As early as 1814, Seth BRAINARD with his wife Delilah came from Haddam, Ct., and bought a large tract of land, adding to it from time to time, until it numbered 100 acres. A fine inheritance for their children.

Some of the land that Seth owned was in Mayfield Township and was distributed amongst his children after his death.

BURIAL:
Tombstone Inscriptions from Broadview Cemetery at Broadview and Spring St., Cuyahoga County, Ohio

BRAINARD: large monument toward the rear of the cemetery
South side of stone:
Deliliah wife of ____ Brainard Jan. 12, 18__, aged 32 years
Seth Brainard died September 13, 1877 aged 83 years
Samantha died Mar __ , 189_, aged 73 years

BRAINARD: monument is very old and worn
____ Brainard, (crack in stone) died ____ 182_, aged 32 years
Benj. Brainard ___ June __ 187__
____ce Brainard illegible

North side of Monument
Isahea Brainard died _____ age 8__ years
Matilda Wife of I. Brainard died April 15, 18__ aged 22 years
Artista Wife of __ Died October 18, 1817
Electa M. or H. wife of I. Brainard Died May 15, 1859 or 1839
Philander son of ___ Brainard died Aug. I, 1832 or 1839 aged 9 years
Nora ___ of ___ Brainard died April 6 or 16, 1838, aged 2 years

West side of Monument
J. Nelson Brainard died Feb. 7, 1899 aged 81 years
Carmelia wife of J. N. Brainard died Aug. 11, 1812
Betsy D. or B. died September 12, 181__ aged 8 years


Source of above: http://www.geocities.com/micheledanielle/broadview.html

Some called it the Brainerd Cemetery, others, Broadview Cemetery. Few knew it's deeded name and many didn't realize there was more?on the corner of Broadview and Spring than a family restaurant next to an empty lot. A plot of land on Seth Brainerd's farm.

BIOGRAPHY: Seth and Delilah Brainard came to Brooklyn Township in 1815 from Hadden Neck, Connecticut. When Simeon Chester, another early settler, died in 1821, he was buried on the Brainards' farm. In 1852, the land became an official cemetery when Seth and Delilah granted .6 acres to trustees Daniel Fish, Ashel Brainard, George Brainard and successors, to be used as a public burying ground.

The deed transferring the 100' x 114' parcel to Brooklyn Township, though, is dated October 25, 1860, and since then, the land has been exempt from property taxes. A Provision in the deed states that if the land ceases to be used as a cemetery, it is to revert back to Brainard or his heirs. When they died, Seth and Delilah were buried in the cemetery, too.

Full article:

Brooklyn Union Burying Ground

William Cullen Bryant, as you know, is the name of one of our neighborhood elementary schools. Bryant was a 19th century American poet, and his most famous work is the poem "Thanatopsis ". In it he wrote,
"All that tread the globe are but a handful to the tribes that slumber in its bosom."

How true! First the Indians, and then almost two hundred years of Brooklyn Township residents have been laid to rest in and around our neighborhood.

At different times in its history, the cemetery we come to rededicate today has been known as the Brainard (Brainerd) Burial Ground, Brooklyn Union Burial Ground, and Broadview Cemetery. It is one of the earliest burial places in the area of Brooklyn south of the Big Creek Valley and was originally part of a farm because in former times, people were often buried on private property.

Set and Delilah Brainard came to Brooklyn Township in 1815 from Hadden Neck, Connecticut. When Simeon Chester, another early settler, died in 1821, he was buried on the Brainards' farm. In 1852, the land became an official cemetery when Seth and Delilah granted .6 acres to trustees Daniel Fish, Ashel Brainard, George Brainard and successors, to be used as a public burying ground.

The deed transferring the 100' x 114' parcel to Brooklyn Township, though, is dated October 25, 1860, and since then, the land has been exempt from property taxes. A Provision in the deed states that if the land ceases to be used as a cemetery, it is to revert back to Brainard or his heirs. When they died, Seth and Delilah were buried in the cemetery, too.

Crosses or boards listing the name of the deceased and the date of death were typical grave markers in the early days. They have, of course, long since deteriorated.

Limestone from the Lake Erie Islands was another popular material for old headstones. A Limestone marker which lists Simeon, Matilda, Betsy and Abby remains at the Chester plot. (We believe that others have sunk into the ground.) The inscriptions are barely legible, the result of weather acting on the stones.

Numerous headstones at the cemetery are made from sandstone, which was most probably locally quarried. More recently headstones have been made from granite, a durable rock shipped here from out-of-state. About two years ago, a new granite headstone was placed at the previously unmarked graves of the Kluender family.

For a time it was fashionable for markers to have epitaphs -- short compositions in prose or verse written in tribute to the dead person -- inscribed on them, but none of the headstones still standing in this cemetery have epitaphs.
adstone in Broadview Cemetery -- Bunn, Hester, Dawson, McDiarmid, Reeve, Schwartz, Spinney, Stadler, Thorn and Voelker.

