"Henry N. Braden,a merchant at Pennville,is a native of Illinois,and was born in Macoupin County,
September 4,1842.
His father,Judge William V. Braden,was born in Tennessee, where he grew to manhood and married Mary Weaver,a native of the same State. The family moved to Illinois during the early history of that State, and settled in Macoupin County,in about 1838.Ten years later they moved to Sullivan County,Mo.,and located near Greencastle,where the Judge entered land and improved a farm.
Mr. Braden was a private in the Mexican War.He was elected and served several terms as judge of Sullivan County,and died here in the fall of 1865.
Henry N.,our subject,spent his life on the Sullivan County farm,and in July,1861,at the age of nineteen,enlisted in Company B,Eighteenth Missouri Infantry,for three years, when he was discharged, in November,1864.
He participated in numerous important engagements,among which may be mentioned Shiloh,Corinth,Lookout Mountain,Kenesaw Mountain,and in and around Atlanta,where he was under fire for about forty days,almost every day.After the battle of Shiloh,he was compelled to remain in the hospital about three months.He received his discharge at Chattanooga,in 1864,and thereupon returned home,and the following year married Miss Armilda Coghill,daughter of Frederick Coghill,of Sullivan County,where Mrs Braden was born and reared.After his marriage he engaged in farming in Buchanan Township until 1883.In 1884 he engaged in the mercantile business at his present stand,where he is carrying a good stock of general merchandise,and is doing a good local trade.He still owns his farm,which he rents.
Mr. and Mrs. Braden have a family of seven children:James,Cenorah,Irvin,Claudie,Frank,Frederick and Mary Leona.
Mr. Braden is a member of the Green City Post,
G.A.E.He is a social gentleman of good business ability,and one of the enterprising men of this section. "
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Submitted by Find A Grave contributor humphreysetc
September 4,1842.
His father,Judge William V. Braden,was born in Tennessee, where he grew to manhood and married Mary Weaver,a native of the same State. The family moved to Illinois during the early history of that State, and settled in Macoupin County,in about 1838.Ten years later they moved to Sullivan County,Mo.,and located near Greencastle,where the Judge entered land and improved a farm.
Mr. Braden was a private in the Mexican War.He was elected and served several terms as judge of Sullivan County,and died here in the fall of 1865.
Henry N.,our subject,spent his life on the Sullivan County farm,and in July,1861,at the age of nineteen,enlisted in Company B,Eighteenth Missouri Infantry,for three years, when he was discharged, in November,1864.
He participated in numerous important engagements,among which may be mentioned Shiloh,Corinth,Lookout Mountain,Kenesaw Mountain,and in and around Atlanta,where he was under fire for about forty days,almost every day.After the battle of Shiloh,he was compelled to remain in the hospital about three months.He received his discharge at Chattanooga,in 1864,and thereupon returned home,and the following year married Miss Armilda Coghill,daughter of Frederick Coghill,of Sullivan County,where Mrs Braden was born and reared.After his marriage he engaged in farming in Buchanan Township until 1883.In 1884 he engaged in the mercantile business at his present stand,where he is carrying a good stock of general merchandise,and is doing a good local trade.He still owns his farm,which he rents.
Mr. and Mrs. Braden have a family of seven children:James,Cenorah,Irvin,Claudie,Frank,Frederick and Mary Leona.
Mr. Braden is a member of the Green City Post,
G.A.E.He is a social gentleman of good business ability,and one of the enterprising men of this section. "
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Submitted by Find A Grave contributor humphreysetc
"Henry N. Braden,a merchant at Pennville,is a native of Illinois,and was born in Macoupin County,
September 4,1842.
His father,Judge William V. Braden,was born in Tennessee, where he grew to manhood and married Mary Weaver,a native of the same State. The family moved to Illinois during the early history of that State, and settled in Macoupin County,in about 1838.Ten years later they moved to Sullivan County,Mo.,and located near Greencastle,where the Judge entered land and improved a farm.
Mr. Braden was a private in the Mexican War.He was elected and served several terms as judge of Sullivan County,and died here in the fall of 1865.
Henry N.,our subject,spent his life on the Sullivan County farm,and in July,1861,at the age of nineteen,enlisted in Company B,Eighteenth Missouri Infantry,for three years, when he was discharged, in November,1864.
He participated in numerous important engagements,among which may be mentioned Shiloh,Corinth,Lookout Mountain,Kenesaw Mountain,and in and around Atlanta,where he was under fire for about forty days,almost every day.After the battle of Shiloh,he was compelled to remain in the hospital about three months.He received his discharge at Chattanooga,in 1864,and thereupon returned home,and the following year married Miss Armilda Coghill,daughter of Frederick Coghill,of Sullivan County,where Mrs Braden was born and reared.After his marriage he engaged in farming in Buchanan Township until 1883.In 1884 he engaged in the mercantile business at his present stand,where he is carrying a good stock of general merchandise,and is doing a good local trade.He still owns his farm,which he rents.
Mr. and Mrs. Braden have a family of seven children:James,Cenorah,Irvin,Claudie,Frank,Frederick and Mary Leona.
Mr. Braden is a member of the Green City Post,
G.A.E.He is a social gentleman of good business ability,and one of the enterprising men of this section. "
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Submitted by Find A Grave contributor humphreysetc
September 4,1842.
His father,Judge William V. Braden,was born in Tennessee, where he grew to manhood and married Mary Weaver,a native of the same State. The family moved to Illinois during the early history of that State, and settled in Macoupin County,in about 1838.Ten years later they moved to Sullivan County,Mo.,and located near Greencastle,where the Judge entered land and improved a farm.
Mr. Braden was a private in the Mexican War.He was elected and served several terms as judge of Sullivan County,and died here in the fall of 1865.
Henry N.,our subject,spent his life on the Sullivan County farm,and in July,1861,at the age of nineteen,enlisted in Company B,Eighteenth Missouri Infantry,for three years, when he was discharged, in November,1864.
He participated in numerous important engagements,among which may be mentioned Shiloh,Corinth,Lookout Mountain,Kenesaw Mountain,and in and around Atlanta,where he was under fire for about forty days,almost every day.After the battle of Shiloh,he was compelled to remain in the hospital about three months.He received his discharge at Chattanooga,in 1864,and thereupon returned home,and the following year married Miss Armilda Coghill,daughter of Frederick Coghill,of Sullivan County,where Mrs Braden was born and reared.After his marriage he engaged in farming in Buchanan Township until 1883.In 1884 he engaged in the mercantile business at his present stand,where he is carrying a good stock of general merchandise,and is doing a good local trade.He still owns his farm,which he rents.
Mr. and Mrs. Braden have a family of seven children:James,Cenorah,Irvin,Claudie,Frank,Frederick and Mary Leona.
Mr. Braden is a member of the Green City Post,
G.A.E.He is a social gentleman of good business ability,and one of the enterprising men of this section. "
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Submitted by Find A Grave contributor humphreysetc
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