William Braden married Julia McHaffie in Claiborne Co, TN. He and Julia came to Missouri about 1835. They traveled in wagons drawn by yokes of oxen. At first they settled near what is now the city of Springfield in Greene County, then settled on the Finley River in Christian County, near some of Julia's brothers. William and Julia reared six children there. William was a farmer and a stockman as well as a tanner. He built a bark mill on his place. He was skilled with a broad axe and built his home of large logs, all hewn to a smooth wall inside and out. He is said to have hewn the logs for the first store in Springfield. He and Julia lived on the land they homesteaded until his death in 1895. After the Civil War, William wrote some of his brothers. He must have had a trunk or wooden box in the attic where he kept his papers.
William Braden married Julia McHaffie in Claiborne Co, TN. He and Julia came to Missouri about 1835. They traveled in wagons drawn by yokes of oxen. At first they settled near what is now the city of Springfield in Greene County, then settled on the Finley River in Christian County, near some of Julia's brothers. William and Julia reared six children there. William was a farmer and a stockman as well as a tanner. He built a bark mill on his place. He was skilled with a broad axe and built his home of large logs, all hewn to a smooth wall inside and out. He is said to have hewn the logs for the first store in Springfield. He and Julia lived on the land they homesteaded until his death in 1895. After the Civil War, William wrote some of his brothers. He must have had a trunk or wooden box in the attic where he kept his papers.
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