We have been told that more Brainards, Glovers, Roethkes, Stumpfs, Wengers, plus Flecks, Herrmanns and Pupikofers (and, of course, Kluenders) were also buried there. One of the Flecks, interred in 1923, is thought to be the last person laid to rest in this cemetery.

In 1940, the WPA compiled a huge book of plat maps showing where war veterans are buried in Cleveland cemeteries. It lists two such individuals in this cemetery -- Daniel Fish, a veteran of the War of 1812, and Charles H. Kohlmann, a veteran of the Civil War. And indeed two of the remaining family markers bear the names Fish and Kohlmann. Note that Fish and Kohlmann were not killed in the wars, but had served in them.

The surnames on the other old markers on plots in the cemetery are Reeve (on Chester's marker), McDiarmid, Spinney and Stadler. A broken-off marker bears the name Bunn.

When larger, more prestigious cemeteries were organized, it became common for families to move the remains of their loved ones. Bodies disinterred from Broadview Cemetery were generally transferred to: Brookmere (est. 1836), at the end of short Broadview; Riverside (est. 1876) on Pearl Road (then Pearl Street), north of the Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge; and Brooklyn Heights (est. 1902), at Broadview and Schaaf Roads, extending to State Road (then West 35th Street).

Disinterment was not an easy task in the days when there were no concrete vaults to protect the wooden caskets. Clay near the surface of the soil caused rainwater to collect around the casket, and eventually the water so deteriorated the casket that removing it in one piece was impossible. The sight of fragments of wood on the ground was a sure sign that someone had been exhumed recently.
The gravel driveway along the north side of the cemetery was the entrance funeral processions used. It was lined with sugar maple trees, some of which are still standing. Other maple trees also once grew along the front of the cemetery along Broadview Road. Every March, the cemetery's neighbors tapped the trees and hung buckets beneath the taps, to have their own source of the sweet syrup.

In the southwest corner of the cemetery, where Barb's Restaurant is today, there was a place for the people who were visiting the cemetery to park their horses and buggies. Although many people were concerned in 1962 when The Red Barn purchased that section of the property, the more common belief is that there were never any burials in that area. In fact, we have also been told that an icehouse was once located at the corner of Broadview and Spring Roads.

In the past, families decorated graves differently from the way people do today. Instead of bringing artificial or cut flowers, each spring they planted annuals on the graves.

Wildflowers -- violets and lilies-of-the-valley -- grew in the cemetery, too. A huge lilac bush stood in the center of it; an "old-timer" told us that it was as big as two garages, and had paths cut through it.
The cemetery also served as a playground for neighborhood youngsters. The girls played with their dolls, the boys played baseball and football (balls frequently got lost in that big lilac bush) and both sexes played tag. That is a far cry from the sign, which now mandates that children not accompanied by parents are to keep out.

Over the years, tales have circulated about a mass burial reputed to have occurred in this cemetery. In Kathryn Wilmer's seco?d book about Old Brooklyn, the grave was supposed to have held the remains of the victims of a flood in the Cuyahoga Valley in the 1890s. (Actually, the famed flood occurred in 1913).

Another story was that at the turn of the century, a boat from Conneaut or thereabouts sank in Lake Erie near the East Ninth Street pier, and that those who drowned were buried here. Searches through books about boating tragedies on Lake Erie fail to confirm that such an accident occurred, or that the victims were buried out here in the country.

In 1913, Broadview Cemetery was forfeited to the State of Ohio, which asked the City of Cleveland to maintain it. For many years, that was accomplished through the City's Division of Parks, Recreation and Properties (out of Brookmere Cemetery). In approximately 1985, however, the City's Public Service Department took over the responsibility for cutting the grass.

In 1964 and 1965, The Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve attempted to have the City fence in the cemetery and erect a sign there, but their efforts were not successful. In fact, Ohio Cemeteries, a 1978 publication of The Ohio Genealogical Society, lists Broadview Cemetery as "abandoned". Although that may have appeared to be the case, it is not reality.

The Historical Society of Old Brooklyn has been looking after his cemetery for almost ten years. We think it is as special a little plot of land as two other small cemeteries in the vicinity. They are the Foote Family Cemetery in Brooklyn Heights, north of Schaaf Road, a private burial ground where Edwin Foote (one of Moses Cleavelend's surveyors), Mabel Foote (the school teacher murdered in Parma in 1921), and numerous other members of the Foote family are buried; and the Brooklyn Centre Burying Grounds, almost hidden on Garden Avenue, a little street north of Denison Avenue and east of Pearl Road in Brooklyn Centre, once a portion of Ebenezer Fish's farm, and the final resting place of many of the early Fish settlers.

