Josiah Braden and Catherine Emery

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Husband Josiah Braden ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Nov 1837 - near Harlansburg, Lawrence Co, PA 3
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         Father: James Braden (      -1846) 2 3
         Mother: Rachel Cotton (1805-1862) 2 4

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       Marriage: 30 Dec 1864 2

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Wife Catherine Emery ^{2 3}

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           Born: 20 Oct 1843 2
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           Died: 5 Nov 1875 or 1876 2 3
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         Father: Isaac Emery (      -      ) 3
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Children

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1 M William Harry Braden ³

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2 M Frank E. Braden ³

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         Spouse: Mary Linton (      -Bef 1908) 3

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3 M John Wesley Braden ³

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4 M James L. Braden ³

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         Spouse: Margaret Zonna Taylor (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Josiah Braden

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He received his early education in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, public schools, and worked on the home farm until he was eighteen years of age. He then learned carpentering, which he followed some fifteen years, after which he worked in Philadelphia and the oil country for twenty-seven years. In 1878 he purchased a farm in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, and made many desirable and needed improvements, and engaged in general farming. In August, 1862, he enlisted for nine months in the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served until May, 1863, during which time he participated in the battle of Chancellorsville and numerous skirmishes. He was a member of the local G. A. R. post until it was discontinued. Religiously he was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 981.

2 Jeff McBride, Descendants of Thomas A. Forster (Laurel, Md: Web-published, 2012).

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 982.

4 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 181.