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MONONGALIA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
PJSTON@aol.com
December 7, 1999
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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume II
pg 99 + 100
Clyde Brand, a progressive young business man of Morgantown, the judicial
center and metropolis of Monongalia County, was born in this county August
15, 1880, and is a representative of one of its sterling pioneer families.
His paternal great-grandfather Brand settled in this county in the early
pioneer days, and here was born the latter's son, James Elliott Brand, who
was here reared to manhood and who married Susan Rice. John J. Brand, son of
James Elliott and Susan (Rice) Brand, was born in this county on the 1st of
September, 1854, and he became a successful school teacher when a young man.
He also learned the carpenter's trade, and for five years he followed his
trade at Fairmont, Marion County. For the ensuing five years he there
operated a planing mill. He then, in 1898, returned to Monongalia County,
where he continued his activities as a carpenter and builder until about
1918, since which time he has here lived retired. His first wife, whose
maiden name was Mary A. Barbe, died in 1892.
Clyde Brand, son of John J. and Mary (Barbe) Brand, gained his early
education in the public schools of Fairmont, and there he initiated his
independent career by securing employment in a bottling works. In 1900 he
established his residence at Morgantown, where for a time he was identified
with the real estate business. He next gave his attention to learning the
plumber's trade, and to broaden his practical experience in the same he later
worked at his trade in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Some time after his
return to Morgantown he formed a partnership with J. H. Kennedy, under the
title of Kennedy & Brand, but a year later, in 1904, he established himself
independently in business. His ability and progressiveness have resulted in
his building up a most successful enterprise, and he is now at the head of a
leading plumbing, gasfitting, and steam and hot-water heating business in
this section of West Virginia. He is loyal and public-spirited as a citizen,
is an active member of the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis
Club, is a director of the Union Savings & Trust Company, he and his wife
hold membership in the First Presbyterian Church, and his fraternal
affiliations are here briefly noted: Morgantown Union Lodge No. 4, Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons; Chapter No. 30, Royal Arch Masons; Morgantown
Commandery No. 18, Knights Templars; Lodge of Perfection No. 1 West Virginia
Sovereign Consistory of the Scottish Rite; Osiris Temple of the Mystic Shrine
at Wheeling; and Athens Lodge, Knights of Pythias.
April 22, 1903, recorded the marriage of Mr. Brand with Flora Gertrude Niell,
daughter of A. M. Niell, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and they have two
children: Richard Clyde, born June 14, 1907; and Dorothy Virginia, born
December 19, 1909.
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