Braley, A. H.

BRALEY, JACKSON

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BRALEY, A. H.
Farmer; Sec. 30; P. O. Kellogg; born in Northfield, Vt., May 4, 1846; came to this county in 1866, and owns ninety acres of land, valued at $20 per acre. Is a Republican in politics. His wife, D. A. JACKSON, was born in Kenton, Ohio, Sept. 29, 1848; they were married in 1872; have one child-Ernest E., born April 14, 1876. Mr. BRALEY enlisted in the 9th Regt. Vermont V. I. Aug. 15, 1864, and served to the close of the war; was in the battles of Chapin Farm and Fair Oaks, and also before Richmond, and went into it April 3, 1865. He has his farm under a high state of cultivation, and is a smart, industrious man. ~ "Rock Creek Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)