− | Emma Frances Brainerd, born May 14, 1845, in Brooklyn Village, [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio]]. A Daughter of Sherman Loren {{Surname|Brainerd}}, who came to [[Ohio]] in 1814, was a carpenter, cabinet maker, gunsmith and farmer in [[Brooklyn Village, Ohio]]. He married Louisa {{Surname|Calkins}} on Feb. 22, 1837 and had 7 daughters and one son that died in infancy. Louisa (Calkins) Brainerd died on Sep. 30, 1882; Sherman L. Brainerd died on Nov. 28, 1887 at 74yrs 3m 14days. | + | Emma Frances Brainerd, born May 14, 1845, in Brooklyn Village, [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio]]. A Daughter of Sherman Loren Brainerd, who came to [[Ohio]] in 1814, was a carpenter, cabinet maker, gunsmith and farmer in [[Brooklyn Village, Ohio]]. He married Louisa Calkins on Feb. 22, 1837 and had 7 daughters and one son that died in infancy. Louisa (Calkins) Brainerd died on Sep. 30, 1882; Sherman L. Brainerd died on Nov. 28, 1887 at 74yrs 3m 14days. |
| Their daughter, Emma F. Brainerd, was a retoucher of photographs, in [[Wooster, Ohio]]. She took over [[William H. Harry|William H. Harry's]] Public Square gallery in Wooster, in 1882. She remained in Wooster until at least 1884, but was in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] by 1891 as she is listed as an "artist" in the directory of that year. She never married and died in Cleveland, Ohio on October 4, 1924. | | Their daughter, Emma F. Brainerd, was a retoucher of photographs, in [[Wooster, Ohio]]. She took over [[William H. Harry|William H. Harry's]] Public Square gallery in Wooster, in 1882. She remained in Wooster until at least 1884, but was in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] by 1891 as she is listed as an "artist" in the directory of that year. She never married and died in Cleveland, Ohio on October 4, 1924. |