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Mr. Poppleton was reared on a farm and in after years always greatly enjoyed the country. His favorite recreation was visiting Oakland Farm, a tract of Jand of twelve hundred acres which he owned near Elkhorn, Nebraska, and on which he engaged in breeding, raising and training standard bred trotting horses. Moreover, he enjoyed every phase of nature and particularly every feature concerning the development of a model farm property. About the ist of January, 1892, Mr. Poppleton's eyes began to fail and in a few months he suffered a total loss of eyesight. Up to this time he remained a most active figure in the public life of city and state and he was frequently called upon to deliver addresses on various topics before the Nebraska State University, also in Indianapolis and in other places. He belonged to the Nebraska State Bar Association and he was one of the organizers and the first president of the Omaha Bar Association. He was likewise an organizer and the president of the Law Library Association and was one of the organizers and long a director of the Omaha public library. He likewise aided in organizing and became the first president of the Omaha Board of Trade. He was a firm believer in the future of Omaha and he did everything in his power to promote and advance the interests of the city. His life was strong in purpose and in conduct. Nature endowed him with manifold talents and a high order of intelligence, which he used wisely and well, and he left the impress of his individuality for good upon the history of city and state.

Passage source: Omaha: the Gate City, and Douglas County, Nebraska;, published 1917.

At the usual age Braddock H. Dunham became a pupil in the country schools of St. Lawrence county, New York, and afterward attended an academy at Canton, in that county, and also the St. Lawrence University at Canton. In 1882 he became a resident of Fremont, Nebraska, where he took up the profession of teaching, but turned to other professional activity as a life work. Lie studied law with the late W. H. Munger and in 1887 was admitted to the bar. In May, 1886, he became associated with the law department of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad and also with the Sioux City & Pacific Railroad with headquarters at Fremont. In July, 1888, these corporations removed their headquarters to Omaha and Mr. Dunham removed to this city at that time, continuing with the law department of these companies and their successor, the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company, until October 4, 1912, when he resigned his position and entered upon general practice, in which he has since continued. He has a comprehensive knowledge of railroad and corporation law and his ability in that field is pronounced.

Passage source: Omaha: the Gate City, and Douglas County, Nebraska;, published 1917.

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