Kansan, Tuesday, December 12, 1939
Funeral services for Hon. Charles E. Branine, who passed away at a Hutchinson hospital, at three o'clock the morning of Dec. 8, were conducted Saturday afternoon at the First Presbyterian church in that city, with the Rev. Arthur C. Miller in charge. Mr. Branine was laid to rest in the Temple of Memories, Fairlawn cemetery. Pall bearers were men who had been closely associated with Judge Dernine in the legal profession for many years, Roy C. Davis, A. E. Fogelberg, Charles Hall, D. C. Martindell, Herbert Ramsey, Judge J. G. Somers.
Honorary pall bearers included prominent members of the bar and business associates as follows: C. M. Beachy, Wichita; H. F. Brown, Guthrie; Judge Walter Huxman, Topeka; C. S. Fulton, F. P. Hetinger, J. S. Simmons, Carr Taylor, J. N. Tincher, C. M. Williams, all of Hutchinson; H. C. Bowman, J. S. Henderson, John C. Nicholson, B. H. Turner, W. H. Von Der Heiden and J. S. Nye of Newton.
Charles E. Branine was born at St. Elmo, Illinois, March 7, 1864, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Branine. At the age of ten years, he came with his parents to harvey county, in June, 1874, and they settled on a farm. Judge Branine worked on his fathers farm until he began his college education, attending Baker University and the University of Kansas, and later studied law in the office of Joseph W. Ady. He was admitted to the bar Nov. 20, 1889, and was later joined by his brother Ezra of this city, who studied law with the older brother, and they practiced together here sixteen years.
In the meantime love and romance came into his life, and he was married to Miss May Rigby, at Concordia, Kans., Oct. 8, 1891. To them two children were born, Harold, who followed the father's footsteps and entered the legal profession and became his father's partner in practice at Hutchinson. The other child was a daughter, now Mrs. Lester (Hazel) Whitmore, of Salem, Va. He is also survived by brothers and sisters as follows: Ezra Branine of Newton: Elmer, Bremen, Okla.; John of Larned; Mrs. W. J. Shull, Newton; Mrs. Evert Anderson, Manhattan; and Mrs. Charles Joseph, Potwin.
For 36 years, or almost half his life time, Charley Branine resided in Newton, or Harvey county, and this city was a large sense always his home. He and Mrs. Branine were members of the Presbyterian church when they lived here, transferring their membership to the Hutchinson church when they went there in 1910.
After five years active practice of law, Judge Branine was elected county attorney, serving from 1894 to 1898. Two years later, in 1900 he was elected state senator form the Harvey-McPherson district, serving four years. In those days, as has been the rule ever since, the two counties alternated in furnishing the state senator. in 1908 he was elected judge of the Ninth judicial district court, serving until 1912. During his time on the bench, he moved to Hutchinson, which city has since been his home.
During his service as county attorney, it fell to the lot of Judge Branine to prosecute one of the hardest fought and most widely known criminal cases in central Kansas, it being the case against G. Wash. Rogers for burning the county records. That case will be recalled by all older residents. It was charged that Rogers, having a complete set of abstract records, tried to destroy the public records in the court house in order to enhance the value of his records. The case was tried several times and ground the supreme court to final conviction and sentence. Rogers was eventually paroled and came back here to live several years.
Soon after being admitted to the bar Judge Branine was appointed and served as United States commissioner for some time. His service whatever capacity he was called was always faithful, vigorous and thoro.
Coming from true pioneer stock of Illinois, Judge Branine came to the Kansas Prairie as a lad of ten years, helped his father carve out a farm home, working long hours and diligently, earning much of his own way thru school. Thus he developed the heritage of the rugged hardihood of the pioneer, becoming self-reliant, unafraid and a leader among men at a time when Kansas was being transformed from frontier of lawlessness into a great commonwealth of vast resources of lay and order, of high ideals and steadfast purpose to which he gave much and received much in the realization of his dreams of living among and helping to develop a great people.
Judge Branine was truly one of the outstanding men of his generation, and his long, active, constructive life will be as a benediction upon those who are left to mourn, and to ponder what he was and what he did.
