Cyrus F. Braden

1851 - 1925  (73 years)

• Name	Cyrus F. Braden  [1, 2]
  Born	2 Aug 1851	Ashland County, Ohio   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Jan 1925  [1]
  Notes	Cyrus F. Braden, well-known insurance agenty at Lake Odessa, this county, is a native of Ohio, having been born on a farm five miles from Ashland, in Ashland county, that state, August 2, 1851, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (McCormick) Braden, nativs, respetively of Ohio and Pennsylvania, the former of who was born on the same farm on which the subject of this sketch was born, the farm cleared by his father, Thoams Braden, more than a century ago. Cyrus was about fourteen years old when he came to this county with his parents and after finishing the course in rural school in the neighborhood of his new home attended a select school, in which he prepared himself for teaching. For twelve years he taught school, his summers being occupied by working at the carpenter's trade. After this marriage in the fall of 1876 (sic) he began farming, continuing, however to spend his winters in the school room, and was thus engaged for three or four more winters, after which he devoted himself wholly to the farm until 1884, in which year he took a course at the Grand Rapids Business College in preparation to taking up a mercantile career. He then bought Kirtland's drug store at Lakeview and operated the same with considerable success until it was destroyed in the fire which swept that village on August 3, 1894. Mr. Braden's stock was not heavily insured and he consequently suffered a heavy loss. He then gave up the drug business and moved to Lake Odessa, where his brother was engaged in the lumber business. There was another lumber yard in the village and he bought the same and consolicated it with that of his brother in the fall of 1894, the two brothers continuing the partnership for seven years. During that time Cyrus F. Braden had been doing quite a business in writing insurance and in 1901 gave up the lumber business and has since been devoting his entire attention to the insurance business, in which he has been quite successful. In 1906, he bought his wife's father's farm and has since been managing it. From HISTORY OF IONIA COUNTY, MICHIGAN by Elam E. Branch, Earl W. De La Vergne. p. 297 (B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1916). (Research): Census Listings: 1880 Census Michigan, Ionia County, Odessa Enumerated 11 June 1880 Pages 28 and 29, SD 2, ED 103 Stamped 325 A ---/--- Seybard ?erry W F 54 Wf Keeping House Germany Germany Germany 267/273 Seybard, Emma W F 14 Dtr At School Mich Germany Germany Braden, Cyrus W M 2? Husband Farmer Ohio Ohio Penn Braden, Almira W F 25 Wf Keeping House Mich Penn Ohio Braden, Guy W M 4 Son Mich Ohio Mich Braden, Cora W F 4/12 Feb Dtr Mich Ohio Mich 267-274 Cramer, Emanuel W M 60 Husband Farmer Penn Penn Penn Cramer Mary A W F 49 W Keeping House Ohio Penn Penn
  Person ID	I13052	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Almira Catherine Cramer,   b. 28 Feb 1855, Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan ,   d. 17 Sep 1941  (Age 86 years)
  Married	17 Oct 1875	Ionia County, Michigan   [1]
  	From the "History of Ionia County, Michigan, her people, industries and...., Volume 2" by Elam E. Brach and EarlW. De La Vergne "On October 17, 1875, Cyrus F. Braden was united in marriage to Almira C. Cramer, who was born in Odessa township, this county, on February 28, 1855, daughter of Emanuel and Mary Ann (Meyers) Cramer, natives of Pennsylvania. He came alone to this county and whe with her parents , the former in 1851 and the latter in 1850 and were married shortly after locating here. Emanuel Cramer was a carpenter and many of the buildings erected in the southern part of the county in pioneer days were built by him----to Cyrus F and Almira C. (Cramer) Braden two children have been born, Guy H., born on September 6, 1876, who is manager of the electric and light gas plant at Cheboygan, this state, married Iva Wilcox, and has one child, a daughter, Aileen, and Cora B., born February 27, 1880., who married R. A Colwell, a well-known attorney-at law at Ionia, and has two children, Margaret and Frances. Mr. and Mrs. Braden and their children are members of hte Methodist Episcopal church and take and active part in church work. Mr. Braden being one of the trustess of the church, an office he has held since 1894. He is Prohibitionist in political principles, but reserves the right to vote for such candidates for office as he believes best fitted for the duties of public service. (Branch and Del La Vergne, p. 298). http://books.google.com/
  Children	1. Guy H. Braden,   b. 6 Sep 1876, Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Cora B. Braden,   b. 27 Feb 1880, Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan ,   d. Jan 1970, Ionia County, Michigan  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F5295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 2 Aug 1851 - Ashland County, Ohio Married - 17 Oct 1875 - Ionia County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S684] Descendants of Emanuel Cramer (Compiled by Marc Archer: marcher@gfn.org). [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), Michigan, Ionia County, Odessa Enumerated 11 June 1880 Pages 28 and 29, SD 2, ED 103 Stamped 325 A 267/273 (Reliability: 3).