Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Braun, Conrad M 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

Conrad M. Braun, proprietor of the Granite works at the corner of Cass and 
Collins streets, was born in Joliet in 1870. His parents were C. C. and Mary 
Antonia (Satori) Braun, the former a native of Frankfort, Germany, and the 
latter of Baden. The father came to Illinois about 1860, settling in Joliet, 
where he established a monument business, which he conducted successfully 
until 1886, when he was succeeded by members of his family and retired to 
private life. He died in 1888 and is still survived by his widow, who is yet 
living in Joliet, together with a sister of our subject. Conrad M. Braun 
pursued his education in the public schools of this city and early became 
familiar with the trade of marble and granite cutting. In 1900 he succeeded to 
the business which was established by his father and now does all kinds of 
marble and granite monument work and has enlarged his facilities, having a 
thoroughly modern shop with all the latest improved equipments and machinery. 
He uses pneumatic tools and employs only skilled workmen, keeping from four to 
six men. He takes contracts for all kinds of monumental work and some very 
fine specimens of his skill are seen in the various cemeteries in this 
locality. Moreover, he is energetic and resolute in his business and 
thoroughly trustworthy in all his dealings. Mr. Braun was married in Joliet, 
in 1898, to Miss Emma C. Stein, who was born in New Lenox, Will county, 
Illinois. They have two sons, Leonard H. and Carl C, who reside with their 
parents at No. 207 Hunter avenue, where Mr. Braun has erected a comfortable 
residence. Fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America, the 
White Cross and the Knights of Pythias. Although he entered upon a business 
already established he has succeeded in enlarging its facilities and extending 
its scope, his trade increasing with the growth and development of the city. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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