On July 25, 1825[1] Brayton married Love Mitchell, the daughter of Lydia and Peleg Mitchell, Love[2](Love was the aunt of
Maria Mitchell).[4] They had five children; Mary Ann,[1] George Mitchell, Lydia Mitchell, John, and Henry Swift.[2]
Ship's captain
In the early part of his life Brayton became the captain of a whaling ship, on April 28, 1833, Brayton landed the largest cargo of whale oil ever brought to Nantucket (2,824 barrels).[5] Brayton also landed one of the first, if not the first Christian missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands.[5]
Associate judgeship
In 1850 Brayton was elected an Associate[7] judge[8] by the
General Assembly,[9] which at this time elected Ohio's judges,[10] to represent
Portage County on Ohio's Ninth Judicial Circuit.[11]
Notes
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abcdeBowen, A. W. (1898), A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio,
Logansport, Indiana: A. W. Bowen & Co., p. 689
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abcHills, Aaron Merritt (1895), Life and labors of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge,
Ravenna, Ohio: F. W. Woodbridge, p. 401
^Halley, W. E. (1917), Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of Ohio, 1915-1916,
Columbus, Ohio: Ohio General Assembly, p. 282
^
abHills, Aaron Merritt (1895), Life and labors of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge,
Ravenna, Ohio: F. W. Woodbridge, p. 28
^
abcHills, Aaron Merritt (1895), Life and labors of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge,
Ravenna, Ohio: F. W. Woodbridge, p. 27
^Warner, Beers, & Co. (1885), History of Portage County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter,
Chicago, Illinois: Warner, Beers, & Co., p. 814{{
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^Gilkey, Elliott Howard (1901), The Ohio Hundred Year Book: A Hand-book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio from the Formation of the North-West Territory (1787) to July 1, 1901,
Columbus, Ohio: Seventy Fourth
Ohio General Assembly, p. 542,
hdl:2027/mdp.39015030505963
^Bowen, A. W. (1898), A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio,
Logansport, Indiana: A. W. Bowen & Co., p. 690
^Gilkey, Elliott Howard (1901), The Ohio Hundred Year Book: A Hand-book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio from the Formation of the North-West Territory (1787) to July 1, 1901 (,
Columbus, Ohio: Seventy Fourth
Ohio General Assembly, p. 543,
hdl:2027/mdp.39015030505963
^O'Connor, Maureen (May 2013), Ohio Courts 2013: A Proposal for Strengthening Judicial Elections,
Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Courts 2013, p. 3
^Warner, Beers, & Co. (1885), History of Portage County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter,
Chicago, Illinois: Warner, Beers, & Co., p. 332{{
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link)