P. H. A. Braxton

Biography

Patrick Henry Alexander Braxton (September 22, 1852 – March 7, 1900) was a preacher and politician in Virginia and Maryland. During the Reconstruction Era, Braxton was a county constable in King William County, Virginia and later a United States Custom House collector in Low Cedar Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia. In 1879 he became pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland, a position he held for about twenty years. He was active in fighting for civil rights and educational issues.

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