Sacramento County Biographies

G. BRAINARD

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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	lives eight miles from Sacramento; owns forty-five acres; was born 
in Ohio in 1827, and lived there until 1840; he then moved to Illinois, and 
remained until 1849; in that year he removed to Indiana; subsequently he 
traveled over the Western States until 1861, engaged as a photographer and 
dentist. He served in the army from 1861 to 1863; then, returning to Illinois, 
he lived in Chicago until 1870, when he came to California, and settled in this 
county; he owns and keeps the pretty wayside home, known as �The Union House;� 
he has a fine public-hall over his dining-room, size fifty by twenty-five feet; 
the floor is made to spring; the first entertainment held in it was a party on 
July 4, 1874. Mr. Brainard was married in 1851 to Sarah Elam, a native of 
Indiana; they have one child a daughter. His land and improvements are worth 
about five thousand dollars. He holds the offices of School Director and 
Postmaster. 

Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.