Catherine Coleman, a native of Pennsylvania, married Stephen Brayton in Ohio. The family numbered six sons and four daughters: Mary J., wife of B. F. Brown, of Dallas county, Iowa; Joseph, who was a soldier of Company H, Forty-fifth Illinois Infantry, and died at Shiloh; Stephen B., of this sketch; William, of Logan, Harrison county, Iowa, who served in Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Illinois Infantry until the close of the war; Coleman, who was first lieutenant of Company K, One Hundred and Fortieth Illinois Infantry; Gideon, a member of Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Illinois Infantry until the close of the war; John, now a resident of this county; Lucy Ann, deceased wife of B. F. Brown; Elizabeth, wife of James T. Sedam, a farmer on the old Brayton homestead.

Name: Stephen Brayton
Spouse Name: Catherine Coleman
Marriage Date: 27 Nov 1831
Marriage County: St. Joseph

(Source: Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941)

Name: Katharine Brayton
Age: 36
Birth Year: abt 1814
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850: District 37, Rock Island, Illinois
Gender: Female
Family Number: 1810
Household Members:
Name Age
Stephen Brayton 40
Katharine Brayton 36
Mary J Brayton 17
James Brayton 15
Simon Brayton 13
Wm Brayton 11
C Brayton 8
George F Brayton 6
Lyman A Brayton 2
Emily Brayton 1

(Source: 1850 United States Federal Census)


Name: Catharine Brayton
Age in 1860: 46
Birth Year: abt 1814
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Buffalo Prairie, Rock Island, Illinois
Gender: Female
Post Office: Illinois City
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Stephen Brayton 55
Catharine Brayton 46
Joseph Brayton 27
Stephen Brayton 25
Wm Brayton 21
Coleman Brayton 18
Gideon F Brayton 16
Lucy Ann Brayton 14
Elizabeth Brayton 12
John Brayton 4
Harriet Coleman 22

(Source: 1860 United States Federal Census)

Name: Catherine Brayton
Age in 1870: 57
Birth Year: abt 1813
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Buffalo Prairie, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Illinois City
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Sephen Brayton 63
Catherine Brayton 57
Mary J Brayton 40
Stephen Brayton 35
William Brayton 31
John Brayton 15

(Source: 1870 United States Federal Census)

Name: Cathrin Brayton
Age: 68
Birth Year: abt 1812
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Buffalo Prairie, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Stephin Brayton
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Keeping House
Cannot read/write:
Blind:
Deaf and Dumb:
Otherwise disabled:
Idiotic or insane:
Household Members:
Name Age
Stephin Brayton 73
Cathrin Brayton 68
John Brayton 24
Mary J. Brayton 21
William Brayton 2

(Source: 1880 United States Federal Census)

Name: Katherine Brayton
Age: 86
Birth Date: Nov 1813
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1900: Buffalo Prairie, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother: number of living children: 6
Mother: How many children: 11
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Stephen Brayton 63
Katherine Brayton 86

(Source: 1900 United States Federal Census)


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Parents:
Jacob Coleman
Catharina Kunkel

Spouse:
Stephen Brayton

Children:

*Mary Jane Brayton (1833- 1914) married(1852) Hiram Andrews (1825–1880) then married (1881) Benjamin Franklin Brown (1844- 1888)
Joseph Brayton (1835- ????)- died at Shiloh
*Stephen B. Brayton Jr. (1837- 1928)
*William Brayton (1838- 1911) married(????) Lydia R. Reel (1841–1923)
*Coleman Brayton (1840- 1934) married(1864) Margaret A Hahn (1846 - 1935)
*Gideon F. Brayton (1843- 1895) married(1867) Almyra Bruner (1844–1927)
*Lucinda Ann Brayton (1847- 1881) married(1868) Benjamin Franklin Brown (1844- 1888)
*Elizabeth Brayton (1849- 1916) married(1867) James T. Sedam (1846- 1923)
*John Brayton (1855- 1933) married(1876) Mary Jane Sedam (1859 - 1938)