Person Sheet


Name James H. Braffet
Birth 16 Oct 1834, Florida, Orange, NY102,29
Death 16 Jul 1899, Paw Paw, Lee, IL102,29
Burial Wyoming Cemetery, Paw Paw, Lee, IL102,29
Father James Braffet (1802-1888)
Mother Melissa A. Furnam (1813-1906)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL:, http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilslrhm/Obituaries_B.htm, Dr. James H. Braffet
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Moris, FELT Genealogy, p. 275
!MARRIAGE: IGI A458645 0406; Paw Paw, Lee, IL
!CENSUS: 1850 Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 312/312, Jas. H. Braffet
!DEED: Orange, NY Deed Book 127, pp. 413-415, 05-Oct-1853 deed from Daniel and Martha Durland of Goshen, Orange, NY to James Braffet of Chester, Orange, NY [this deed might be to his father or to Hezekiah's son James]
!CENSUS: 1860 Paw Paw, Dekalb, IL, 3149/63, James H. Braffall
!CENSUS: 25-Jan-1870 Brooklyn, Lee, IL, 39/39, James H. Braffit
!REFERENCE: 1872 Lee, IL Plat Book103
!CENSUS: 1880 Paw Paw Grove, Lee, IL104
!REFERENCE: 14-Mar-1885 Amboy News105
!REFERENCE: 26-Sep-1885 Amboy News105
!REFERENCE: 10-Apr-1891 postcard from Jas. H. Braffet
!OCCUPATION: Physician102
!REFERENCE: 1899 obituary102, Dr. James H. Braffet, father-in-law James M. Billings
!REFERENCE:http://www.leecountyhistory.com/lee_county/pawpaw.htm
!REFERENCE: Price, Carbon, UT death certificate #2700498 for son Mark Pomeroy Braffet; Portrait & Biographical Record of Lee County, IL, p. 433; Prominent Men & Pioneers of Utah; 1915; Mark P. Braffet
!REFERENCE: 1960s notes of phone conversation between Mrs. Robert Ingersol Braffet and L. Vadeima G. Whitley
Spouses
1 Ellen Savilla Billings
Birth 13 Jul 1841, Richmond, Macomb, MI106
Death 6 Sep 1920, Paw Paw, Lee, IL
Burial Wyoming Cemetery, Paw, Paw, Lee, IL
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL:, http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilslrhm/Obituaries_B.htm, Ellen Braffet
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Moris, FELT Genealogy, p. 275
!CENSUS: 25-Jan-1870 Brooklyn, Lee, IL, 39/39, Ellen Braffit
!CENSUS: 1880 Paw Paw Grove, Lee, IL104, Ellen S. Braffet
!REFERENCE: 1906 Lee, IL obituary for mother-in-law Malissa (Furman) Braffet27
!CENSUS: 20-21-Apr-1910 Paw Paw Village, Wyoming, Lee, IL, 97/99, Ellen S. Braffett, 9 children 6 living
!REFERENCE: 12-Sep-1918 WWI draft registration card for son Will Carlton Braffet, Ellen S. Braffet
!CENSUS: 1920 Wyoming, Lee, IL, 176/177, Sarah A. Braffet, father born Canada, mother born MA
!NOTE: Middle name possily "Serville"; Two references have birthplace as Richmond, Macomb, MI
!REFERENCE: Price, Carbon, UT death certificate #2700498 for husband Mark Pomeroy Braffet; Prominent Men & Pioneers of Utah, 1915
!REFERENCE: Portrait and Biographical Record of Lee County, Illinois107, parents James M. Billings and Savilla Felt
Marriage 19 Sep 1860, Dekalb, IL
Children Nellie N. (1864-1942)
  John J. (~1866->1930)
  Charles C. (1868-1927)
  Mark Pomeroy (1870-1927)
  James Harvey (1871-1927)
  William Carlton (1876-1938)
  Ida Esther (1881-1955)
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