Brimmer, Jacob bio

Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County, Illinois: containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county: together with portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States, and governors of the state; Biographical Pub. Co., Chicago, IL; 1890; page 251-252; Transcribed by Margaret Rose Whitehurst
Jacob Brimmer has a well-ordered and finely appointed farm on section 6, Farmington Township, and he is considered one of the first farmers of the township in regard to his skill and practical knowledge of agriculture. He was born in Rensselaer County, N. Y., December 11, 1832, to Jacob and Matilda (Saunders) Brimmer. The Brimmers are of mingled Scotch and Germany ancestry.
In the fall of 1854, our subject came to this State in company with John S. Green. They put their teams and all their worldly effects aboard a boat at Sacketts Harbor, and came by water to Chicago, and from there made their way to their destination in this county, following the Illinois River the most of the way. After his arrival here Mr. Brimmer began to till a part of the large tract of seven hundred and sixty acres of land that had been entered in this township by his father and John S. Green together the previous spring. Coming here in the prime of a strong, manly, vigorous manhood, Mr. Brimmer has accomplished much and has placed himself among the substantial citizens of Farmington Township. He owns here and is operating one of the finest cultivated and best managed farms in this part of the county. Its two hundred acres are amply supplied with commodious buildings and all appliances for prosecuting agriculture advantageously. His stock presents a sleek, well-kept appearance and is of standard grades.
One of the most important evens in the life of our subject was his marriage in the month of
February, 1858, to Miss Sarah A. Saunders, a daughter of Lyman and Sirrilla Saunders. Their wedded life has been as felicitous as usually falls to the lot of mortals, and has been blessed to them by the birth of three children: Ambrose, who died at the age of three years; Sirrilla; and Ada M., who married William Purviance, agent of the Iowa Central Railway, at Abingdon, Ill.
Mr. Brimmer is a stalwart among the Democrats of this section, He is a man of good caliber, of excellent habits, and of a keen, intelligent mind. He has served on the jury, and is at all times prompt in fulfilling his obligations as a citizen.