Osceola County MI Archives Biographies.....Braden, Joseph A. July 11, 1840 - 
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Author: 1884 P&B, Chapman Bros.

Joseph A. Braden, farmer and teacher, residing at Leroy, was born July 

11, 1840, in Seneca Co., N.Y., and is the son of Lewis and Electa 

(Moore) Braden (see sketch of E. M. Braden).  He obtained his 

elementary education in his native county, and in the spring of 1866 

came to Texas Township, Kalamazoo Co., Mich., and became interested in 

farming.  He remained there until his removal n 1875 to Osceola 

County.  He engaged in the employ of Kellogg, Sawyer & Co., for a 

time, and in 1878 he purchased 80 acres of land lying within the 

corporation of the village of Leroy, nearly all of which is under 

improvement.

Mr. Braden obtained a thorough education and preparation for the 

teacher's profession at Kalamazoo.  He began to teach in 1860, and has 

for some years made it his business in the winter seasons.  He became 

a soldier in the Union service during the war of the rebellion, 

enlisting April 30, 1861, in Co. D., 27th Reg. N.Y. Inf, under Col. 

Slocum.  His command was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and he 

was a participant in the first battle of Bull Run and in all the 

engagements of the McClellan campaign.  He passed through his period 

of service uninjured and received an honorable discharge at Elmira, 

N.Y., in June, 1863, having won the earnest esteem and appreciation of 

his comrades and officers.  He is a Republican in political principle 

and record.

His marriage to Lucy Angel took place March 23, 1864, in Galen, Wayne 

Co., N.Y.  They have had two children, - James L. and Adriance.  The 

latter is not living.  Mrs. Braden was born March 20, 1845, in Wayne 

Co., N.Y.

Additional Comments:
FROM THE PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF OSCEOLA COUNTY, 1884, BY 

CHAPMAN BROTHERS, CHICAGO, IL.

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