LEONARD BRACE came to this section in the spring of 1828, and settled on a tract near the town of Carrollton, and now included within the limits of the city. He was a native of Herkimer county, N.Y., born in 1796. In Litchfield, in that county, he was united in marriage with Julia Eldred, about 1818 or 1820. In 1828, they came west, and located as above. He had been a soldier of the war of 1812-15, and had made a gallant record. Mr. Brace at once commenced farming, but in a few months he was snatched from his family by the hands of death. This was in 1829. He was buried at a point about two miles northwest of the Carrollton cemetery. His widow is still a resident of the county seat. He was the parents of six children, five of whom are living - Joshua T., Thaddeus W.; Clara M., wife of Edward Ferguson; Ann E. and Curtius W. All of these children, although young at the time of coming here, are to be ranked with the old settlers, by right of a continuous residence of over 56 years.