JOHN ALEXANDER "DUTCH" BRADDOCK AND SARAH JANE HADDOCK
I am a descendant of John Alexander "Dutch" Braddock and his wife Sarah Jane Haddock. My grandmother, Mamie Higginbotham Shaw, was their granddaughter.
Included in Grandma's collection was John A. "Dutch" Braddock's obituary. It is too lengthy to include in entirety here. However, some statements in it, which tell far more about the man than a photo could ever reveal, is worth repeating here:
"We have never known a better man nor a better citizen than John A. Braddock. He stood for what was right and as citizen of this Commonwealth we risk nothing in saying no influence could have been brought to bear upon him that would have induced him to swerve from the path of rectitude or do anything contrary to the best interest of his fellow men. He was on the right side of every moral and civic question and stood foursquare against everything that was wrong. He was obedient to the law, he owed no man anything except to love him and his influence was felt far and wide. Now that he is gone his children and grandchildren, neighbors and friends, rise up to call him blessed. It was as a Christian however that he stood out more conspicuously and was most influential.”.