Warren Carter Bronaugh

     Bronaugh, Missouri was named for Warren C. Bronaugh. Warren Carter Bronaugh also went by the name of Wal. He was born in April 1846. He married Evaline Blankenbaker, daughter of Andrew Blankenbaker, on 13 May 1884 at Cooper Co., Mo..¹ Book author. The Youngers' fight for freedom; a southern soldier's twenty years' campaign to open northern prison doors, by W.C. Bronaugh, Columbia, Mo., Printed for the author by E. W. Stephens Pub., 1906. Details his efforts to get Coleman and Jim Younger (members of the Jesse James Gang) released from prison.
BRONAUGH, Warren Carter "Wall" Sr. - abt 1841 - 1923
"Wall" Bronaugh Dead - Confederate Veteran, 82, At His Home in Kansas City - For Many Years One of Henry County¹s Best Known Citizens - Was Active in State Democratic Affairs - Warren Carter Bronaugh died Thursday afternoon at the home, 2501 East Thirty-seventh street, Kansas City, says the Star. Mr. Bronaugh was 82 years old, and had been in ill health several years. He had lived in Kansas City twelve years. Mr. Bronaugh was prominent in the affairs of the United Confederate Veterans, having served for six years as commander of the Missouri division of the organization, retiring last October. Mr. Bronaugh was born in Buffalo, W. Va., the son of Mr. C. C. and Mrs. Ann Bronaugh. He came of French and English Revolutionary stock. His great grandfather on his father¹s side, Col. William Bronaugh of Virginia, served in the French and Indian wars of 1754, and was a member of Washington¹s council. W. C. Bronaugh¹s mother, before her marriage was Miss Ann Waters, who was a descendant of Lieut. Edward Waters of the English army. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Bronaugh, then 20 years old, enlisted in the Confederate army at Springfield, MO., and served throughout the war under General Price. Returning to Henry county after the war Mr. Bronaugh with a brother, F. C. Bronaugh, engaged in the live stock business and for years conducted there one of the show farms of the state. He was married in 1884, to Miss Eva Blankenbaker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Blankenbaker of New Franklin, Mo. Besides the widow, he is survived by two sons, Warren C. Bronaugh, Jr., of the home address, salesman at the George B. Peck Dry Goods Company, and A. Y. Bronaugh, Toledo, O., and a daughter, Mrs. Ann Dazey, wife of John Dazey of the Dazey Manufacturing Company of St. Louis; two sisters, Mrs. Cora Bronaugh of the home address, and Mrs. C. C. French, Fort Worth, Texas, and a brother, F. C. Bronaugh of Clinton. Mr. Bronaugh, himself a generous contributor, was active in raising funds for the erection of the Confederate home at Higginsville, Mo. He served as a member of the board of directors of the home. Mr. Bronaugh was active in all state Democratic affairs. He was a close friend of the late Senator William J. Stone. He was instrumental in obtaining the release of the Younger brothers from the Minnesota state prison thru his untiring efforts for twenty-five years. A book, of which he was the author, tells of the work to bring about their liberty. The funeral was held at the home in Kansas City Saturday afternoon and the body taken to Clinton Sunday and laid to rest in Englewood cemetery.²