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John Hall Braden

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John Hall Braden

Birth
Scott County, Kentucky, USA
Death
13 May 1908 (aged 88)
Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA
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Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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The youngest of the children of William and Euphemia (Jackson) Braden, John Hall moved with his family from KY to Decatur Co., IN as an infant. He began his education at the David Martin school near Spring Hill and completed it at Clarksburg school.

Learning the trade of the mercantile business while working for a brother-in-law, J. H. ultimately established a store in Milford, later owning and operating mercantile enterprises in several cities in IN and IL. He married Eliza Reeder in 1840, the couple parenting ten children.

During the War of the Rebellion, J. H. Braden joined the 76th Regiment of the IN Volunteer Infantry. He advanced to captain of his company.

Following the Civil War, J. H. chose the town of Ludlow, IL as a place for a dry goods establishment. J. H. Braden and Sons was well known in that community for twenty years.

A last venture, this one in Iriquois Co., IL, Braden Brothers, is reported to have been one of the largest and most successful dry goods stores in the early history of Watseka, IL.

Mr. Braden returned to Decatur Co., IN after Eliza's death. There he married, secondly, Mary Elizabeth (Dobyns) Donnell. He died while visiting his children in Watseka, IL in 1908, and was buried in that place beside his first wife
The youngest of the children of William and Euphemia (Jackson) Braden, John Hall moved with his family from KY to Decatur Co., IN as an infant. He began his education at the David Martin school near Spring Hill and completed it at Clarksburg school.

Learning the trade of the mercantile business while working for a brother-in-law, J. H. ultimately established a store in Milford, later owning and operating mercantile enterprises in several cities in IN and IL. He married Eliza Reeder in 1840, the couple parenting ten children.

During the War of the Rebellion, J. H. Braden joined the 76th Regiment of the IN Volunteer Infantry. He advanced to captain of his company.

Following the Civil War, J. H. chose the town of Ludlow, IL as a place for a dry goods establishment. J. H. Braden and Sons was well known in that community for twenty years.

A last venture, this one in Iriquois Co., IL, Braden Brothers, is reported to have been one of the largest and most successful dry goods stores in the early history of Watseka, IL.

Mr. Braden returned to Decatur Co., IN after Eliza's death. There he married, secondly, Mary Elizabeth (Dobyns) Donnell. He died while visiting his children in Watseka, IL in 1908, and was buried in that place beside his first wife

Bio by: Janet Ketchum Armbrust

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