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and her husband Robert of Henniker, NH; cherished grandfather of Andrew Bachteler of Philadelphia, Keith Galster and his wife
Christie of Frederick, MD and Kirstin Beal and her husband Todd of Cambridge, MA; adoring great-grandfather of Lillianna Beal;
dear brother of Emma Bull and her husband Earl of Latham and the late Frank Bachteler, II. He is also survived by several
nephews.
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Page 155 [ 1073] Family Sketches
Thomas H. Bell, son of George and Martha (Turner) Bell, was born in Carlisle, North of England, 27 Aug 1861. He was educated in
the public schools and was for five years a clerk in the bonded warehouse of the County Hotel and Wine Company, England. In
1880 he came to America and settled in Albany, and through the influence of his uncle, William Gray, he obtained a situation in the
office of the Troy Steel & Iron Co., where he remained six years. During that time he became interested in the work of the Young
Men's Christian Association and in 1885 was one of the prime movers in the organization of the West Troy Y. M. C. A. He was made
president of the preliminary organization and later accepted the office of executive secretary of the permanent organization, and
willingly gave his time to the work free of charge. In 1886, at the solicitation of the general secretary, Frank Ober, of the Albany
Association, and the Rev. George A. Hall, State secretary, he resigned his position with the Troy Steel & Iron Co. and entered the
school for Christian Workers at Springfield, MA, to prepare for the general secretaryship of the Y. M. C. A. In 1887 Mr. Bell was
appointed general secretary of the Lansingburgh Y. M. C. A., but ill health forced him to resign in the spring of the following year. He
was then appointed assistant to Supt. J. D. Rogers of the Round Lake Association and remained in that position until 1891, when he
entered into partnership with Lee Rivers, in the hardware and electrical supply business, at West Troy, Albany county. In July, 1893,
they dissolved partnership, and since then Mr. Bell has been engaged m the electrical business, for a time at West Troy and now at
No. 24 Green street, Albany. He is a member of the Evening Star Lodge No. 75, F&AM, of West Troy, and is also a member of the
official board of the First Avenue Methodist church of West Troy. October 22, 1890, he married Louisa W., daughter of P. R. Robson
of Albany, and they have two children: Ernest B. and Edith May.
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Waters Whipple Braman [Bramen]
http://houliston.lisaandroger.com/getperson.php?personID=I8722&tree=Houliston
also at http://iwhipple.org/getperson.php?personID=I118270&tree=Whipple
Life Sketches of Government Officials and Members of the Legislature of the State of NY, Wm McElroy and Alex McBridge, 1875,
pgs 144-146:
Maj. Waters Whipple Braman (member of the House, resided West Troy, lumber dealer of Troy). Waters Whipple Braman was born
in Troy, NY, 20 Apr1840. The source indicates "His parents, both of whom are dead, were Horace and Caroline E. Braman, the
maiden name of the latter being Whipple. His mother died when he was but five years of age, giving him away on her death bed to
her brother Waters W. Whipple of Troy, who had been a father to her. Mr. Whipple faithfully performed the trust reposed in him and
cared for young Braman as well as he had been an own son . . ."
b. 20 Apr 1840, Troy, NY; son of Stephen M. Braman and Susan Hicks [ shown as Horace Braman and Caroline Filanti Whipple on
the second above listed reference]; m. Margaret Jane Getty, b. 15 Oct 1845. He is listed in the Albany County 4th Assembly District
in 1874, 75 and 79, and in the New York 17th Senatorial Distict in 1880-81.
Children:
Isaac G. b. ca 1867
Waters W. b. ca 1868
Robert A. b. 1870
Susan Eleanor b. 30 Oct 1872; d, 7 Oct 1928, Rockcliff Park, Carleton, Ontario
William b. ca 1878
Life sketches of government officers and members of the legislature of the state of New York, 1874. page 161.
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WATERS W. BRAMAN.
The present [1874] House contains very few more careful or conscientious members than WATERS W. BRAMAN, of West Troy,
Albany county. Though he is entirely new to legislative duties, he has elicited the praise of veterans at the capitol, by the aptitude he
has shown in mastering the details of his position. Always at his post in the House and in the committee room, he watches the
progress of legislation with keen attention, and often discovers defects in matters under consideration which escape the scrutiny of
older members. Especially do the interests of his immediate constituency, which is an unusually large one, receive his unremitting
attention, as is evidenced by the fact that an unusual number of measures for the welfare of West Troy and Cohoes have been
initiated during the present session. Maj. BRAMAN is not what may be termed a trained orator, but he is not by any means a silent
member, being able to express his views pointedly and briefly when occasion requires. He is a man of rather commanding
appearance, with a pleasant face and genial manner, and is in every respect an honor to the district which he represents.
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