Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Braun, Joseph
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Joseph BRAUN, proprietor of the Apollo Hall, Joliet; was born in Erbach, Wurtember, 
Germany, May 27, 1837; when he was 14 years old, he was apprenticed to a tailor to 
learn the business; in April, 1855, he came to this country; spent a short time in 
Buffalo and in Canada West, coming to Joliet the same year, and starting in his 
present business, in which he has been successful; in 1856, he went to Minnesota and 
remained till 1859, with the exception of a short time spent in St. Louis and Quincy; 
he then went to Namperville, Ill., and remained till 1861 as clerk in Stenger's Brewery; 
in 1865, in company with Joseph BRAUN (another gentleman of the same name, since deceased) 
he built the Columbia brewery, and followed the brewery business till February, 1868, 
when he diposed of his interest to Mr. F. SEHRING, the present proprietor; in 1874, he 
revisited his native country in company with Mr. John REICHERDT, and spent about four 
months in travel in all parts of Germany. He was married march 2, 1862, to Miss Frances 
C. BRAUN, of Joliet; she is a native of Soulnt, France, and came to this country at the 
same time with Mr. BRAUN; they have two children - - Mary M. and Willie K. Mr. BRAUN 
served as Street Commissioner in 1872. 


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HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

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