We would like to acknowledge the people, many of whom are now deceased, who have shared with us their knowledge about old cemeteries in general and this cemetery in particular -- John Bellamy from The Cuyahoga County Library, Mabel Tate Blair, John Busch, Blanche Chester, Paul Clifford of the Mineralogy Department of the Natural History Museum, Delores Kaul Filips, Ruth Ketteringham, Barney Killian, Clarke Martin, Kenneth Rankin, Carl Reed, John Sopka, Addeen Bauers Sweitzer, Norman Waag, and numerous public officials.

As long as our organization exists, we will continue to weed and water what we have planted here.

Reprinted with permission by the author.
If you have any further questions or want to tell us about the preservation of an Ohio cemetery, please contact us at ohcps@aol.com

1. 2. James Nelson BRAINARD   b. 30 Dec 1812, Middle Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; d. 7 Feb 1899, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 3. Eunice R. BRAINARD   b. 13 Jul 1814, Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. 16 Sep 1892, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. 4. Asahel N. BRAINARD   b. 16 Jan 1816, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 6 Jan 1899, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. 5. Aristarchus BRAINARD, [infant]   b. 1817, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1817, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 6. Timothy BRAINARD, [infant]   b. 1818, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1818, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. 7. Samantha BRAINARD   b. 30 May 1820, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1890/1899, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
7. 8. Miriam BRAINARD   b. 1 May 1822, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 5 Nov 1895, South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
8. 9. Horace BRAINARD   b. 6 May 1825, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 5 Dec 1897, South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
9. 10. Riley BRAINARD   b. 16 Dec 1831, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 19 Jan 1908, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

OBIT:
Name: Brainard, James M.
Date: 2/7/1899
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #009.
Notes: age 86. Broadview Cemetery South Brooklyn, Ohio.

1. 11. George Elliot BRAINARD   b. 24 Apr 1837, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 12. Charles Wesley BRAINARD   b. 23 Oct 1839, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 13. Carnelia A. BRAINARD   b. Brooklyn Twp, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 14. Martha M. BRAINARD   b. Abt 1848, ,, Ohio, USA.
2. 15. Mary Eliza BRAINARD   b. 3 Jul 1853.
3. 16. Lillian A. BRAINARD   b. Abt 1859, ,, Ohio, USA; d. Dec 1936, Brooklyn Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 17. Charlotte (Carrie) BRAINARD  
5. 18. Frank Ralph BRAINARD   b. 4 Feb 1862, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 26 Mar 1925, Brooklyn Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
6. 19. child1 BRAINARD, [infant]  
7. 20. child2 BRAINARD, [infant]  

MARRIAGE: BRAINARD, EUNICE and FOSTER, DANIEL C 0003 0283


BURIAL: Foster, Eunice R. 9/16/1892 age 78 Lot 59 1-S (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

1. 21. Elizabeth Brainard FOSTER   b. 31 Aug 1838, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 20 Jul 1876, Painesville, Lake, Ohio.
2. 22. Russell (Rupel) B. FOSTER, [child]   b. 25 Sep 1840, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 8 Aug 1851, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. 23. Seth M. FOSTER, [child]   b. 6 Jan 1843, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 30 Jul 1851, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. 24. Mary M. FOSTER, [infant]   b. 14 Jan 1845, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 19 Jul 1846, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
5. 25. Lucy FOSTER, [infant]   b. 8 Aug 1847, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 6 Aug 1849, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
6. 26. Harriet E. FOSTER, [infant]   b. 9 Apr 1853, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 18 Aug 1853, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
7. 27. Charles FOSTER   b. 29 Oct 1855; d. 29 Feb 1880, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.

BURIAL:
Tombstone Inscriptions from Broadview Cemetery at Broadview and Spring St., Cuyahoga County, Ohio
North side of Monument
Isahea Brainard died _____ age 8__ years
Matilda Wife of I. Brainard died April 15, 18__ aged 22 years (his first wife)
Artista Wife of __ Died October 18, 1817
Electa M. or H. wife of I. Brainard Died May 15, 1859 or 1839 (his second wife)
Philander son of ___ Brainard died Aug. I, 1832 or 1839 aged 9 years
Nora ___ of ___ Brainard died April 6 or 16, 1838, aged 2 years (dgtr of third wife, Naomi)

Source of above: http://www.geocities.com/micheledanielle/broadview.html

See also Groton Avery Clan books. By Elroy M. Avery and Catharine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery

1. 28. Arista BRAINARD, [child]   b. 19 Oct 1845, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Abt 1848, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. 29. Electa Matildy BRAINARD   b. 8 May 1850, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Jan 1934, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 30. Nora BRAINARD, [infant]   b. 15 Feb 1856, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 16 Apr 1858, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

Obtained this name from the 1850 Ohio Census page 61.
Seth, Delilah, Miriam, and Riley.

