Biography - Jeptha Brainard
JEPTHA BRAINARD. He is the son of Jeptha and Catherine (Comstock) Brainard, the former of Connecticut, the latter of Massachusetts. He was born in western Oneida County, NY, on 17 March 1822, and came to Ontario Twp., this county where he now lives, in 1860. He was educated in common schools and at the Liberal Institute, New York. He was raised as a farmer and has continued that occupation ever since. Post Office, Oneida.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman
