-
Title
-
Braund, Marshall A.
-
extracted text
-
IY! , II . R '" ~ u
11
cl
I
J-
I
L L
R S H
B R A U N D
UG U S T U S
1 8 7 9
I
j
-o-
j
l
a rsha ll Au gustus Braund was born near
l
ovar,
P arry Sound District, Ont a rio, Ca nada, Novemb er
28, ~
1879, and was a dopted by Susan Starr a nd John
Braund, a nd is of En g lish descent.
ne a r
He wa s reared
ovar, a ttende d Albert Colle ge,
Ont a rio, fro m 1900 to
1903~
B elleville~
After clerk ing i n
stor e s for a s h ort ti me h e c ame to Michigan i n
1904 ctnd was
~hu rch
astor of th e
~ et h odist
Ep i s copal
a t Ba iley, . ichigan, under Dr. G. D. Chase,
, P re s id i n g
lder.
Mr. Braund was converted at t h e a ge of fifj•
I teen.
He h a d, fro m childhood, felt that he was
l called to the ministry a nd a s a small boy woul d
l
l
~
p lay c hurch an d that h e wa s th e p re a c h er.
His
ado pted mot h er was a Christian, but t h e f a ther
I ma de no p rofession.
After he wa s converted he
was ma de a local p re a c he r in the United Brethern
Churc h and taught a Bible cl a ss a nd sup eri n ten ded
a Sund ay sc h ool in t h e Pres byterian Church.
1899, he p re a c h ed in a
(esleyan
In
ethodist church
a t Dunc h urch and Arn ie Harbor, Can ada.
While in
r--
l
2
I
colle ge he preached in a
I in
esleyan . eth odis t ch urc h
Gooderham, Ontario, also
~anifton
ci rcuit near
ellaville.
Decemb er 28, 1904, ! r . Braund married
Rebecca
dams , daughter of Sarah
illiam Adams .
~a ud
a ri a Davern and
They adopte d Thelma Irene, who was
b orn May 14 , 1909 •
. [r. Braund was received into the
1
ichi gan
Conference of t h e : ethodist Episcopal Church on
trial in Sep te ber 190 5 , and into full membership
and ord ained
e acon in 1907 .
He received Elder's
orders in 19 09 .
He served the followin g cha r ges:
Ba iley and
h s h land, 1904, paid off t h e debt and bought a
parsonage;
lto , 1906, built t h e church and r a i s ed
t h e money to pay for it and also bought a pa rson&ge 9
Grand Rapids, Epworth, and Berlin, 1909, when he
put t he basement under the Epworth church and redecor a te d t e auditorium and he ld a b i g re viv a l;
l eav e of absence for 18 mont hs s pent i n Canad a ,
1911; Elk Rap ids, 1912; held a re vi v a l at Yuba
l
addin g 60 memb ers to t h e churc h ;
Epw ort h , 191 , bought
&
r and Rap ids,
pa r so nage, built an addi-
tion to the c hurc h buildin g and furnished rooms
,--·-·
l
r
I
and held a
reviv~l
I Breckenrid g e,
taki:g in a bout 75 memb ers;
191 , raised money and p led 0 es
·.
covering the debt at both Breckenrid ge and Beth-
1
any a nd held successful reviv a ls a t both p laces;
tr nsferred to Oklahoma Annual Conference in
1917 on a ccount- of illness; returned to
ichi gan,
1918, sent to Three Rivers, joined in a tabernacle
meeting and added many to the membership; transferred to
ichigan Conference, 191 ; pastor at
Nashville , 1920, raised money for the debt and
had a successful revival; Ev art,. had a troop of
fifty-five Scouts and a
oy Scout Band of 30
pieces; 1923, held revivals at bot h Evart and
Sears; Alma, 1926, st ayed nine y ears, remodelled
church buildin g at a cost of·
~ 22,000,
sold old
parsona g e, bought another and remodelled it, the
church · burned~ the insurance being ·16,500, ~ 9,000
more was raised, plans were
d~awn
for the new
church, the parsona ge was moved and the basement
of the new church building started and 500 members were received; Eaton Rapids , 1935; Grand
Rapids, St . Paul's, 1936, where he has received
173 members into the membership.
Mr. Braund has held membership in the Independent
rder of Foresters and in the Knights of
(
--- ~~------~- ---
I Pythias
tind has served :s Chaplain in both the
Exchan ge Club and the Kiwanis Club.
he is a Republican.
1
In politics
He . has served his conference
on the Board of Stewards and as Statistician and
on various committees .
He is fond of gardening
and enjoys foot ball and at different times p layed on teams.
He has been a Scout
aster for fifteen or
twenty years, is a mem ber of the
T
ichi gan Cri ppled
Children's Society and at one time had char ge of
the work in Osceola and Gratiot counties.
Braund, Marshall A.