From Sons of Union Veterans Grave Registration Database:
Born in Germany as Wilhelm Brauch. His surname was often misspelled 'Branch'--even on his headstone. He owned a nursery and a saloon in Tombstone, AZ, under the name 'Brauch'. Moved to Los Angeles in June 1892.
Wilhelm Brauch was born in Germany in 1824. William Brauch enlisted at Lawrence, Kansas, on May 14, 1861, as a private in Company F, 2nd Kansas Infantry. He was discharged for disability (hernia) at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, on October 31, 1861.
He was a charter member of Burnside Post, G.A.R., Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881. He received veteran's pension no. 587.352. When his health deteriorated he left Tombstone in July 1894 for the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home, where he was admitted on July 24. His wife, Anna, remained in Tombstone.
Source: Record in Sawtelle National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938.
Born in Germany as Wilhelm Brauch. His surname was often misspelled 'Branch'--even on his headstone. He owned a nursery and a saloon in Tombstone, AZ, under the name 'Brauch'. Moved to Los Angeles in June 1892.
Wilhelm Brauch was born in Germany in 1824. William Brauch enlisted at Lawrence, Kansas, on May 14, 1861, as a private in Company F, 2nd Kansas Infantry. He was discharged for disability (hernia) at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, on October 31, 1861.
He was a charter member of Burnside Post, G.A.R., Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881. He received veteran's pension no. 587.352. When his health deteriorated he left Tombstone in July 1894 for the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home, where he was admitted on July 24. His wife, Anna, remained in Tombstone.
Source: Record in Sawtelle National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938.
From Sons of Union Veterans Grave Registration Database:
Born in Germany as Wilhelm Brauch. His surname was often misspelled 'Branch'--even on his headstone. He owned a nursery and a saloon in Tombstone, AZ, under the name 'Brauch'. Moved to Los Angeles in June 1892.
Wilhelm Brauch was born in Germany in 1824. William Brauch enlisted at Lawrence, Kansas, on May 14, 1861, as a private in Company F, 2nd Kansas Infantry. He was discharged for disability (hernia) at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, on October 31, 1861.
He was a charter member of Burnside Post, G.A.R., Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881. He received veteran's pension no. 587.352. When his health deteriorated he left Tombstone in July 1894 for the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home, where he was admitted on July 24. His wife, Anna, remained in Tombstone.
Source: Record in Sawtelle National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938.
Born in Germany as Wilhelm Brauch. His surname was often misspelled 'Branch'--even on his headstone. He owned a nursery and a saloon in Tombstone, AZ, under the name 'Brauch'. Moved to Los Angeles in June 1892.
Wilhelm Brauch was born in Germany in 1824. William Brauch enlisted at Lawrence, Kansas, on May 14, 1861, as a private in Company F, 2nd Kansas Infantry. He was discharged for disability (hernia) at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, on October 31, 1861.
He was a charter member of Burnside Post, G.A.R., Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881. He received veteran's pension no. 587.352. When his health deteriorated he left Tombstone in July 1894 for the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home, where he was admitted on July 24. His wife, Anna, remained in Tombstone.
Source: Record in Sawtelle National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938.
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