Charles Lee Brantley was born 25 Nov 1891 in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mack Brantley, a formerly enslaved and Esibell Londie Dickson Brantley. Charles served as a Private in Company H of the 806th Pioneer Infantry in 1919. Not long before his enlistment, he married Nevada Doris Lewis Brantley on 18 August 1918; however, at the time of his draft registration in 1917, he claimed he already had a wife and child to support. The couple divorced in 1931. In 1926, Charles attended Iowa State College. During that time he resided at 200 ½ Main Street. Charles Lee Brantley died on 3 March 1966 and was buried in Detroit Memorial Park.
The Black ISC Student Experience to 1950
A Tracing Race at ISU Project
