Charles Elmer Brainard

Charles Elmer Brainard was born 14 September 1862 in East Killingly, Connecticut. He was the son of Lucy Ann Chase Brainard (1837-1915) and James Sidney Brainard (1833-1917). He had three siblings: Jared Wilfred Brainard (1876-1924); Clara H. Brainard (1868-1893); and Eva Brainard Taft (Mrs. George Taft).

Charles E. Brainard married Carrie Enola Cunningham (1866-1958) in East Gloucester, Massachusetts, on 29 December 1890. They had at least one daughter, Carolyn Lucie Brainard Nickerson (Mrs. Donald Edgar Nickerson) (b. 1898).

Charles E. Brainard died 4 May 1961 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.