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Carl William “CW” Braasch

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Birth	:	20 Dec 1842 Germany
Death	:	11 Aug 1907 Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Charles L Nickell Memorial Park, Centerville, Hickman County, USA
Coordinate	:	35.8366866, -87.4284056
Inscription	:	Co. B 26 Wis. Inf.
Description	:	Served with Co. B of the 26th WI Infantry during the Civil War per list of veteran burials in Nebraska. aka William Braasch OBIT- 12 August 1907, page 3 NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, Norfolk, Madison Co, Nebraska JOINS ENTIRE FAMILY AMONG ARMY OF THE DEAD. WAS A PIONEER OF NORFOLK Death closed a Long Pathetic Story for the Family of C.W. Braasch at 1:05 o'clock Sunday Morning- Funeral Tuesday. William Braasch, a prominent pioneer business man of Norfolk, has joined his wife and all of his children among the army of the dead. Survivor of all the rest,... Read More	Served with Co. B of the 26th WI Infantry during the Civil War per list of veteran burials in Nebraska. aka William Braasch OBIT- 12 August 1907, page 3 NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, Norfolk, Madison Co, Nebraska JOINS ENTIRE FAMILY AMONG ARMY OF THE DEAD. WAS A PIONEER OF NORFOLK Death closed a Long Pathetic Story for the Family of C.W. Braasch at 1:05 o'clock Sunday Morning- Funeral Tuesday. William Braasch, a prominent pioneer business man of Norfolk, has joined his wife and all of his children among the army of the dead. Survivor of all the rest, the death of this man at an early hour Sunday morning brings to end one of the most pathetic death-stories that has ever been written by the hand of fate with Norfolk people for its characters. Within five short years the touch of death has taken first one and then another of this family until now, with the husband and father lying dead, the old home on South fifth street has lost the last member of the family who dwelt there for so many years. On Tuesday afternoon this survivor of the rest, the head of his family, will join the other five in Prospect Hill cemetery. It was at 1:05 o'clock Sunday morning that William Braasch expired. After having been confined to bed for fourteen days, and having suffered much during the last three sweltering days of last week, his life went out just a few moments after the cool fresh air of the north had begun to afford relief from the intensely oppressive night. C.W. Braasch was sixty-four years old on the twentieth day of last December. he was born in Germany and came to America with his parents when he was eleven years of age. From Wisconsin, where they settled, his father came to Norfolk with the early settlers in the late sixties. WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG Mr Braasch was a union soldier during the civil war, belonging to the Twenty-sixth Wisconsin regiment, eleventh corps. He was a member of the company which was organized near Watertown, Wisconsin, and in the same company were a number of present Norfolk citizens, including August Raasch, August Bergman, August Huebner, and W.A. Moldenhauer. The corps in which this company served was commanded by Carl Schurz. Mr Braasch was in the battle of Chancellorsville and was wounded at Gettysburg, from which field he was sent to the hospital. Homesteaded Hadar Site After the war Mr Braasch came to Norfolk with the first settlers in 1866. He homesteaded a quarter section of land where the present town of Hadar stands, five miles north of Norfolk. Later he traded this for his father's homestead and later he secured the Carter homestead, which he sold twenty years ago, when he went into business, in Norfolk as a grain buyer for the first elevator established here. Later he went into the grain business for himself, which merged into the coal business of today. For a time he was in partnership with D. Rees. Mr Braasch was married in the early seventies to Miss Hoehne. Herman Braasch, a cousin, married a sister of Mrs C.W. Braasch. HAS ONE SISTER IN NORFOLK Mr Braasch is survived in Norfolk by his only sister, Mrs C. Apfel, a widow. There may be somewhere a living brother, though all trace of him has been lost for many years. It was six years ago next November that the long chapter of fatalities in the Braasch family began. Ed V. Braasch, then a banker at Tilden, succumbed to tuberculosis. His funeral was held 24 November 1901. About three years ago Mrs Braasch succumbed under a surgical operation for gallstones and one month and eight days later, her only daughter, Gertrude, also died, her death being hastened by that of her mother. About a year ago came the death of Ralph Braasch, long a sufferer from Bright's Disease and who had taken a trip to Carlsbad in Europe in search of relief. William R. Braasch, the last surviving son, died from the same disease at Hot Springs, Arkansas, about six months ago and since that time the sorrowing father and widower has gradually lost strength. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home on South Fifth street, Rev J.C.S. Weills of Trinity Church having charge of the service. At Prospect Hill cemetery the brief funeral service will be under auspices of Norfolk lodge No. 653. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Pallbearers will be selected from the G.A.R. these two orders being the only ones to which the deceased man belonged. Will to be opened Wednesday Before his death Mr Braasch, who was a well-to-do in a financial way, made out his will and it is said to have been his request that this will should be opened and read on the day after his funeral. C.W. Braasch was prominent in Norfolk life. He was a man of iron constitution and generous heart and his friends were to be found in all walks of life. OBIT- 13 August 1907, pg 4 NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, Norfolk, Madison Co, Nebraska The body of the late C.W. Braasch was carried to its last resting place Tuesday afternoon in Prospect Hill and there buried beside the other five members of the Braasch household whose deaths have in the past few years preceded that of the father. The funeral was held at the late home at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Both the Elks and the comrades of the G.A.R. attended the services in a body. The funeral was conducted by Rev J.C.S. Weills. Music during the services was furnished by a male quartet composed of J.B. Maylard, Fritz Asmus, Herman Kiesau and L.B. Nicola. The pallbearers, were selected from Norfolk veterans, were August Raasch, August Bergman, W.H. Widaman, H.M. Roberts, E.P. Weatherby and H.C. Matrau. Many friends and neighbors attended the services, held for one of Norfolk's pioneer citizens. Contributor: Stone hunter (47845042)

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Carl William “CW” Braasch's memorial is located at: Charles L Nickell Memorial Park, Centerville, Hickman County, USA.
When did Carl William “CW” Braasch death?
Carl William “CW” Braasch death on 11 Aug 1907 in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 35.8366866
Longitude: -87.4284056

Family Members:

Parent

John Daniel Braasch

(1809 - 1894)

Spouse

Mary Louise Hoehne Braasch

(1851 - 1904)

Siblings

Marie Louise Braasch Apfel

(1840 - 1925)

Children

Edward V. Braasch

(1874 - 1901)

Ralph L. Braasch

(1877 - 1906)

Gertrude M. Braasch

(1880 - 1904)

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