Dr. John Joseph Brosnan, a practicing dentist of Wallingford, whose ability in his profession is the direct outcome of thorough preparation, close study and long experience, was born in Wallingford, January 31, 1884. His father, John Brosnan, is a native of Ireland and came to America with his parents, John and Ellen Brosnan, when but four months old. the family home being established in Springfield, Massachusetts, where John Brosnan, Jr. remained until fourteen years of age. He then came to Wallingford and entered the employ of the Simpson, Hall & Miller Company, with which he has been identified for the past forty-six years, being the oldest employe of that company. He wedded Mary Ann Curran. a daughter of James Curran. of Wallingford, and her death occurred in 1899. In their family were two children who survive: John J. of this review; and William T., who is engaged in the insurance business in Wallingford.

John Joseph Brosnan pursued his education in the public schools of Wallingford and afterward entered the University of Pennsylvania for the purpose of preparing for the practice of dentistry. He won his professional degree there in 1906. He also pursued a special course in oral surgery in the Philadelphia Hospital under Dr. M. H. Cryer and by broad reading he has kept in close touch with the onward march of the profession. Since his graduation he has continuously practiced in Wallingford and has been accorded a liberal patronage, he is an expert operator, displaying marked mechanical skill and ingenuity, and combining these with a thorough understanding of the scientific principles which underlie dental surgery, his work is highly satisfactory. In addition to his practice he is a director of the Wallingford Trust Company.

On the 30th of October, 1912, Dr. Brosnan was married in Cohoes, New York, to Miss Katherine V. Burke, a daughter of Thomas J. Burke of that place, and they have two children: Katherine, born August 5, 1913: and John, born April 14, 1917.

The family residence is at No. 397 North Main street in Wallingford, while Dr. Brosnan has his office at 235 Center street. He and his wife are communicants of Holy Trinity church, of which he is one of the trustees. He also has membership with the Knights of Columbus. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party but he has no time nor desire for political office, serves, however as a member of the board of education and contributing in this connection toward bettering school facilities and standards in his community. He belongs to the Wallingford Club and to the chamber of commerce and is in hearty sympathy with all of the plans and efforts of the latter organization to advance the welfare of the city, to upbuild its trade relations and to uphold its civic standards.