Imperial County CA Archives Biographies.....Bragg, James William 1860 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

JAMES WILLIAM BRAGG.—One of the strong, forceful and resourceful men, active and
energetic among the pioneers of Imperial County, is James William Bragg of
Calexico. He is an active factor in business circles and is regarded as one of
the enterprising and progressive men of the community in many ways. Mr. Bragg is
a native of Missouri and was born March 4, 1860, a son of Samuel Henry and Sarah
(Moore-Smith) Bragg, who were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are
still living. Mr. Bragg's father came to Imperial Valley owing to his health,
and his death occurred in April, 1911, and his wife passed away in April, 1917.
The parents and two sisters of Mr. Bragg are buried in the cemetery of El
Centro. James William Bragg received a limited education in the country school.
He assisted on the home place and attended school during the winter months. When
he became of age he bought eighty acres near Wichita, Kansas. Here he remained
until he removed to Calexico, California. Mr. Bragg came to the Valley to seek
better climatic conditions for his wife. Mr. Bragg worked at ranching for one
year and then purchased forty acres; he remained on the ranch until 1913. He
then resided in Holtville for two years and has made his home in Calexico since.
He married Laura Victoria Tear, a native of Illinois, March 29, 1885, and to
this union have been born five children: Lorena, wife of W. F. Hannaford; her
birth occurred in Kansas, September 29, 1889, and her one son, William Fiske
Hannaford, Jr., was born March 17, 1916; Floyd Lawson, born March 14, 1892,
married Muriel J. Hevener, March 12, 1913, and their one son, James Floyd, was
born February 25, 1914. Hazel Marguerite, born in Kansas, November 4, 1894, now
in training for a nurse in California Hospital, Los Angeles, California; Alice,
born February 28, 1898, now in the music department of Varney Brothers' store;
John, born August 4, 1905, at home. Mr. Bragg is an active worker in the ranks
of the Prohibition party and the family are members of the Methodist Church.
Fraternally Mr. Bragg is a member of the Modern Woodmen. Mr. and Mrs. Bragg have
a wide circle of friends in Imperial County.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918

Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco

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