25.766 on November 19, 1859, Ioan Bran received authorization to wear the "Lemény" and "Kozla" predicates, elevating to the Hungarian nobility.

In 1830, his mother wanted to send him to study in Cluj and take the Philosophical courses at the Roman Catholic High School, however she could not get social help that would allow Ioan to receive free food and accommodation.

[3] He was also a part of a delegation of 32 Romanian leaders in the Burzenland, who participated in the Blaj Assembly (May 15–17, 1848), where the national, political, religious and social claims were exposed.

Then, in July 1848, Ioan Bran became the epitaph of the St. Nicholas Church in Brașov and began to get involved in revolutionary movements, becoming known as an important local leader.

On October 20, 1848, he signed, along with August Treboniu Laurian, Simion Bărnuțiu, Timotei Cipariu, Nicolae Bălăşescu and Florian Micăş, the manifest to the Romanians.

[5] On September 4, 1838 at 27 years old, Ioan married Maria Oprea Circa, the daughter of a merchant whom he had known during his numerous trials at the Cluj Court of Appeal where he disputed problems with the Transylvanian Saxons.

After holding this position, he was appointed counselor at the Court of Appeal in Sibiu, during which in November 1859, he received the right to the titles of nobles, "de Lemény" and "et Kozla" from the Magistrate of Brasov.