Ralph Arehart Braden (1881 - 1953)

Biography

Ralph Arehart Braden was born on February 11, 1881, at Braden Road, Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio, United States (where his family had farmed since 1849), the youngest child of Thomas E. Braden and his wife Nancy Arehart.^[1]Ralph's grandfather, William Braden, born in Ireland and emigrating in 1826 to try a new life in a new land, had settled in Ross County, Ohio, where he set up a hotel business with an unnamed brother at Chillicothe. He was there (at Chillicothe) for some 30 years, after which he moved to Good Hope, Wayne Township, Fayette County, where he set up a gardening business, at which he worked from 1849 until 1870. The last years of his life were spent in the home of his son, Thomas (Ralph's father) where he died in 1881 "at a ripe old age". Ralph's great grandfather had been a landholder in Ireland, living to the age of 103 years.

On 1900, Ralph (19), a farm laborer, was living with his family in Wayne Township. Home at the time were his father: Thomas (69), farmer on own account; his mother: Nancy (59); his sister: Edith (28), and Edith's husband Harve Smally (27), also a farm laborer; and a cousin: Ohio-born Kenneth Mckinley (17), at school.^[2]

He married Eva Carman on February 20, 1906, in Fayette County, J C Arbuckle, Minister, officiated.^[3]

On April 28, 1910, Ralph (29), a farmer on his own account, was living on Washington Pike, Wayne Township, with his family. Home at the time were his wife: Eva (30) ; and their son: 9-month-old Thomas Carman Braden.^[4]

On January 13, 1920, Ralph (38), farming his own farm, employing laborers, was living with his family on Good Hope Pike, Wayne Township. Also at home were his wife, Eva (40); and their children: 10-year-old Thomas; and 7-year-old Mary Jane.^[5]

On April 18, 1930, Ralph (39), owner of his own farm, employing laborers, was living with his family on McCoy Road, Wayne Township. Home with him were his wife: Eva (40); and their daughter: Mary Jane (17).^[6]

On April 23, 1940, Ralph (59), owner of his own farm, employing laborers, was living on Good Hope Pike, Wayne Township. Also at home was his wife: Eva (60).^[7]

On April 19, 1950, Ralph (69), owner of his own farm, employing laborers, without having moved, was living on the farm on Camp Grove Road, Wayne Township. Also at home was his wife: Eva (70).^[8]

Ralph Arehart Braden passed away on January 19, 1953, after a brief illness, in the house in which he had been born, on Braden Road, Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio, United States, aged 71 years, and was interred on the 22nd in the Good Hope Cemetery, Good Hope, Wayne Township, where others of his family also lie.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth — "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6DL-7YM : 8 March 2021), Ralph Braden, 1881.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMZG-2PR : 13 January 2022), Ralph Braden in entry for Thomas E Braden, 1900.
3. ↑ Marriage — "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDLP-9ZK : 27 September 2021), Ralph A. Braden and Eva L. Carman, 1906.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML8B-42K : accessed 21 August 2022), Ralph A Braden, Wayne, Fayette, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 77, sheet 10A, family 165, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1179; FHL microfilm 1,375,192.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDBF-GZ6 : 3 February 2021), Ralph Braden, 1920.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4Q5-YPL : accessed 21 August 2022), Ralph A Braden, Wayne, Fayette, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 3B, line 79, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1792; FHL microfilm 2,341,526.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWXC-H83 : 9 January 2021), Ralph A Braden, Good Hope, Wayne Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-23, sheet 7A, line 2, family 137, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3067.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1950," Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Wayne, Fayette, Ohio; Roll: 6199; Sheet Number: 21; Enumeration District: 24-31
9. ↑ Death and Burial — Washington Court House Record-Herald ; Washington Court House, Ohio ; 20 Jan 1953, Tue ; Page 2 (per newspapers.com)

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• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6F2-1W5 : 25 December 2021), Ralph Areheart Braden, 1917-1918.

• Death of Daughter — "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V236-RFH : 30 June 2021), Braden in entry for Mary Jane Riley, 2004.