BRAM BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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BRAM, John C. - b: 1836 Wurtemburg, Germany
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 606
residence: Deepwater

John C. Bram. Among the prominent men of this county is the subject of this 
sketch, who was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, January 30, 1836. His parents, J. 
C. and Magdalina (Hays) Bram, were natives of the same locality. John C. spent his 
youth, from six to fourteen years, in the public schools of Wurtemburg, and 
obtained a good education in the common branches and is now as familiar with 
the French and English languages as with his own national tongue. After 
completing his studies he worked two years on a farm with his father. When 
sixteen years of age he commenced learning the machinist's and blacksmith's 
trades at which he served three years' apprenticeship. In 1854 he came to the 
United States, his parents having emigrated here two years previous, and located 
in Delaware, Ohio, where he was engaged at blacksmithing and carriage making 
for two years. In the spring of 1857 he came to Missouri and worked at his trade 
that year and the one following in St. Joseph. Going to Richmond, Missouri, he 
followed his trade until 1862, and in March, 1862, he enlisted in Company E., 
First Missouri Cavalry, and served three years in the Union army. Enlisting as a 
private he was soon promoted to first sergeant, and participated in numerous 
engagements, among the most important of which were the fights at Kirksville, 
Marshal, Jefferson City, Big Blue and at Pleasanton, Kansas, where his command 
took 1,000 prisoners and twelve pieces of artillery. After his discharge in April, 
1865, he returned to Northern Missouri and located at Denver, in Worth County, 
where he worked until the fall of 1866. Selling his property there he moved to 
Henry County, bought land and improved a farm. He also continued the blacksmith 
business in connection with his farm for a number of years. Mr. Bram has a fine 
body of land of 400 acres, all in cultivation. Upon it is a fair house, an orchard of 
1,000 apple trees of select varieties, with some peach, pear and cherry trees, 
and small fruits, located on section 22. He is extensively engaged in the stock 
business. Mr. Bram was married September 19, 1865, to Miss Anna B. Kadel, a 
native of Baden, but who was reared and educated in Henry County, and a daughter 
of John and Fredrica Kadel. He is identified with the Republican party and is well 
posted on the political issues of the day. He is president of the First National 
Bank, of Appleton City, in which he has a large interest. Mr. and Mrs. B. are 
members of the Presbyterian Church. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to 
the Grange, of which he was master for about eight years.

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