MARRIAGE:
BRAINARD, MARIAM and ELDRIDGE, MOSES J vol.0005 pg.0181 (Cuyahoga County Marriage Index)
ELDRIDGE, MARIAM and HODKINSON, WILLIAM vol.0017 pg.0336 (Cuyahoga County Marriage Index)

DEATH:
According to probate packet of Miriam Eldridge, Case #13,789, 2/9/1888 to 12/31/1896, Docket 17 to 46 at the Cuyahoga County Archives Miriam Cheney nee Eldridge died on 5th day of Nov. AD 1895 late of Village of South Brooklyn. This is from Application for Letters of Administration by Lucy D. Ingham dtd. 16 Nov. 1895. There is a receipt dated Dec. 18, 1895 saying Received of Albert Ingham (Lucy's husband) four dollars for diggin grave in Brooklyn Cemetery for Miriam Cheney. J. J. Ray, Sexton.
(per Barbara Mitchell)

1. 31. Lucy Delilah ELDRIDGE   b. 2 Nov 1852, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 2 Jan 1923, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 32. Moses Albert ELDRIDGE  

DEATH:
Horace Brainard died Decemeber 5, 1897 in South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga County, Ohio according to Record of Interment Riverside Cemetery

1. 33. Chauncey Wellman BRAINARD   b. 1 Feb 1851, Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 19 Jul 1927, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 34. Russell Bigelow BRAINARD   b. 25 Feb 1854, Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 9 Jan 1931, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 35. Lucy M. BRAINARD   b. 27 Jan 1857, Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 9 Mar 1881, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 36. George N. BRAINARD   b. 18 Sep 1862, Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 30 Aug 1942, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

Riley might be the father of George N., Chauncey, and William. In the 1900 census, Riley and wife Harriet were enumerated just before George and Chauncey. The age is appropriate, too.
[UPDATE: This is not the case. George and Chauncey are Riley's nephews and the sons of his brother, Horace.]

OBIT:
Name: Riley, Brainard
Date: January 22, 1908
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #068.
Notes: Riley-Brainard, age 76, at his home on Valley rd., Sunday, January 19, at 8:30 p. m. Funeral from late residence, Jan. 22, at 1 p. m. standard.
[Note that the name is backwards in the obituary]

DEATH:
According to the Record of Interment from Riverside Cemetery, Riley Brainard died Jan. 19, 1908 in Cleveland Ohio at his residence. He is interred in Sec. 6, Lot 194, Grave 2, Interment #9508 and his late address was 4184 Valley Road Cleveland Ohio. Harriet Susan Brainard died March 27, 1917 in Cleveland at same residence as above and is entered in Grave 3, same section and lot. Interment No. 12933.
(per Barbara Mitchell)

1. 37. Franklin BRAINARD   b. 30 Jun 1854, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1 Sep 1881, South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 38. Celestia A. BRAINARD   b. 4 Oct 1858, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Mar 1924, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 39. Julia A. BRAINARD   b. 28 Oct 1860, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 40. Bernice BRAINARD   b. 8 Mar 1869, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Jul 1944, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 41. Gertrude BRAINARD   b. 5 Oct 1873, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 42. Clarence Marion BRAINARD   b. 15 May 1858, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 43. Charles Wesley BRAINARD   b. 15 Sep 1868, Climax, Kalamazoo Co., Mi.

MARRIAGE: BRAINARD, ELIZA M and BRAINARD, BONAPARTE H 0017 0183

1. 44. Alice Minorva BRAINARD   b. Between 1 and 19 Nov 1876, Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 5 Aug 1881.
2. 45. Harry Minter BRAINARD   b. 30 Mar 1879, Mayfield Twp., Ohio; d. 24 Jun 1942, Lyndhurst, Ohio.

OBIT:
Name: Schaef, Lillian A. Brainard
Date: Dec 14 1936
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #071.
Notes: Schaef: Lillian A. Brainard, age 79 years, 19 Schaaf rd., wife of the late Benjamin R., father of Fred, Mrs. Winifred Goldenbogen and Mrs. Mildred Weekley, and grandmother, Saturday a. m. Funeral from the late residence Tuesday, at 2:30 p. m. Kindly omit flowers.

1. 46. Winifred A. SCHAEF   b. 5 Apr 1885, Boston,, Ohio.
2. 47. Fred Nelson SCHAEF   b. 24 Jun 1887, South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 48. Frank Benjamin SCHAEF   b. 7 Feb 1890, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 49. Mildred Lillian SCHAEF   b. 14 Jul 1894, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Oct 1984, Rockport, Aransas, Texas.

