1. 2. Nellie C. BLAKE   b. 17 Jun 1857; d. Feb 1942, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

OBIT: Name: Brainard, Nellie
Date: Feb 24 1942
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #009.
Notes: Brainard, Nellie--Beloved wile of the late Russell, mother of Mrs. Ollie Norris, grandmother and great-grandmother. Services Wednesday, Feb. 25, Riverside Cemetery Chapel at 4 p. m.

MARRIAGE: BLAKE, NELLIE C and BRAINARD, RUSSELL B 0018 0279

Nellie may be the sister of Russell's brother-in-law, Edwin Blake.

Her name might have been Helen or he had a second wife. 1898 deed for property ceded over to S. Brooklyn lists Russell's wife as Helen.

1. 3. Ollie BRAINARD  
2. 4. Robert Leslie BRAINARD   b. 1897; d. 13 Jun 1918, Chateau Thierry, France..

BURIAL: Just west of D.S. Brainard monument at Riverside Cemetery and immediately next to Nellie and Russell's gravestones.

OBIT: Name: Brainard, Robert Leslie
Date: August 1, 1921
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #009.
Notes: Brainard-Robert Leslie, beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. Russel Brainard, and brother of Mrs. B. J. Norris; private Marine Headquarters Company, Fifth Regiment, who died June 13, 1918 of wounds received in action at Chateau Thierry, France. Military funeral from the residence of his parents, 2223 Broadview, Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 2:30 p. m.

CENSUS: 1910 census specifies that he was the adopted son of Russell Brainard.