Capt. Alfred Brauff

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Husband Capt. Alfred Brauff ¹

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           Born: 3 Mar 1814 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jacob Brauff (      -Abt 1815) 1
         Mother: Rebecca Nixon (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. Alfred Brauff

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He was just one year old when his father died. As soon as he was old enough, he assisted in caring for the family, and worked at various occupations, but the principal one was following the river. He was captain of the Davy Crockett, the first towboat ever placed upon the Monongahela. He afterward built and was the owner of several boats plying the river, among them the Hunter, Robert Lee, Alfred Raub, etc. In 1870 he retired from boating, and purchased a home in Elizabeth, Allegheny County, where he then resided. He was never married, and his widowed sister, Mrs. O'Neill, lived with him. He held various borough offices, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 380.