Mr. Brace was happily married on February 13, 1864, his chosen lady
being Mary Randall, daughter of Cyrus and Caroline (Downey) Ran-
dall, the father a native of New York and the mother an Englishwoman
by birth. The death of the father occurred at Detroit, when he was
about seventy-five years of age, but the mother is living at fnkster in
Wayne county, Michigan, the years of this worthy lady numbering
eighty-eight. Mrs. Brace was one of a family of nine children. Felista
is the wife of James Dugaw, of Detroit; Chauncey is deceased; Mary,



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wife of the subject, is third in order of birth; Louisa is the widow of
Lewis Scott, of Wayne county; Elizabeth, now deceased, was the wife
of Joseph Clariv, of Wayne county; Carohne, wife of Mr. Rieff, of
Wayne county, is deceased; Filena is the wife of Henry House, of
Genesee county; George is deceased, having been accidentally shot; and
Cyrus, the youngest child, is a citizen of Wayne county.
Into the household of the subject and his wife were born six chil-
dren, concerning whom the following brief data is entered. Frank
W., the eldest son, makes his home in the city of Detroit, where he is
engaged in the undertaking business ; Electa is at home ; R. Jay is en-
gaged in the leather goods business at Pontiac ; Lucille is the wife of
Dr. C. B. Chapin, of Benton Harbor, Michigan; Clarence is associated
with his father in his undertaking business ; and James is at home.
