BRAUN BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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BRAUN, John Frederick - b: 1859 Wittenburg, Germany
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 485
residence: Clinton Twp

John Braun, of Clinton township, was born in Wittenburg, Germany, April 9, 1859, 
and was of high German stock, being a son of Jacob Braun, who came to America 
and located in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1876. John Braun learned the trade of 
cigar maker and followed his trade in Kansas City for a time. After his marriage 
in 1882 he located in Wyandotte County, Kansas, on a farm and then settled in 
Johnson County, Kansas, where he followed the pursuit of agriculture until his 
removal to Henry County, Missouri, in 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Braun bought eighty 
acres of land in Clinton township and their first home in this county was a log 
house which was later supplanted by a handsome residence. On account of the 
poor health from which Mr. Braun suffered for twenty-two years, he was unable 
to do much work of any consequence, the task of improving a farm and making a 
home for the family fell to Mrs. Braun. Mr. Braun was taken seriously ill in 1895, 
and it became necessary to remove him to a State institution. John Braun was 
married on March 4, 1882, to Kathrine Rentchler, who was born in Wittenburg, 
Germany, May 20, 1858, the daughter of George and Barbara (Lutz) Rentcheler, 
who spent all of their lives in the land of their nativity. Mrs. Braun came to 
America in 1880 and resided in Kansas City for two years prior to her marriage. 
To John and Kathrine Braun have been born children as follow: Benjamin, born July 
11, 1885, a land owner of Clinton township, married Ella Hoppe, daughter of 
August Hoppe, and has two children, Mary Ellen and Bessie May; John F., born 
October 15, 1887, resides on a farm in Fairview township and owns a farm in 
Clinton township, married Minnie, daughter of William F. Standke, and has one 
son, John William; George, born November 27, 1889, married Lottie, daughter of 
William Dunning, and has three children, Frank, William and Clayton; Mary, born 
January 18, 1891, lives in Clinton township, married Estes Williams and has four 
children, Philip, Daisy, Ellen and Dorothy; Henry, born February 16, 1893, on the 
home farm, married Violet Mitchell, born July 2, 1895, daughter of W. S. Mitchell, 
and has one child, Mildred, born August 14, 1915. Many women would have been 
terrified and disheartened at the prospect of shouldering the burdens of both 
father and mother, but Mrs. Braun is made of the material which is never afraid 
to try to accomplish what is necessary. To her belongs the credit of rearing her 
fine family, of building up and improving a fine farm and her children and many 
friends take pride in speaking of what she did alone and unaided when her 
children were small. She is a capable and intelligent woman who is proud of her 
fine family and takes great pride in her home. She is a member of the Golden Gate 
Baptist Church and has led all of her children in the paths of true morality and 
religion, every child being a member of this church.

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