JAMES A. BRACE, contractor and builder, is a native of Monroe County, N. Y. He learned his trade in Elmira, N. Y., following it after his apprenticeship, for three years, in that State. He then came to Ohio, and for five years was engaged in the prosecution of his business at Springfield. In 1858, he came to Kendallville, where he has since been identified, and where he is now recognized as one of the leading contractors and superintendents. Kendallville has had many of its public buildings erected under his supervision, and all over northern Indiana he has erected superior structures. Among the many, we briefly name the La Grange County Jail, the Mitchell, Able and Brust, Blck and Krueger Blocks, of Kendallville; many of the public blocks of Ligonier, and in 1881 he secured a contract on the Warsaw Court House. Mr. Brace has served on the Council, and been City Marshal of Kendallville. He is a genial and enterprising citizen, and possesses superior business qualifications. He is a Master Mason, and a member of the K. of H. He was married, 1862, to Miss Phedora Decker. They have two children -- Howard and Adah L. Goodspeed, Weston A, Richard Collins, Thomas R. Marshall, W. L. Matthews; Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana: historical and biographical; Chicago, F. A. Battey & Co., 1882, p. 298-299 |
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