William BRACE, Jr.

1850 - 1908  (57 years)

• Name	William BRACE
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	23 Nov 1850	Western Port, Allegany Co., Maryland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	23 Nov 1850	Westernport, Allegany Co., Maryland
  Name	William Jr. Brace
  _UID	0AD1AFCEF3E0C14B8681A17DEF323CA05970
  Died	1908	Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois   [1]
  Buried	1908	Rosehill Cem. & Maus., Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
  Person ID	I36813	Branch 009 Richard Stafford 1750 VA
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2010

  
  

  Father	William BRACE, Sr.,   b. 7 Aug 1825, London, England ,   d. 15 Sep 1875, Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Susan Catherine STAFFORD,   b. 1829, Hampshire Co., Virginia (now West Virginia) ,   d. 17 Mar 1921, St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri  (Age 92 years)
  Married	16 Oct 1849	Alleghany Co., Maryland   [1]
  Family ID	F13714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret THOMAS,   b. 1860, Maryland ,   d. 1924, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri  (Age 64 years)
  Married	1879	Alleghany Co., Maryland
  Married	1879	Allegany Co., Maryland
  Children	1. William III BRACE,   b. 17 Jan 1893, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F13715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  information taken from "HISTORY OF WESTERN MARYLAND" by J. Thomas Scharf, vol II, page 1402, originally published 1882, Philadelphia and from "A HISTORY OF ALLEGANY COUNTY, MARYLAND", published in 1919. William Brace Jr. received his education at Cumberland Academy (also call ed Allegany County Academy), supplemented by several years of private instruction under the Rev. John W. Nottof Mt. Savage. At 19, he started studying law in the office of Judge Pearceat Cumberland. Admitted to the bar 19 Oct 1871; practiced in the office of Judge Pearce, associate judge of the 4th Judicial Circuit of Maryland. He was a republican in politics. In 1873, he was nominated and elected to the House of Delegates In 1876, he formed a partnership with Benjamin A. Richmond, Brace & Richmond. In 1877, he was the only republican elected to the Legislature. He married Maggie Thomas, daughter of Joseph B. and Margaret Thomas of Frostburg, 11 June 1879. In 1881, he was re-elected to the Legislature. In 1882,he was nominated and elected to the Senate of Maryland after a hotly contested campaign against Democratic favorite J. B. Oder. He served until 1886. He was a member and past master of Ohr Lodge AF & AM, among other clubs and organizations. In 1888, he located in Chicago where he was a representative of the Bar of Chicago, Illinois. He died in 1908. It is unknown if he had any children. FROM ALLEGANY COUNTY COURT HOUSE RECORDS, as transcribed and sent to me by Donald Lantz April 17, 1879, William Brace, white, 25 years, a bachelor, attorney at l aw, and Maggie Thomas, 24 years, white, of Allegany County on June 17, 1879. CENSUS 1880 MD Allegany County, Cumberland, page 360B: William and Margaret Brac e, boarders in the house of Elizabeth Thruston. 1900 IL Cook County, North Town, Chicago, page 206a: William and Margert Brace 1910 IL Cook County, Deerfield Township, page 184: MArgaret Brace, and son William 1920 IL Cook County, Ridgeville Township, page 10B: Margaret T. Brace in home of son William Brace.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4522] E-Mail Message, 17 Feb 2001A five generation Genealogy by Case [email protected].