Early Life, Family and Training Ross Eugene Braught enters the world on August 6, 1898, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. His early environment is shaped by his father, John Braught, a factory worker who spends his spare time painting. This quiet domestic practice seeds an interest in the visual arts within Ross Eugene Braught. By his high school years, the impulse to create takes hold, manifesting in early drawings of trees and plants that h…