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Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa, (Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), pp. 663-64:
"F. M. BRAMMER, farmer and stock-raiser, resides on section 26, Richland Township, where he owns 120 acres of land. He was born in Jackson County, Indiana, March 25, 1833, a son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Morgan) Brammer, residents of Richland Township. His grandfather, Robert Brammer, died in 1882, aged ninety-three years. Mr. Brammer was reared a farmer, and has always followed that vocation. He came to Iowa in 1855 and settled in Decatur County. In 1875, he, with his father and their families, went to California and Oregon with the intention of settling in the West, but not liking the country, they returned to Iowa the same year. Mr. Brammer has served his township in several official capacities. He has been township assessor and treasurer, secretary of the School Board, justice of the peace from 1857 to 1875, township clerk, two terms, and justice of the peace again from January, 1883, to the present time. He was married in his native county July 4, 1852, to Nancy A. Briner, also a native of Jackson County, Indiana, born December 8, 1832, daughter of Peter and Diadama (Silence) Briner. They have six children - Clarissa, John A., Louisa, Marion, Lavina E. and Henry. Clarissa is the wife of John Acton; John A. married Mary Acton, and has one child - Lefa; Louisa is the wife of E. E. Wadsworth, and has two children - Mary and William F.; Marion married Lucinda Wycoff and has two children -- Mary and Martha; Lavina E. is the wife of Albert Jimmerson and has two children - Henry S. and Anna E."
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