Louis Friedrich BRACKMANN

The history of Contra Costa County would be incomplete were there

failure to mention Louis Brackman, who resides near Martinez. He was born in

Pinole on February 11, 1863, a son of William and Anne Brackman. Both parents

were natives of Germany. The father of our subject was one of the pioneers of

California, crossing the plains in 1849, starting from St. Louis, and taking six

months to make the trip. After reaching San Francisco he engaged in the cattle

business. Later he took up farming in Moraga Valley. He afterward moved to

Pinole, where he followed ranching and stock-raising. The father died on March

7, 1898, when Louis was eighteen years of age, and his mother died on January 4,

1882. In the parents' family eight children were born. Frederick K., who died in

February, 1915, was a rancher and lived near Muir Station. William resides near

Concord. These are the only brothers of Louis Brackman who resided in this

county of late years. Louis Brackman was educated in the public schools, after

which he returned to the home ranch, where he remained until he was eighteen

years of age. He then left home and found employment at ranching for a period of

seven years, when he purchased his father's place in the Pinole Valley. Here he

continued for a period of about sixteen years. He then bought a fruit-ranch near

Muir Station, consisting of twelve acres. This he sold and removed to his

present location, situated most ideally, and consisting of one hundred and

thirty-eight acres. In politics Mr. Brackman is a Republican. He has served on

the educational board in the various places he has lived with credit. He was

married on August 20, 1895, to Miss Nellie Carpenter, a daughter of Daniel and

Sarah Carpenter. To this union there are three children - Velda Lorain, born

October 17, 1900; Louis Clarence, born July 15, 1908; Alice Ruth, born August 1,

1910. The family attend the Congregational Church. Mr. and Mrs. Brackman have an

extensive acquaintance and a host of friends, and they have the esteem and

confidence of all who know them.

Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California," Elms Publ. Co., 1917,

pp. 567-568.

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