BIOGRAPHIES: Joseph BRAML, Clinton Township, Barron County, WI

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Joseph Braml, a prosperous farmer of Section 30, Clinton Township, was born
in Germany, Jan. 1, 1863, the son of Charles and Rosa Braml, natives of
Germany. Charles Braml was a weaver in his native land. He came to the
United States in 1890, and for some years worked in Minnesota as a stone
mason. In 1894 he came to Barron County and bought 40 acres in Section 30,
Clinton Township. This land was all brush and stumps. He built a log cabin,
moved his family into it, and started clearing up the land. In 1916 he lost
his wife, and then returned to Germany, where he now lives. There were two
children in the family, Joseph, and a daughter now deceased. Joseph
attended school in Germany, and came to the United States in 1891, coming
to St. Paul, Minn. In 1895 he purchased 120 acres of land in Section 30,
Clinton Township. He fixed over the log cabin which was standing on the
place, and continued to improve the land. He now has a well developed farm.
The residence is a sightly modern structure of red brick, eight rooms, with
hot water heat, running hot and cold water, bath, and other conveniences.
The barn is 32 by 100 feet, with a full basement. The buildings also
include a granary, machine shed, swine house, chicken house, and other
buildings. He successfully carries on general farming and dairying. He has
a good herd of graded Jerseys, and sells cream to the Barron Creamery Co.
He also has some good swine, horses and poultry. Mr. Braml takes an
interest in everything that has for its object the progress of the
community, and has taken stock in the Almena Telephone Co. He is also
interested in the Farmers Shipping Association of Almena, and the Farmers
Produce Co. of Almena. As a good citizen he has served faithfully for
twenty years as a member of the school board of his district. Mr. Braml was
married in Germany in January, 1886, to Cecelia Seidl, daughter of Joseph
Seidl, who spent the span of his years in that country. Mr. and Mrs. Braml
have had nine children: Joseph, Jr., Anna, Rosa, Cecelia, John, Mary,
Katie, Margaret and Tressa (deceased). Joseph, Jr., is married and lives in
Almena Township. Mary married Mike Karpowich, and lives in St. Paul. Anna,
Cecelia, Rosa and Katie are at St. Mary's Convent in Milwaukee, Cecelia
being a music teacher, Rosa and Katie graded school teachers, and Anna a
cook. The family are members of the Catholic Church.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 472-473.