William E. Brainard

William E. Brainard was born on 3 March 1835. He was the son of Jared Smith Brainard (1797-1842) and Maria Cone (1800-1896). He had eight siblings: Parmelia Brainard Rood (1823-1920), Calvin Wiley Brainard (1824-1897), Charles H. Brainard (1827-1862), Jared H. Brainard (1829-1904), James Sidney Brainard (1833-1917), Albert L. Brainard (1837-1837), Francis A. Brainard (1839-1915), and Mary E. Brainard (1841-1870).

He married Mary Jane Whipple (1836-1912) in 1854.

He died in Rhode Island in 1913.