Funeral services for Hon. Charles E. Branine, who passed away at a Hutchinson hospital, at three o'clock the morning of Dec. 8, were conducted Saturday afternoon at the First Presbyterian church in that city, with the Rev. Arthur C. Miller in charge. Mr. Branine was laid to rest in the Temple of Memories, Fairlawn cemetery. Pall bearers were men who had been closely associated with Judge Dernine in the legal profession for many years, Roy C. Davis, A. E. Fogelberg, Charles Hall, D. C. Martindell, Herbert Ramsey, Judge J. G. Somers.
Honorary pall bearers included prominent members of the bar and business associates as follows: C. M. Beachy, Wichita; H. F. Brown, Guthrie; Judge Walter Huxman, Topeka; C. S. Fulton, F. P. Hetinger, J. S. Simmons, Carr Taylor, J. N. Tincher, C. M. Williams, all of Hutchinson; H. C. Bowman, J. S. Henderson, John C. Nicholson, B. H. Turner, W. H. Von Der Heiden and J. S. Nye of Newton.
Charles E. Branine was born at St. Elmo, Illinois, March 7, 1864, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Branine. At the age of ten years, he came with his parents to harvey county, in June, 1874, and they settled on a farm. Judge Branine worked on his fathers farm until he began his college education, attending Baker University and the University of Kansas, and later studied law in the office of Joseph W. Ady. He was admitted to the bar Nov. 20, 1889, and was later joined by his brother Ezra of this city, who studied law with the older brother, and they practiced together here sixteen years.
In the meantime love and romance came into his life, and he was married to Miss May Rigby, at Concordia, Kans., Oct. 8, 1891. To them two children were born, Harold, who followed the father's footsteps and entered the legal profession and became his father's partner in practice at Hutchinson. The other child was a daughter, now Mrs. Lester (Hazel) Whitmore, of Salem, Va. He is also survived by brothers and sisters as follows: Ezra Branine of Newton: Elmer, Bremen, Okla.; John of Larned; Mrs. W. J. Shull, Newton; Mrs. Evert Anderson, Manhattan; and Mrs. Charles Joseph, Potwin.
For 36 years, or almost half his life time, Charley Branine resided in Newton, or Harvey county, and this city was a large sense always his home. He and Mrs. Branine were members of the Presbyterian church when they lived here, transferring their membership to the Hutchinson church when they went there in 1910.
After five years active practice of law, Judge Branine was elected county attorney, serving from 1894 to 1898. Two years later, in 1900 he was elected state senator form the Harvey-McPherson district, serving four years. In those days, as has been the rule ever since, the two counties alternated in furnishing the state senator. in 1908 he was elected judge of the Ninth judicial district court, serving until 1912. During his time on the bench, he moved to Hutchinson, which city has since been his home.
During his service as county attorney, it fell to the lot of Judge Branine to prosecute one of the hardest fought and most widely known criminal cases in central Kansas, it being the case against G. Wash. Rogers for burning the county records. That case will be recalled by all older residents. It was charged that Rogers, having a complete set of abstract records, tried to destroy the public records in the court house in order to enhance the value of his records. The case was tried several times and ground the supreme court to final conviction and sentence. Rogers was eventually paroled and came back here to live several years.
Soon after being admitted to the bar Judge Branine was appointed and served as United States commissioner for some time. His service whatever capacity he was called was always faithful, vigorous and thoro.
Coming from true pioneer stock of Illinois, Judge Branine came to the Kansas Prairie as a lad of ten years, helped his father carve out a farm home, working long hours and diligently, earning much of his own way thru school. Thus he developed the heritage of the rugged hardihood of the pioneer, becoming self-reliant, unafraid and a leader among men at a time when Kansas was being transformed from frontier of lawlessness into a great commonwealth of vast resources of lay and order, of high ideals and steadfast purpose to which he gave much and received much in the realization of his dreams of living among and helping to develop a great people.
Judge Branine was truly one of the outstanding men of his generation, and his long, active, constructive life will be as a benediction upon those who are left to mourn, and to ponder what he was and what he did.
