Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Brayton, J H ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************ File contributed for use by: Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn Author: History of Will County IL, 1878 J. H. BRAYTON, merchant, Peotone; dealer in clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps and gents' furnishing goods; born in New York State, where he lived until 7 years of age, when he removed with his parents to Manteno, Kankakee Co., IL, living there until 21 years of age, when he removed to Joliet, Will Co., where he lived one year, when he came to Peotone and engaged in the above business, with Robert WELLS, for six months, when he purchased the interest of his partner, enlarged the stock, and now keeps the only exclusive stock of the kind in Peotone. He married, Dec. 10, 1873, Ella CHRISTIAN; she was born Feb. 27, 1854, in Du Page Co., IL. Additional Comments: HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878. File at: http://will.illinoisgenweb.org/bios/braytonjh.txt