OBIT: Name: Brainard, Frank B.
Date: Mar. 28, 1925
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #009.
Notes: Brainard-Frank R., beloved husband of Rosamond, and father of Lucia, Ralph, Mrs. Ruth Benjamin, Mrs. Beth Foote and Mrs. Agnes Cassidy, at residence, 4781 Broadview road, Thursday, March 26, age 63 years. Funeral at late residence Saturday, March 28, at 2:30 p. m. 1862 - 1925. Brooklyn Hts. Cemetery Brooklyn Hts., Ohio.

1. 50. Ruth Olive BRAINARD   b. 5 Jul 1887, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 51. Lucia R. BRAINARD   b. 17 Feb 1889, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Jul 1966.
3. 52. Beth Eliza BRAINARD   b. 7 Oct 1894, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Jun 1976, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 53. Agnes E. BRAINARD  
5. 54. Ralph O. BRAINARD   b. 31 Oct 1902, ,, Ohio, USA; d. 4 Feb 1974, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 55. Russell Minor TROWBRIDGE, [infant]   b. 22 Aug 1859, Painesville, Lake, Ohio; d. 1 Aug 1861.
2. 56. Elmer Ellsworth TROWBRIDGE   b. 16 Oct 1861, Painesville, Lake, Ohio; d. 19 Jul 1890, Painesville, Lake, Ohio.
3. 57. George Grant TROWBRIDGE   b. 25 Apr 1864, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Mar 1935, Painesville, Lake, Ohio.
4. 58. Seymour Daniel TROWBRIDGE   b. 12 Apr 1866.
5. 59. Armina Maria TROWBRIDGE   b. 31 Aug 1868.
6. 60. Alberta Eunice TROWBRIDGE, [child]   b. 27 Nov 1871; d. 1 Apr 1886.
7. 61. Warner Wesley TROWBRIDGE   b. 25 Jun 1876.

BURIAL: Foster, Russell B. 8/8/1851 age 11 Lot 59 4-N (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

BURIAL: Foster, Seth M. 7/31/1851 age 8 Lot 59 3-N (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

BURIAL: Foster, Mary M. 7/10/1846 age 1 Lot 59 1-N (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

BURIAL: Foster, Lucy 8/6/1849 age 2 Lot 59 2-N (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

BURIAL: Foster, Harriet E. 8/19/1953 age 4mo. Lot 59 5-N (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

BURIAL: Foster, Charles W. 4/1/1880 age 25 Lot 59 NE corner (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

1900 census shows she had 4 children of which only 2 were living.

OBIT: Name: Foster, Electa M.
Date: Jan 21 1934
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: Foster: Electa M. (nee Brainard), mother of Royce R. and the late Clarence L., passed away Friday, Jan. 19, at the residence, 4115 Cypress Ave., age 84 years. Remains at the G. H. Busch & Son Funeral Home, 4334 Pearl Rd., where services will be held Monday, Jan. 22, at 3 p. m.

1. 62. Clarence Loviel FOSTER   b. 21 Mar 1869, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Mar 1930, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 63. Howard Milton FOSTER, [child]   b. 2 Oct 1870, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 27 Oct 1877, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. 64. Levi Asahel FOSTER, [infant]   b. 5 Jun 1886, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 2 Aug 1886, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. 65. Royce Reuben FOSTER   b. Oct 1890, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

DEATH: Died at age 2.

CENSUS: 1870 - Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, Dwelling #106, Family #99.
May have been living with his niece Lucy D. and her husband, Albert Ingham in Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio. The census shows the couple in the same household with a William Eldridge but the age for William doesn't quite fit with the data collected so far. He is shown as 48 years old in 1870 which would put his year of birth at about 1823. This database is showing William's birth at about 1831.

RESIDENCES: 1920 - 1804 Aiken Ave. (living with her daughter, Nancy Brown a widow aged 58)

OBIT: Name: Ingham, Lucy J.
Date: Jan. 4, 1923
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #041.
Notes: Ingham-Lucy J., died Tuesday, Jan. 2, at 7 p. m., aged 79 years. Funeral Thursday, 2:30 p. m., from the late residence, 1804 Aiken avenue, S. W.

1. 66. Moses INGHAM   b. Sep 1875, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 67. May INGHAM   b. Aug 1880, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 68. Nancy INGHAM  

DEATH:
Chauncey W. Brainard died July 19, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio per his Certificate of Death #39829 from Division of Vital Statistics, State of Ohio

OBIT:
Name: Brainard, Chauncey W.
Date: July 21, 1927
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #009.
Notes: Brainard-Chauncey W., beloved husband of Harriet (nee Robbins), brother of Russell B., and George N., passed away at his residence, 2227 Broadview road, Tuesday, July 19, age 76 years. Remains at the G. H. Busch & Sons funeral home, 4334 Pearl road, where services will be held Thursday, July 21, at 2:30 p.m. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.

1. 69. Ethalyn BRAINARD   b. 7 May 1877, Mayfield, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 70. Lizzie BRAINARD   b. Abt 1882, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.