Kansan, Tuesday, December 12, 1939
Funeral services for Hon. Charles E. Branine, who passed away at a Hutchinson hospital, at three o'clock the morning of Dec. 8, were conducted Saturday afternoon at the First Presbyterian church in that city, with the Rev. Arthur C. Miller in charge. Mr. Branine was laid to rest in the Temple of Memories, Fairlawn cemetery. Pall bearers were men who had been closely associated with Judge Dernine in the legal profession for many years, Roy C. Davis, A. E. Fogelberg, Charles Hall, D. C. Martindell, Herbert Ramsey, Judge J. G. Somers.
Honorary pall bearers included prominent members of the bar and business associates as follows: C. M. Beachy, Wichita; H. F. Brown, Guthrie; Judge Walter Huxman, Topeka; C. S. Fulton, F. P. Hetinger, J. S. Simmons, Carr Taylor, J. N. Tincher, C. M. Williams, all of Hutchinson; H. C. Bowman, J. S. Henderson, John C. Nicholson, B. H. Turner, W. H. Von Der Heiden and J. S. Nye of Newton.
Charles E. Branine was born at St. Elmo, Illinois, March 7, 1864, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Branine. At the age of ten years, he came with his parents to harvey county, in June, 1874, and they settled on a farm. Judge Branine worked on his fathers farm until he began his college education, attending Baker University and the University of Kansas, and later studied law in the office of Joseph W. Ady. He was admitted to the bar Nov. 20, 1889, and was later joined by his brother Ezra of this city, who studied law with the older brother, and they practiced together here sixteen years.
In the meantime love and romance came into his life, and he was married to Miss May Rigby, at Concordia, Kans., Oct. 8, 1891. To them two children were born, Harold, who followed the father's footsteps and entered the legal profession and became his father's partner in practice at Hutchinson. The other child was a daughter, now Mrs. Lester (Hazel) Whitmore, of Salem, Va. He is also survived by brothers and sisters as follows: Ezra Branine of Newton: Elmer, Bremen, Okla.; John of Larned; Mrs. W. J. Shull, Newton; Mrs. Evert Anderson, Manhattan; and Mrs. Charles Joseph, Potwin.
For 36 years, or almost half his life time, Charley Branine resided in Newton, or Harvey county, and this city was a large sense always his home. He and Mrs. Branine were members of the Presbyterian church when they lived here, transferring their membership to the Hutchinson church when they went there in 1910.
After five years active practice of law, Judge Branine was elected county attorney, serving from 1894 to 1898. Two years later, in 1900 he was elected state senator form the Harvey-McPherson district, serving four years. In those days, as has been the rule ever since, the two counties alternated in furnishing the state senator. in 1908 he was elected judge of the Ninth judicial district court, serving until 1912. During his time on the bench, he moved to Hutchinson, which city has since been his home.
During his service as county attorney, it fell to the lot of Judge Branine to prosecute one of the hardest fought and most widely known criminal cases in central Kansas, it being the case against G. Wash. Rogers for burning the county records. That case will be recalled by all older residents. It was charged that Rogers, having a complete set of abstract records, tried to destroy the public records in the court house in order to enhance the value of his records. The case was tried several times and ground the supreme court to final conviction and sentence. Rogers was eventually paroled and came back here to live several years.
Soon after being admitted to the bar Judge Branine was appointed and served as United States commissioner for some time. His service whatever capacity he was called was always faithful, vigorous and thoro.
Coming from true pioneer stock of Illinois, Judge Branine came to the Kansas Prairie as a lad of ten years, helped his father carve out a farm home, working long hours and diligently, earning much of his own way thru school. Thus he developed the heritage of the rugged hardihood of the pioneer, becoming self-reliant, unafraid and a leader among men at a time when Kansas was being transformed from frontier of lawlessness into a great commonwealth of vast resources of lay and order, of high ideals and steadfast purpose to which he gave much and received much in the realization of his dreams of living among and helping to develop a great people.
Judge Branine was truly one of the outstanding men of his generation, and his long, active, constructive life will be as a benediction upon those who are left to mourn, and to ponder what he was and what he did.
