term end | January 5, 1857 |
| Title 2 | Associate Judge of the 9th Judicial Circuit of Ohio |
| Term start 2 | February 1850 |
| Term end 2 | January 1852 |
| Title 3 | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Nantucket County |
| 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,[2] as an Ohio state Judge, and in the Ohio Senate.[1][3]
Early life
Brayton was born to Issac and Sarah[4] in Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1801.[1] Brayton's father died when he was young, and he was raised by, a relative, Hezekiah Barnard.[5]
Family life
On July 25, 1825[1] Brayton married Love Mitchell, the daughter of Lydia and Peleg Mitchell, Love[6](Love was the aunt of Maria Mitchell).[3] They had five children; Mary Ann,[1] George Mitchell, Lydia Mitchell, John, and Henry Swift.[6]
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).[4] Brayton also landed one of the first, if not the first, Christian missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands.[4]
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
- ^ Bowen, A. W. (1898), "A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio", Logansport, Indiana: A. W. Bowen & Co., p. 689
- ^ Halley, W. E. (1917), "Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of Ohio, 1915-1916", Columbus, Ohio: Ohio General Assembly, p. 282
- ^ Hills, Aaron Merritt (1895), "Life and labors of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge", Ravenna, Ohio: F. W. Woodbridge, p. 28
- ^ 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
- ^ Hills, Aaron Merritt (1895), "Life and labors of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge", Ravenna, Ohio: F. W. Woodbridge, p. 401
- ^ 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