CENSUS:
1910 - 2139 Broadview Rd., Cleveland

DEATH:
Certificate of Death File #1123 State of Ohio Division of Vital Statistics in Cleveland.

BURIAL: Just west of D.S. Brainard monument at Riverside Cemetery.

OBIT:
Name: Brainard, Russell B.
Date: Jan 11 1931
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #009.
Notes: Brainard: Russell B., beloved husband of Nellie (nee Blake), father of Mrs. Ollie Norris, brother of George N. and the late Chauncey W., passed away Friday, Jan. 9, 1931, age 77 years. Remains at the late residence, 2223 Broadview Road, Services at the G. H. Busch & Son Funeral Home, 4334 Pearl Road, Monday, Jan, 12, at 2 p. m.

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

MARRIAGE:
BRAINARD, LUCY M and BLAKE, EDWIN B vol.0022 pg.0385 (Cuyahoga County Marriage Index)

BURIAL:
Buried in the George N. Brainard plot at Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. Her name appears on the tall monument behind George and Elizabeth's smaller headstones.

DEATH:
Lucy M. died March 9, 1881 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio per Vol. 2 of Cuyahoga Co. Vital Records.

BURIAL: Just west of D.S. Brainard monument at Riverside Cemetery.

OBIT: Name: Brainard, George N.
Date: Sep 3 1942
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #009.
Notes: Brainard: George N., beloved husband of the late Elizabeth, father of Mrs. Meta I. Mitchell, Raymond R., Eleanore H., Mrs. Orrell O. Claus, Mrs. Rosabelle V. Braun, Benjamin H., Mrs. Lorena Gumm, and grandfather; passed away Sunday, Aug. 30, late residence, 2307 Broadview rd. Friends may call at the G. H. Busch & Son Funeral Home, 4334 Pearl rd., where services will be held Wedhesday, Sept. 2, at 3 p. m.

CENSUS: 1910 - 2307 Broadview Rd (at least it APPEARS to be Broadview)

1. 73. Meta Irene BRAINARD   b. 6 Oct 1885, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 11 Nov 1963, Avon, Lorain, Ohio.
2. 74. Raymond R. BRAINARD   b. 24 Jun 1887, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 23 Jan 1961, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 75. Orville W. BRAINARD [child]   b. 1889; d. 8 Jan 1893, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 76. Olga K. BRAINARD [infant]   b. 1891; d. 14 Jan 1893, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 77. Eleanor H. BRAINARD   b. 17 Jun 1893, South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 9 Oct 1944, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. 78. Orrell O. BRAINARD   b. 15 Dec 1894, South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1 Dec 1980, Millersburg, Holmes, Ohio.
7. 79. Rosabelle V. BRAINARD   b. 4 Feb 1897, South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 9 Mar 1979, Walnut Creek, Holmes, Ohio.
8. 80. Benjamin Horace BRAINARD   b. 13 Jan 1899, South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 24 Jan 1992, Brookpark, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
9. 81. Lorena E. BRAINARD   b. 17 Mar 1901, South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 28 Aug 1994, Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona.
10. 82. Marjorie L. BRAINARD [infant]   b. Feb 1904, South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 21 May 1904, South Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 83. Rozzie Lewis BRAINARD   b. 1 Mar 1879; d. of Medina, Medina, Ohio.

OBIT: Name: Avann, Celestia
Date: Mar. 27, 1924
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #003.
Notes: Avann-Celestia (nee Brainard), beloved wife of William Avann and mother of Mrs. Ada Pearson grandmother of Clyde and Lucy, Ingham and Frances Pearson, Tuesday March 25, age 65 years Funeral at late residence Hillcrest avenue, Friday March 28, at 2 p. m. Services at Pearl road M. E. church at 2:30 p. m.

1. 84. Ada B. AVANN  

MARRIAGE: BRAINARD, BERNICE and DAWSON, ROBERT vol.0036 pg.0164


OBIT: Name: Dawson, Bernice
Date: Jul 16 1944
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #019.
Notes: Dawson: Bernice (nee Brainard), beloved wife of Robert, mother of Mrs. Harriet Schneider, Mrs. Margaret Goltz, Harold A., the late Mrs. Hazel Smith, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away Thursday, July 13, at the residence. Butternut Ridge rd. Friends may call at G. H. B?sch & Son Funeral Home, 4334 Pearl rd., where services will be held Monday, July 17, at 1:30 p. m.

1. 85. Harriet DAWSON  
2. 86. Margaret DAWSON  
3. 87. Harold A. DAWSON  
4. 88. Hazel DAWSON  

Appears in the 1880 Ohio Census as the daughter of R. Brainard and Harriet.

1. 89. Arthur G. BRAINARD   b. 27 Sep 1880, Norwich, Mi.
2. 90. Alice L. BRAINARD   b. 1 Jul 1885, Moorixtown, Mi.

