Past and present of Washtenaw County, Michigan . gmaDelta fraternity. Dr. 1 lall is interested more orless in affairs outside of his profession, havingbeen a director in the Omega Portland CementCom|)any at Jonesville since its first \-ear, andis also ,-i director and the presiilent of the Ann-Arbor Cattle Company, of AAAoming. .Anactive church member, he is secretary- of thevestry in the Episcopal church and takes a help-ful and effective part in promoting the variouschurch activities. For his family he has pro-vided a beautiful residence at Xo. 1530 Hill CHARLKS I5RAUX. Charles inter
Past and present of Washtenaw County, Michigan . gmaDelta fraternity. Dr. 1 lall is interested more orless in affairs outside of his profession, havingbeen a director in the Omega Portland CementCom|)any at Jonesville since its first \-ear, andis also ,-i director and the presiilent of the Ann-Arbor Cattle Company, of AAAoming. .Anactive church member, he is secretary- of thevestry in the Episcopal church and takes a help-ful and effective part in promoting the variouschurch activities. For his family he has pro-vided a beautiful residence at Xo. 1530 Hill CHARLKS I5RAUX. Charles interested m general agricultu-ral ]iursuits in .Ann .Arbor township, was born inthe city of .Ann .Arbor on the Jcnb of Alay. parents were John and Anna Alaria ( ) liraim, both of whom were natives of( iermany, but their marriage was celebrated inAnn Arbor, Alichigan. The father was born iniSid and in 183I1 crosseil the Atlantic to .Americawith a coin]iany of young men. In 18,^ themother came with a iiartx to the new world. PAST AND PRESENT OF WASHTENAW COUNTY. 461 Brauii was a mason by trade and followed thatpursuit in JNIichigan until 1852. when he pur-chased eight) acres of land in Scio township westof Ann Arbor and began farming. He lived uponthat place unlil i8()i>, when he sold nut andbought Line lunulred and (.ighty acres of land (jnsection 5, Ann Arbor township, to which he after-ward added until his farm comprised two hundredand forty acres of land, which he brought to ahigh state of cultivation. He carried on generalfarming and stock raising, meeting with a cred-itable measure of success, and his life was charac-terized by unremitting diligence and energy. Hedied January 9. 1876. at the age of forty-nineyears, while his wife sur\ived him for a longperiod, passing away on March 11, 1894. His po-litical allegiance was given to the democraticparty. In the family were eight children: FredB., who was born in 1840 and died in 1902: JohnM., born Augu
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