Edward Braden Jr.
Edward Braden Jr. was born on November 18, 1854, in Texas to Edward and Catherine Braden. His father was a landlord who owned $12,000 of real estate by 1870. He grew up and attended school in San Antonio, Texas, and by 1870, he was working as a clerk. He married Martha Hudson on July 26, 1877, and the couple had no children. He worked as a merchant in the plumbing industry. According to an early biographer, he was “widely known in business and religious circles and for a time took a prominent part in political affairs” in San Antonio. He served on the city’s board of aldermen. He died near Brackett, Texas, on September 14, 1914, after a “two weeks’ illness.”
DATABASE CONTENT
| (4951) | Braden, Edward Jr. | 1854-11-18 | 1914-09-14 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (13870) [writer] ~ Edward Braden Jr. to Mary A. Adams, 26 December 1881
People - Records: 1
- (4951) Braden, Edward Jr. is the [husband of] (4953) Hudson, Martha
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1860, 1870, 1880, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Texas Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965, available from Ancestry.com; “Edward Braden” Find a Grave profile, available from Findagrave.com; The Austin (TX) American, 15 September 1914