OBIT: WEEKLEY, MILDRED L : Wife of late John (Obit.).. E


MARRIAGE: SCHAEF, MILDRED and WEEKLEY, JOHN S Volume: 92 Page: 129

1. 91. Richard N. WEEKLEY  
2. 92. Winifred L. WEEKLEY  
3. 93. Frank B. WEEKLEY  

MARRIAGE: BRAINARD, RUTH O and BENJAMIN, EARL H 0074 0403


OBIT: Name: Benjamin, Ruth O.
Date: Jun 5 1968
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #093.
Notes: Benjamin. Ruth O. Benjamin (nee Branard), 4268 W. 30th St., beloved wife of Earl H., mother of Leslie Rd. Evelyn M. and Warren E., grandmother of five, great-grandmother of two, sister of Beth Foote, Agnes Cassidy, Ralph and the late Lucia. The family suggests contributions to The Memorial Fund of ?he Pearl Road United Methodist Church. Services will be held Thursday, June 6, at 2 P. M. at Cassidy's Independence Funeral Home, 6595 Brecksville Rd. (Rt. 21). Independence, where friends may call Wednesday 2-4 And 7-9:30 P. M.

OBIT: Name: Brainard, Lucia R.
Date: Jul 20 1966
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #095.
Notes: Brainard. Lucia R. Brainard, 4268 W. 50th St., beloved sister of Ruth Benjamin, Beth Foote, Agnes Cassidy and Ralph Brainard. Friends may call at The Cassidy Independence Funeral Home, 6505 Brecksville Rd. (Rt. 21, Independence), where services will be held Wednesday, July 20, at 2 P.M. Interment Brooklyn Heights Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the Pearl Rd. Methodist Church Building Fund.

OBIT: FOOTE, BETH E : Wife of late Joel L (Obit.).


MARRIAGE: BRAINARD, BETH E and FOOTE, JOEL L Volume: 111 Page: 345

1. 94. Elizabeth FOOTE  
2. 95. Clayton B. FOOTE  
3. 96. Faith FOOTE  
4. 97. Mabel L. FOOTE   d. 20 Sep 1962, Bedford, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 98. daughter CASSIDY  
2. 99. Edgar CASSIDY   b. Abt 1920, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 30 Mar 1945, Germany.

OBIT: Name: Brainard, Ralph O.
Date: Feb 5 1974
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #095.
Notes: Brainard. Ralph O. Brainard, age 71, beloved husband of Eunice (nee Ganyard), dear father of Eldine Klink, Dr. Ralph C., Robert L., Rev. Frank E. and Dr. Dale E., grandfather of 11, brother of Beth Foote, Agnes Cassidy, and the late Ruth Benjamin and Lucia. Passed away Sunday. Funeral services Wednesday, Feb. 6, at Strongsville United Methodist Church, Pearl Rd., Strongsville, at 1:30 P.M. Interment Brooklyn Hts. Cemetery. Friends may call at The Baker Funeral Home, Berea, Tuesday 2-4 And 7-9 P.M.

1. 100. Eldine BRAINARD  
2. 101. Ralph C. BRAINARD  
3. 102. Robert L. BRAINARD  
4. 103. Frank E. BRAINARD  
5. 104. Dale BRAINARD  

Date of death is questionable. His parents were living in Solon at the time of the 1860 census which was taken in June of that year. Russell does not appear in the census.

OBIT: Name: Trowbridge, George G.
Date: Mar 22 1935
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #081.
Notes: Trowbridge: George G., suddenly at his home, Johnny Cake ? Rd., Painesville, O., Wednesday, 6 p. m., 71 years. Funeral Saturday, March, 23, at 2:30 p. m. from the residence, Interment in Evergreen Cemetery.

This is probably WorldTree data for Almina:

Name: Armina Trowbridge
Sex: F
Birth: 2 SEP 1868 in Cleveland, Ohio 1
Death: 1938 2

Marriage 1 Alonzo Fortney Walter b: 26 DEC 1866 in Evansville, West Virginia
Children
Henry Wesley Walter b: 2 MAR 1894
Lloyd Trowbridge Walter b: 17 JUL 1896
John Henry Walter b: 2 JAN 1903
Elizabeth Ann Walter b: 3 OCT 1914

1. 105. Carol Bernice TROWBRIDGE   b. 5 Jul 1901, Painesville, Lake, Ohio; d. 17 May 1932, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 106. Dorothy TROWBRIDGE  

RESIDENCES:
1900 - Living with or next door to his parents at the time of the 1900 Census.
1910 - Broadview Rd. living with his father-in-law, James Brainard.
1930 - 4015 Henritze Ave.

