I am trying to locate my great grandfather's parents. Unfortunately, this was not something that was talked about in my family considering he died when my dad was 12. I decided to post because there are only 3 remaining of my Great Grandfather's children (out of 13). My dad passed in 2005 and I have no answers about my family.

My great Grandfathers name is James Henry Braxton born in Colesville Montgomery County Maryland in Dec 22 1895 (per his WW1 registration card), he was listed on the 1900 census (age 4)in Montgomery County Maryland residing with an Aunt & Uncle (Martha Nelson & David T Nelson) and Edward Braxton listed as a nephew (age 7, perhaps a brother)then in 1910 (age 14) with an Aunt Sarah E. Lee. He went in the Army Drafted in 1917 and served from 1918-1919. He had 13 children (I can only name 5 to include my dad) with Cecelia L. Ford born April 8, 1907 in Baltimore, Maryland which I have no proof of marriage either which I assume was done since she's entered with him at Arlington Cemetary. The address listed on his registration card is 1336 Cedar Street NW DC which no longer exhists in the 1300 block but maybe due to DC changing it's boarder since there is a 1336 Cedar Street just above DC now considered Silver Spring, MD and Colesville is now Silver Spring, MD.

He died on Jan 1, 1956 and she in 1981 both he and Cecelia are buried in Arlington Cemetary. I would like to find his parents which according to the census were both born in Maryland.I also located two parental consent forms for his two eldest daughters to marry at 16 and the address as 717 Pleasent Court NW Washington, DC. I call the National Archives in Maryland and Vital Statistics and no record before 1914 is on file for him nor will Vital Statistis release that information to me since im not an immediate family member. His SSN is listed on the SS Death Index but there are occasions when looking for this information it was listed as 1896 and 1899 as his birth year which isn't accurate since I saw his writting on his military registration card which also stated he was employed as a Teamster at M. Goldman's (june 5, 1917).

Have you any luck?