BRADEN, ABNER

BRADEN, DAVIDSON

Posted By: Marilyn Norris Holmes
Date: 4/14/2013 at 09:46:52

The 1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

Warren Township

Page 798-9

BRADEN, ABNER--Farmer, section 20, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born April 1, 1823, in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where, after completing his education, he engaged in farming till 1864, then came to Iowa and located where he now lives and owns 273 acres of good land, the most of which is improved. Wm. Braden, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in County Fermanaugh, Ireland, April 1, 1781, and came to the United States in 1802; settled in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in farming till his death, which occurred there September 11, 1855. Abner Braden was married, August 12, 1851, in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, to Miss Elizabeth Davidson, born there in 1827. They have eleven children: William H. (born April 2, 1853), John D. (born November 23, 1854), Thomas J. (born August 23, 1856), Rufus P. (born March 31, 1858), Mary A. (born September 11, 1859), Gilbert and Nancy (twins, born August 11, 1861; Nancy died February 13, 1863), Elizabeth J. (born August 27, 1864), and have buried three infants, two sons and one daughter. John Davidson, father of Mrs. B., was born in Ireland, May 1, 1792, and died in April, 1880. Her mother, Mary Ann, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1802; died there December, 1861.