Brace was born, the eldest of four children.

The evidence

• “New York. He was born August 22, 1838, the eldest of four children born to Leonard and Lavina (Smith) Brace, whose other chil-”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34d-biographical-4.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 521 / book p. 1007

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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