Heyward Milhollin Braddock Papers, 1972-1981

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Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
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Richmond, VA 23219
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Preferred citation:

Heyward Milhollin Braddock Papers, 1972-1981. Accession 44578. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Heyward Milhollin Braddock Papers, 1972-1981. Accession 44578. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1972-1981, of Heyward Milhollin Braddock (1901-1981) of Arlington, Virginia, containing genealogical research on the Braddock family, and the allied families of Bond, Canaday, DuBois, Hardee, Henkel/Henkle, Hough, McClintic, Milhollin, Shanklin, and Van Meter. Areas covered include Bath, Frederick, Loudoun, and Shenandoah Counties, Virginia, and Florida, Georgia, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, and West Virginia. There are copies and transcriptions of cemetery records, census records, deeds, family letters, marriage records, military and pension records, parish registers, and wills, as well as extracts from published genealogies and local histories, correspondence with family members and other researchers, charts and pedigrees, clippings, and obituaries.

Biographical / historical:

Heyward Milhollin Braddock was born near Crescent City, Florida on 14 December 1901. He was the son of George Joseph Braddock (1868-1951) and Mary Elizabeth Milhollin (1869-1956). He went to Washington, DC and worked as a clerk for several federal agencies. Braddock married Minnie Sapphire Fowler (1910-2000) on 20 October 1934. He joined the Civil Service Comission in 1937, and graduated from American University in 1939. Braddock was called to active duty as a member of the Army Air Corps reserves during World War II, and was recalled to active duty during the Korean War as a criminal investigator with the Office of Special Investigations. He retired from the Air Force with the rank of colonel in 1961, and from the Civil Service Commission in 1965. Heyward Milhollin Braddock died in Arlington, Virginia on 12 October 1981, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Acquisition information:
Gift of MAry K. Carlton, Scottsboro, Alabama.
Physical description:
3.825 cubic feet (9 boxes)