Funeral services for Hon. Charles E. Branine, who passed away at a Hutchinson hospital, at three o'clock the morning of Dec. 8, were conducted Saturday afternoon at the First Presbyterian church in that city, with the Rev. Arthur C. Miller in charge. Mr. Branine was laid to rest in the Temple of Memories, Fairlawn cemetery. Pall bearers were men who had been closely associated with Judge Dernine in the legal profession for many years, Roy C. Davis, A. E. Fogelberg, Charles Hall, D. C. Martindell, Herbert Ramsey, Judge J. G. Somers.
Honorary pall bearers included prominent members of the bar and business associates as follows: C. M. Beachy, Wichita; H. F. Brown, Guthrie; Judge Walter Huxman, Topeka; C. S. Fulton, F. P. Hetinger, J. S. Simmons, Carr Taylor, J. N. Tincher, C. M. Williams, all of Hutchinson; H. C. Bowman, J. S. Henderson, John C. Nicholson, B. H. Turner, W. H. Von Der Heiden and J. S. Nye of Newton.
Charles E. Branine was born at St. Elmo, Illinois, March 7, 1864, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Branine. At the age of ten years, he came with his parents to harvey county, in June, 1874, and they settled on a farm. Judge Branine worked on his fathers farm until he began his college education, attending Baker University and the University of Kansas, and later studied law in the office of Joseph W. Ady. He was admitted to the bar Nov. 20, 1889, and was later joined by his brother Ezra of this city, who studied law with the older brother, and they practiced together here sixteen years.
In the meantime love and romance came into his life, and he was married to Miss May Rigby, at Concordia, Kans., Oct. 8, 1891. To them two children were born, Harold, who followed the father's footsteps and entered the legal profession and became his father's partner in practice at Hutchinson. The other child was a daughter, now Mrs. Lester (Hazel) Whitmore, of Salem, Va. He is also survived by brothers and sisters as follows: Ezra Branine of Newton: Elmer, Bremen, Okla.; John of Larned; Mrs. W. J. Shull, Newton; Mrs. Evert Anderson, Manhattan; and Mrs. Charles Joseph, Potwin.
For 36 years, or almost half his life time, Charley Branine resided in Newton, or Harvey county, and this city was a large sense always his home. He and Mrs. Branine were members of the Presbyterian church when they lived here, transferring their membership to the Hutchinson church when they went there in 1910.
After five years active practice of law, Judge Branine was elected county attorney, serving from 1894 to 1898. Two years later, in 1900 he was elected state senator form the Harvey-McPherson district, serving four years. In those days, as has been the rule ever since, the two counties alternated in furnishing the state senator. in 1908 he was elected judge of the Ninth judicial district court, serving until 1912. During his time on the bench, he moved to Hutchinson, which city has since been his home.
During his service as county attorney, it fell to the lot of Judge Branine to prosecute one of the hardest fought and most widely known criminal cases in central Kansas, it being the case against G. Wash. Rogers for burning the county records. That case will be recalled by all older residents. It was charged that Rogers, having a complete set of abstract records, tried to destroy the public records in the court house in order to enhance the value of his records. The case was tried several times and ground the supreme court to final conviction and sentence. Rogers was eventually paroled and came back here to live several years.
Soon after being admitted to the bar Judge Branine was appointed and served as United States commissioner for some time. His service whatever capacity he was called was always faithful, vigorous and thoro.
Coming from true pioneer stock of Illinois, Judge Branine came to the Kansas Prairie as a lad of ten years, helped his father carve out a farm home, working long hours and diligently, earning much of his own way thru school. Thus he developed the heritage of the rugged hardihood of the pioneer, becoming self-reliant, unafraid and a leader among men at a time when Kansas was being transformed from frontier of lawlessness into a great commonwealth of vast resources of lay and order, of high ideals and steadfast purpose to which he gave much and received much in the realization of his dreams of living among and helping to develop a great people.
Judge Branine was truly one of the outstanding men of his generation, and his long, active, constructive life will be as a benediction upon those who are left to mourn, and to ponder what he was and what he did.
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