OBIT: Name: Foster, Clarence
Date: Mar 13 1930
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: Foster: Clarence, beloved, husband of Clara (nee Brainard), son of Electa Foster, brother of Royce, Wednesday, March 12, 1930, age 61 years, late residence, 4015 Henritze Avenue. Remains at G. H. Busch & Sons' Funeral Home, 4334 Pearl Road, where services will be held Saturday, March 15, at 3 p. m. 1869 - 1930. Brooklyn Hts. Cemetery Brooklyn Hts., Ohio

RESIDENCES: 1910 - Pearl Rd., Brooklyn Township (is mother, Electa, is living with him)

1. 107. Winnona HAUG  

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.

BURIAL:
Just west of D.S. Brainard monument at Riverside Cemetery immediately north of his sister Eleanor H. and parents.

OBIT:
Name: Brainard, Raymond R.
Date: Jan 26 1961
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #095.
Notes: Son of the late George and Elizabeth; brother of Mrs. Mera L. Mitchell, Mrs. Orrell O. Claus Mrs. Rosabelle V. Braun, Bentamin H., Mrs. Lorena ? and the ? Eleanore, passed away Monday, Jan. 23, Late residence, 4314 W. 32d St. Friends may call at the G. H. Busch & Son Funeral Home, 4334 Pearl Rd., where services will be held Thursday, Jan. 26, at 3 p. m.

MILITARY:
Name: Raymond R. Brainard
Serial Number: 2429486
Race: W
Residence: 2307 Broadview Reserve Division, Cleveland, O.
Enlistment Division: National Army
Enlistment Location: Cleveland, O.
Enlistment Date: 01 Apr 1918
Birth Place: Cleveland, O.
Birth Date / Age: 29 10/12 Years
Assigns Comment: 158 Depot Brigade to 22 Apr 1918; Co F 330 Infantry to 25 July 1918; Co A Postal Express Service to Discharge Private, first class 1 March 1919; Corporal 15 July 1919; Sergeant 18 Aug 1919. American Expeditionary Forces 12 June 1918 to 29 Oct 1919. Honorable discharge 3 Nov 1919.
Volume #: 2

BURIAL: Just west of D.S. Brainard monument at Riverside Cemetery immediately north of her parents, Elizabeth and George N.

OBIT: Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH)
January 27, 1992
Column: OBITUARIES
BENJAMIN BRAINARD, 93, EXECUTIVE OF CLEVELAND TRUST
Edition: FINAL / ALL
Index Terms:
Estimated printed pages: 1
Article Text:
There will probably be plenty of mums today at Benjamin H. Brainard's funeral.
But don't expect them to be quite as pretty as the ones he and his wife, Anna Marie, used to grow.
The Brainards won many trophies from the national, state and local mum associations in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They later helped to judge the associations' contests.
Their hobby bloomed after Mr. Brainard retired from Cleveland Trust Co., his employer for 48 years. He was vice president of real estate loans.
Mr. Brainard died Friday at East Park Care Center, Brook Park, of heart failure. He was 93.
Mr. Brainard's ancestors came to Greater Cleveland nearly 200 years ago. They gave their name to Brainard Rd. on the East Side and much of their land to the public. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo occupies some of the Brainards' parcels.
Mr. Brainard was born in Brooklyn and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1917. He spent a year at ?hio State University, then joined the Marines during World War I.
"He landed in France the day before the war ended," said his stepson, James A. Gibbs.
While working at the bank, he got a degree at night from John Marshall Law School.
Mr. Brainard is survived by his wife of 64 years, the former Anna Marie Nagy, of Brook Park; a son, John H. of Parker, Colo.; his stepson, of Mentor; a sister, Lorena Gumm of Phoenix; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Busch funeral home, 4334 Pearl Rd.


OCCUPATION: Banker (real estate loans)

MILITARY:
Name: Benjamin Horace Brainard
Serial Number: No Serial Number
Race: W
Residence: Cleveland, O.
Enlistment Division: United States Marine Corps
Enlistment Location: Cleveland, O.
Enlistment Date: 14 Apr 1918
Birth Place: Cleveland, O.
Birth Date / Age: 13 Jan 1899
Assigns Comment: Parris Island Summary Court; Washington DC 5 June 1918; Overseas Depot Quantico Va 15 Oct 1918; Co B Machine Gun Battalion 5 Brigade France 10 Nov 1918; Hampton Roads Va 8 Aug 1919. American Expeditionary Forces 5 Nov 1918 to 30 July 1919. Discharge 13 Aug 1919. Character excellent File no 111840.
Volume #: 22

1. 108. John H. BRAINARD  

RESIDENCES: 1992 - Phoenix, Arizona

MARRIAGE: BRAINARD, ROZZIE L and PERSONS, ORRIS A vol.0062 pg.0350 (Cuyahoga County Marriage Index)

1. 109. Ingham PEARSON  
2. 110. Frances PEARSON  

1. 111. Clyde INGHAM  
2. 112. Lucy INGHAM