(P. 528) PETER BRADEN, b. Richland Co, Ohio, March 11, 1837, son of Samuel Braden who was a son of John Braden. The mother of our subject was Margaret (Gates) Braden, daughter of Peter Gates. Peter Braden was age 12 when he went to Marcon Co, Illinois, with his father, his mother having died. Peter married August 1864 to Sarah A. Poole, daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth (Parmeter) Poole, and she was left an orphan at the early age of four years. Mr & Mrs Braden lived in Illinois until 1866, when they removed to Otoe Co, Nebraska, where they lived 9 years, then coming to Iowa. They have 7 children: Belle, wife of John Harburt of Carson Township; Elmer E. of Macedonia; Ida, wife of A.E. Seaburg of Silver Creek Township; Willie, Gracie, Claude and Archie. Three children died in childhood. (P. 529) HENRY H. SPETMAN, b. Holstein, Germany, April 21, 1825, son of G.H. and Ann H. (Ellis) Spetman. G.H. and Ann had 9 children, 6 of whom came to America, 4 still surviving: H.H. our subject; William H. a resident of Mills Co, Iowa; J.H. a resident of Omaha, Nebraska; and Margaret C. wife of Charles Wymillerr of Omaha, Nebraska. Henry H. Spetman married Oct 15, 1854 to Catherine H. Beck, daughter of A.H. and E.H. (Kickbush) Beck, natives of Germany. Catherine was born June 27, 1830 in Holstein Germany, and in 1854 emigrated to America with her parents and that same year married Mr. Spetman. "Mr. and Mrs. Spetman's life is brightened and made happy by eight children:" Fred W. of council Bluffs; William C. also of this city; Mary wife of D. Holz; Henry and Lizzie of Council Bluffs; Wilhelmina wife of Frank Fox; Carl L at home, and John, deceased. (P. 533) OTIS HARDENBERGH, b. October 3, 1828, son of Nicholas Hardenbergh and Margaret (Cronk) Hardenbergh of New York. Otis came to Iowa at age 28 where he settled for six years, doing carpentry and farming. He married in January 1860 to Margaret Hopley, daughter of Thomas and Francis (Arrowsmith) Hopley, formerly of England. In 1866 he went to Arapahoe Co, Colorado, where he worked on a ranch at also at his trade for 15 years. Mr and Mrs Hardenbergh had three children: George H., Sophia (deceased) and Jessie. Jessie is married to Henry Conn of Beatrice, Nebraska and has two children. Mrs. Hardenbergh died in 1882, and in 1889 Otis married Eliza Wilson, daughter of Knight and Margaret (Rathborn) Wilson, of England. By this marriage, Mr Hardenbergh has one daughter, May W. (P. 538) N.W. WILLIAMS, b. May 2, 1842, son of James and Sarah (Woodruff) Williams, natives of New York and descendants of old Puritan families. When our subject was 4 years old, his father died, and at age 12 he went with his mother to Michigan, then to Illinois, and then in the fall of 1857 they located in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, where the mother died the following autumn. In December 1858, Mr Williams and his 2 sisters came to Council Bluffs. He learned the trade of brick-laying and plastering, and after service in the civil War, took up that trade. On July 21, 1863, he married Charlotte E. Armstrong, a native of Nauvoo, Illinois, and they are the parents of 7 children: Fannie (deceased), Ralph, Mark, Stella (deceased), Olive (deceased), Emma and Ruth.