Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Branin, M. Newton July 11, 1861 - 
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Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904
Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor

M. NEWTON BRANIN, a progressive and prosperous business man 
of Moreland, residing at Huntingdon Valley, where he is 
engaged in the meat and provision line, is a native of that 
township. He was born near Willow Grove, July 11, 1861, the 
son of Mark and Catherine (Murphy) Branin. His father was a 
descendant of an old New Jersey family. The mother was a 
native of Philadelphia.

Mark Branin (father) was born in Burlington county, New 
Jersey, September 18, 1811. He is a son of Abijah Branin. 

When he was eleven years of age his parents removed to 
Camden, New Jersey. Thence he went to Abington township, in 
Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, next to Germantown, later 
to near Jenkintown, and thence to a farm near Morgan's Mill. 
He next purchased a farm in Huntingdon Valley, and there 
spent the remainder of his life. He died September 18, 1900. 
His wife is also deceased, leaving died November 8, 1879, 
aged fifty-three years and nine months. Their children were: 
Mary, born December 2, 18.}2, wife of David Fisher, and 
their children now surviving are Emma, Albert, Edwin, 
Howard, Julia, and Mamie; and M. Newton, subject of this 
sketch.

M. Newton Branin was educated in the Huntingdon Valley 
public school. After leaving school he worked at the 
painting trade for a short time, but since 1886 has been 
engaged in his present occupation. He married, in 
Philadelphia, in October, 1900, Elizabeth Laymond, born 
January 1, 1870. The couple have one child, Newton Laymond, 
born July 3, 1901.

Mr. Branin is a member of Eagle Lodge, Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows. In politics he is a Republican. His parents in 
their religious affiliations inclined to the Society of 
Friends.

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