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History of Lawrence, ORANGE, and Washington Counties, Indiana
Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers - Chicago, 1884

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           THOMAS N. BRAXTAN was born in Paoli Township, Orange Co.,
        Ind., January 8, 1824, son of HIRAM and MARTHA (WHITE) BRAXTON,
        and is of Scotch lineage.  The parents of MR. BRAXTAN emigrated
        from North Carolina to Orange County, Ind., or the territory 
        that now composes this county, as early, perhaps, as 1810. Here
        the mother of our subject died in 1853 and his father in 1864.
        About 1848 MR. BRAXTAN began the mercantile business in Paoli,
        which he continued until 1865.  For many years he has been en-
        gaged in the manufacture and sale of the Hindostan oil and sand
        stone.  In 1860 he began dealing in stock, and in 1883 he pur-
        chased White Cloud, the sire of Flora Belle, whose record at
        Chicago in 1883 was 2.12 3/4.  MR. BRAXTAN was formerly a Whig,
        and is now a Republican.  In 1868 he made the race to represent
        Orange and Crawford Counties in the General Assembly, and was
        only defeated by forty-two votes, and the Democratic majority
        in the two counties at that time was more than four hundred.
        MR. BRAXTAN was married in 1848 to Miss MARTHA PARKER, who died
        in 1850, and in 1852 MR. BRAXTAN was married to Miss EMILY
        CAMPBELL, who died in 1856, and in 1860 he married Miss ADA
        VANCE, of Corydon, Ind.  MR. BRAXTAN is one of the oldest living
        settlers of Paoli.

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