Sylvester Essey BRAINARD

                   Evergreen Cem., New Haven, New Haven, CT
Source:The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America 1649-1908 by
Lucy Abigail Brainard. Pp. 409-410; He enlisted in the Civil War, in
Saybrook,Conn., in Co. I. 21st Regt., Aug.11,1862, and was mus. in Sep. 5,1862,
as a private, promoted Corporal Nov. 23,1862; Sergeant July 1,1863; reduced to
ranks (sick) Jan. 25,1864; transferred to 159th Co., 2d Batl, V.R.C., Feb. 17,
1864; discharged July 5,1865. He received a pension in 1871. He was a builder
and contractor in New Haven,Conn.
Source: Death Certificate received 6/4/1990,Death was at daughter's (Elizabeth
Brainard) home in Orange, his residence was West Haven,Ct. Father's name
Deanthain Brainard, Mother's name Sarah M. Dickerson;
Marriage:Killingworth Vital Records, Vol. 3, pg. 415, (p. 226);
(SL-Ct,Klwth006-1);
Occ:Ship Carpenter;