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About John Branaman
Taken from: [Compendium of History, Reminiscence, and Biography of Nebraska]; Alden Publishing Co.; Chicago; 1912; Pg.496
John B. Branaman was born in Virginia, February 13, 1851, and was fifth of nine children in the family of David C. and Cynthia (Brady) Branaman, there being two sons and seven daughters.
The Branaman family moved to Illinois about 1857, from whence they went to Adair county, Missouri, in 1859. The mother died on the Missouri farm about 1867; and after a period the father again married while residing in that state.
In the spring of 1874, John B. Branaman came with his father, step-mother, and sister Ella, to Merrick county, Nebraska. The father homesteaded on section two, township twelve, range eight, where he resided until the time of his death, January 5, 1899. Two sisters of Mr. Branaman also came to Nebraska later on. Of the Branaman family now living, there is the subject of this sketch and sister, Mrs. Clara Gilbert, who live in Nebraska, and a sister, Mrs. T. J. Overstreet, who lives in California.
John B, Branaman took up a homestead in Merrick county on the east half of south-east quarter of section twenty-eight, township thirteen, range eight, and this homestead was his residing place until January 1, 1911, when he rented the farm to his son David, and moved to Central City where he intends making his home.
He has added to his land holdings until, he now has three hundred and twenty acres of choice land in his farm
On October 13, 1881, Mr. Branaman was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary E. Earhart who was a native of Brown county, Ohio. They married in Merrick county, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Branaman have had four children, three of whom are living: David B., who is married and living on the old home place, has one child; Bertram, who is deceased; Cynthia Pearl, and John Harold, who reside at home.
Mr. Branaman is a successful farmer and stock man, and his family have the advantages of the modern home and enjoy modern educational advantages. They are best known along educational and social lines
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John Branaman's Timeline
| 1851 |
February 13, 1851
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VA, United States
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| 1882 |
July 1882
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Chapman, Merrick, Nebraska, United States
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| 1886 |
January 1886
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Prairie Creek, Merrick, Nebraska
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| 1887 |
1887
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Nebraska, United States
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| 1892 |
1892
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Nebraska, United States
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