A. A. Brant

Throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, A.A. Brant advertised "everything for building"; he ran a lumber company on Robbins Street, in Toms River. He was a father to Henry L. Brant, a New York lawyer who married Cornelia C. Henry won a prize for best paper on medical jurisprudence.

In 1872, A.A. Brant built a home on Hooper Avenue. This home burned down on 7 March 1902, and was said to be still smouldering 10 days later. He moved into a home he had recently bought at the corner of Walter and Allen Streets.


According to the New Jersey Courier of 13 Feb 1879, "A.A. Brant came near losing his horse a day or so since, by it's catching one of its forefeet between the railroad track and the planking at the crossing."

The New Jersey Courier of 20 Mar 1879 says that "Charles Brewer is building a dwelling on Hooper Avenue, nearly opposite the residence of A.A. Brant".

In August of 1902, he was re-elected to the board of directors of the Toms River Water Company. The papers also report that he spent the winter of 1919-1920 with his son, who lived on Macon Street, in Brooklyn. By 1921, Mr. Brant was still living at the corner of Allen and Water Streets.