OBIT: William H. H. BRAINARD, 1880, formerly of Blair County, PA

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CITY AND COUNTRY.
Things Briefly Told.

  William H. H. Brainard, formerly of the Tyrone Herald, but latterly 
connected with the Deadwood Pioneer, died on Sunday night of 
inflammation of the bowels.  He was a brilliant and spicy writer.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, December 15, 1880

The Late W. H. H. Brainard.

  William H. H. Brainard, whose death and the cause was briefly noted 
in yesterday's TRIBUNE, was well known to many of the citizens of Blair 
county by reason of his editorial connection with the Tyrone Herald 
some eight years ago.  After leaving this county he drifted west, and 
for four years was the city editor of the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.  He 
was also Chief of the Fire Department of that city.  Recently he was 
the editor of the Sidney, Neb., Telegraph and the Custer City 
Chronicle; was a postmaster, a Mason; served four years in the army, 
and was mustered out as Lieutenant Colonel of the One Hundred and 
Thirty-seventh New York State Volunteers.  He was also formerly a field 
correspondent of the New York Herald, and his last newspaper connection 
was as an editorial writer for the Daily Pioneer of Deadwood, Dakota 
territory, where he died.  He was about 40 years old, and was born in 
Binghamton, New York.  It is not known where his relations are.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, December 16, 1880

1870 Bellefonte South Ward, Centre County census -
William H. Brainard, 29, Editor & Publisher, b. New York