Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Braden, Wilbern C. 1887 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 July 9, 2013, 1:08 am Source: See Below Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher WILBERN C. BRADEN. Wilbern C. Braden is an enterprising young business man of Farson, where he conducts a successful general mercantile establishment and also serves in the capacity of postmaster. His birth occurred in Keokuk county, Iowa, on the 11th of March, 1887, his parents being J. L. and Lucinda (Cowger) Braden, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Wapello county, Iowa. J. L. Braden came to this state about 1860, locating in Keokuk county, where he passed away on the 5th of December, 1909. His wife was called to her final rest on the 15th of November, 1908. They were the parents of two children: Sadie, who is now the wife of L. A. Steel and resides in South Dakota; and Wilbern C., of this review. The latter supplemented his common-school education by commercial training at Burlington, Iowa, and remained under the parental roof until he had attained his majority. He was then married and subsequently purchased a farm in Pleasant township, residing thereon for two years, on the expiration of which period he traded the property for a stock of general merchandise at Linby, Jefferson county, Iowa. At the end of a year he sold out and came to Farson, where he again embarked in business as a general merchant and where he has since conducted his store with gratifying success. He carries a large and well selected line of goods and has won a liberal patronage by reason of fair prices, courteous treatment of customers and reliable business methods. Mr. Braden owns the store building and also a handsome residence in Farson. At the age of twenty-one years Mr. Braden was united in marriage to Miss Estella Warder, a native of Wapello county and a daughter of John C. and Nancy A. (Goudy) Warder. She is a sister of F. L. Warder, cashier of the Farson Savings Bank. Bv her marriage she has become the mother of one son, Waldom W., whose natal day was March 7, 1911. Mr. Braden is a republican in politics and serves as postmaster of Farson, ably discharging the duties devolving upon him in this connection. He has likewise served as a member of the school board, the cause of education ever finding in him a stanch champion. Both he and his wife belong to the Baptist church and take an active and helpful interest in its work. At all times his life has been active, useful and honorable, and it is his genuine personal worth that has gained for him the favorable position which he occupies in the regard of those who know him. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA ILLUSTRATED VOLUME II CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/iafiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb