James Watt Braden was born to John and Leticia Braden in Ohio.
He enlisted in Company D of the 9th Reg't of Iowa Calvary Volunteer on Sept. 29, 1863 and was honorably discharged at Little Rock, Arkansas on Feb. 28, 1866 as a private. After his discharge he went to Washington and Warren Counties in Iowa for a few years to live.
In 1873 James Watt Braden made a trip to Kansas to find a homestead. After finding his homestead site, he returned to Iowa to marry Eunice Jane Covert.
On Jan 22, 1874 they were united in marriage at Hammondsburg, Warren County, Iowa.
After their wedding they moved to Kansas and homesteaded their farm in Mitchell County, Kansas.
They had eight children; Charles William, Claude Edward, Nora Belle, Nellie Mary, Margaretta "Maggie" Catherine, Robert Luther Watt, Hugh R and Raymond Loren Braden.
On Jan. 24, 1891, Eunice passed away leaving him to finish raising their children without her mother's touch. He was both father and mother with the older children helping with the younger ones.
By 1910, his health had failed to where he needed assistance so he moved into the home of his daughter and son-in-law, John Asher and Nora Belle Braden Knight in Athens Township, Jewell County, Kansas.
He remained with them until his death on Dec 13, 1913.
He enlisted in Company D of the 9th Reg't of Iowa Calvary Volunteer on Sept. 29, 1863 and was honorably discharged at Little Rock, Arkansas on Feb. 28, 1866 as a private. After his discharge he went to Washington and Warren Counties in Iowa for a few years to live.
In 1873 James Watt Braden made a trip to Kansas to find a homestead. After finding his homestead site, he returned to Iowa to marry Eunice Jane Covert.
On Jan 22, 1874 they were united in marriage at Hammondsburg, Warren County, Iowa.
After their wedding they moved to Kansas and homesteaded their farm in Mitchell County, Kansas.
They had eight children; Charles William, Claude Edward, Nora Belle, Nellie Mary, Margaretta "Maggie" Catherine, Robert Luther Watt, Hugh R and Raymond Loren Braden.
On Jan. 24, 1891, Eunice passed away leaving him to finish raising their children without her mother's touch. He was both father and mother with the older children helping with the younger ones.
By 1910, his health had failed to where he needed assistance so he moved into the home of his daughter and son-in-law, John Asher and Nora Belle Braden Knight in Athens Township, Jewell County, Kansas.
He remained with them until his death on Dec 13, 1913.
James Watt Braden was born to John and Leticia Braden in Ohio.
He enlisted in Company D of the 9th Reg't of Iowa Calvary Volunteer on Sept. 29, 1863 and was honorably discharged at Little Rock, Arkansas on Feb. 28, 1866 as a private. After his discharge he went to Washington and Warren Counties in Iowa for a few years to live.
In 1873 James Watt Braden made a trip to Kansas to find a homestead. After finding his homestead site, he returned to Iowa to marry Eunice Jane Covert.
On Jan 22, 1874 they were united in marriage at Hammondsburg, Warren County, Iowa.
After their wedding they moved to Kansas and homesteaded their farm in Mitchell County, Kansas.
They had eight children; Charles William, Claude Edward, Nora Belle, Nellie Mary, Margaretta "Maggie" Catherine, Robert Luther Watt, Hugh R and Raymond Loren Braden.
On Jan. 24, 1891, Eunice passed away leaving him to finish raising their children without her mother's touch. He was both father and mother with the older children helping with the younger ones.
By 1910, his health had failed to where he needed assistance so he moved into the home of his daughter and son-in-law, John Asher and Nora Belle Braden Knight in Athens Township, Jewell County, Kansas.
He remained with them until his death on Dec 13, 1913.
He enlisted in Company D of the 9th Reg't of Iowa Calvary Volunteer on Sept. 29, 1863 and was honorably discharged at Little Rock, Arkansas on Feb. 28, 1866 as a private. After his discharge he went to Washington and Warren Counties in Iowa for a few years to live.
In 1873 James Watt Braden made a trip to Kansas to find a homestead. After finding his homestead site, he returned to Iowa to marry Eunice Jane Covert.
On Jan 22, 1874 they were united in marriage at Hammondsburg, Warren County, Iowa.
After their wedding they moved to Kansas and homesteaded their farm in Mitchell County, Kansas.
They had eight children; Charles William, Claude Edward, Nora Belle, Nellie Mary, Margaretta "Maggie" Catherine, Robert Luther Watt, Hugh R and Raymond Loren Braden.
On Jan. 24, 1891, Eunice passed away leaving him to finish raising their children without her mother's touch. He was both father and mother with the older children helping with the younger ones.
By 1910, his health had failed to where he needed assistance so he moved into the home of his daughter and son-in-law, John Asher and Nora Belle Braden Knight in Athens Township, Jewell County, Kansas.
He remained with them until his death on Dec 13, 1913.
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