Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameHorace Braffett 
Birth18 Apr 1827, Cicero, Onondaga, NY2
Death18 Jan 19032
FatherGeorge Washington Braffett (1801-1887)
MotherAmanda Davis (1798-1844)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch2, Horace Braffett, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/K2MW-KKF
!CENSUS: 1850 Great Salt Lake, Iron, UT215, 521/521, Horace Braffit
!CENSUS: 1860 Battle Creek, Utah, UT, Horace Bravit, includes John (born 1846 England) and Josiah (born 1848 England)
!CENSUS: 1870 Nebraska City, Otoe, NE, A. Braffit
!CENSUS: 1880 Scott, Fremont, Iowa650, Horace Braffet
!OCCUPATION: Cooper; laborer
!DEATH: Wife Hariet Braffett is a widow in the 1900 census
!REFERENCE: Readings in Early Mormom History219, "Horace Braffett. -- I was at William and Stephen Hodges on Saturday the 10th of May. I saw them the next day before I heard of the murder committed: saw William on Saturday night May 10th, at our house for a pail of water, ours was the nearest well, it was about 9 o'clock -- did not see Stephen after dark -- he got a bucket of water and went home. Saw Amos, William and Stephen coming down from Main Street about dusk on Saturday, William wore a straw hat that night. Don't think I ever saw him with this round crown hat on."
!REFERENCE: Bonnie Ruefenacht651, also known as Horace Braff
!REFERENCE: George Washington Braffett - Ancestral File180
!REFERENCE: Horace Braffett - Ancestral File649
!CENSUS: 1850 Great Salt Lake, Iron, UT215, 521/521, Horace Braffit
!CENSUS: 1860 Battle Creek, Utah, UT, Horace Bravit, includes John (born 1846 England) and Josiah (born 1848 England)
!CENSUS: 1870 Nebraska City, Otoe, NE, A. Braffit
!CENSUS: 1880 Scott, Fremont, Iowa650, Horace Braffet
!OCCUPATION: Cooper; laborer
!DEATH: Wife Hariet Braffett is a widow in the 1900 census
!REFERENCE: Readings in Early Mormom History219, "Horace Braffett. -- I was at William and Stephen Hodges on Saturday the 10th of May. I saw them the next day before I heard of the murder committed: saw William on Saturday night May 10th, at our house for a pail of water, ours was the nearest well, it was about 9 o'clock -- did not see Stephen after dark -- he got a bucket of water and went home. Saw Amos, William and Stephen coming down from Main Street about dusk on Saturday, William wore a straw hat that night. Don't think I ever saw him with this round crown hat on."
!REFERENCE: Bonnie Ruefenacht651, also known as Horace Braff
!REFERENCE: George Washington Braffett - Ancestral File180
!REFERENCE: Horace Braffett - Ancestral File649
Spouses
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch2, Harriet Meredith, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/KWVH-PQD
!CENSUS: 1860 Battle Creek, Utah, UT, Harriet Bravit, includes John (born 1846 England) and Josiah (born 1848 England)
!CENSUS: 1870 Nebraska City, Otoe, NE, H. Braffit
!CENSUS: 1880 District 187, Nebraska City, Otoe, NE228, Harriet Braffet
!CENSUS: 1900 North Platte, Lincoln, NE, Hariet Braffett, widowed, born England
!REFERENCE: 23-Oct-1900 Semi-Weekly Tribune, North Platte, Lincoln, NE, page 9
!REFERENCE: 19-Dec-1905 Broken Bow, NE land record, Harriet Braffett
!REFERENCE: 1919 Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, Otoe, NE burials1, for brother Richard Meredith, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48360986
!REFERENCE: 28-Sep-2003 email from Barbara Rimington-Freeman to Don Braffitt, "Richard Meredith, Harriet’s brother, also settled in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska and had a large family including a daughter named Louise Meredith. She married Emil Bourlier, and they had 3 daughters: Pearl Valentine, Mary, and Fearn Bourlier. Pearl Valentine was the only daughter who married. She and Brian Wilson Rimington had 6 children (1 died in infancy). The others: Frederick Wilson Rimington, Mary Jane, Emile James, Betty Lou, Eva Mae. My first husband was Emile James Rimington. He passed away in 1991. I remarried in 1998. Children: Dennis James, Diana Lynn, David Brian, Douglas Scott."
!REFERENCE: 29-Jun-2006 email from Vel Miller to Don Braffitt, "I believe Harriet is a sister to my great grandfather Richard Meredith. Richard was born in England and came to the United States and to Salt Lake City where he married Mary Jane Cooper of Nova Scotia."
!REFERENCE: 01-May-2020 emails from Alvin J. "Ron" Meredith to Don Braffitt, "... I was curious if i could find anything about my G G or 3 G's grandfather Richard Meredith of Nebraska City, Otoe Nebraska. ..."
!REFERENCE: Ancestral File - Horace Braffett649
!CENSUS: 1860 Battle Creek, Utah, UT, Harriet Bravit, includes John (born 1846 England) and Josiah (born 1848 England)
!CENSUS: 1870 Nebraska City, Otoe, NE, H. Braffit
!CENSUS: 1880 District 187, Nebraska City, Otoe, NE228, Harriet Braffet
!CENSUS: 1900 North Platte, Lincoln, NE, Hariet Braffett, widowed, born England
!REFERENCE: 23-Oct-1900 Semi-Weekly Tribune, North Platte, Lincoln, NE, page 9
!REFERENCE: 19-Dec-1905 Broken Bow, NE land record, Harriet Braffett
!REFERENCE: 1919 Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, Otoe, NE burials1, for brother Richard Meredith, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48360986
!REFERENCE: 28-Sep-2003 email from Barbara Rimington-Freeman to Don Braffitt, "Richard Meredith, Harriet’s brother, also settled in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska and had a large family including a daughter named Louise Meredith. She married Emil Bourlier, and they had 3 daughters: Pearl Valentine, Mary, and Fearn Bourlier. Pearl Valentine was the only daughter who married. She and Brian Wilson Rimington had 6 children (1 died in infancy). The others: Frederick Wilson Rimington, Mary Jane, Emile James, Betty Lou, Eva Mae. My first husband was Emile James Rimington. He passed away in 1991. I remarried in 1998. Children: Dennis James, Diana Lynn, David Brian, Douglas Scott."
!REFERENCE: 29-Jun-2006 email from Vel Miller to Don Braffitt, "I believe Harriet is a sister to my great grandfather Richard Meredith. Richard was born in England and came to the United States and to Salt Lake City where he married Mary Jane Cooper of Nova Scotia."
!REFERENCE: 01-May-2020 emails from Alvin J. "Ron" Meredith to Don Braffitt, "... I was curious if i could find anything about my G G or 3 G's grandfather Richard Meredith of Nebraska City, Otoe Nebraska. ..."
!REFERENCE: Ancestral File - Horace Braffett649