A mute from infancy.

In 1880, living with a step-father, James C.............. (name unreadable on census) Looks like Canous. step-father's children were Ebbie E. (age 11) and Dialia B. (age 9). Children born in Ohio, James born in Ireland.

OBIT: Name: Brainard, Bolles A.
Date: April 16, 1918
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #009.
Notes: Brainard-Bolles A., at 4:30 a. m., of pneumonia. Funeral Wed., 2 p. m., at the home of his niece, Mrs. R. H. Grothe, 3811 W. 34th st. Friends invited. 1860 - 1918. Dennison Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.