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EDWARD BRAMMALL has won an enviable reputation as a plumber, and the thoroughness of the work executed by him and the reasonableness of his prices, as well as his trustworthy and thorough business methods, have placed him among the leading business men. He was born in Duckinfield, England, October 17, 1849, and is a son of John N. and Sarah (Evans) Brammall. The father was a contractor and builder in England and remained there until 1857, when he decided to cross the ocean to America. After reaching this country he located in New York City, but subsequently removed to Philadelphia, thence to Chicago, and thence to Jackson, Tenn. In 1863 he returned to Chicago, and died there in 1865. He was a substantial and highly respected citizen and a man possessed of much energy and force of character. His wife, the mother of our subject, died in England.

Edward Brammall, subject of this sketch, passed his boyhood and youth and received his education in Chicago, Ill. In 1863 he began in that city to learn the tinner’s trade and plumbing. In 1867, for about nine months, he superintended a hardware and tin shop at Palatine, Ill., then returned to Chicago. He engaged in business in that city and remained there until the year 1869, when he located in Benton Harbor. At this place he entered the employ of H. M. Peck & Co., basket manufacturers, and after remaining with them for some time entered the employ of Branson & Winans, hardware merchants of this city, and continued in their employ until 1873. After that he went into the hardware business on his own account, but sold out in 1876, and two years later opened a tin-shop in Benton Harbor, where he had a successful business for some time. Later he added a line of agricultural implements, farming machinery, etc., and continued at this until 1892, since which time he has given his undivided attention to plumbing and gas and steam fitting. He is making a success of this, and is thorough and reliable in all his transactions.

On the 4th of June, 1874, he was united in marriage with Miss Lizzie Sullivan, a native of Benton Harbor, and they now have a pleasant and commodious residence on Pipestone Street. Both are well respected in the city and have a host of warm personal friends. Politically, Mr. Brammall is a stanch Republican, and socially he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the Maccabees. Mr. and Mrs. Brammall are members of the Baptist Church.