Brainard died in 1898. He was buried at Sweetwater Cemetery in Sweetwater, Texas.[20]
Fact: Residence (1860) Oktibbeha, Mississippi, United States
Fact: Residence (1870) Mississippi, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Precinct 4, Gonzales, Texas, United States
Fact: Burial (11 July 1898) Sweetwater Cemetery, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
Fact: Shot and killed by a transient sheepherder
Fact: LifeSketch (<unknown>) Ref: Ultimate Museum Musings by Travis Monday. Brainard was shot and killed in 1898 when he told a transient sheepherder to move his sheep off the Bardwell ranch land .
↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-PDYM : 23 February 2021), Brainard Bardwell and Ada Fly, 25 Feb 1875; citing Marriage, citing Gonzales, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,310,953.
↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-PDYS : 23 February 2021), B Bardwell and Ada Fly, 25 Feb 1875; citing Marriage, citing Gonzales, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,310,953.
↑ "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8Y-HGQ2 : 10 March 2021), Brainard Bardwell and Ada Fly, 25 Feb 1875; citing Gonzales, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,310,953.
↑ 6.06.16.2 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFND-X16 : 15 January 2022), Brainard Bardwell, Justice Precinct 4, Gonzales, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 71, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K7K-4L64 : 10 February 2023), Brainard Bardwell and Ada Fly in entry for Zoe M Cook, .
↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K36J-XFN : 20 February 2021), Brainard Bardwell and Ada Fly in entry for Ada Ethelene Witt, 15 Mar 1971; citing certificate number 20328, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,223,121.
↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K7V-DW3W : 10 February 2023), Brainard Bardwell and Ada Fly in entry for Nannie E Witt, .
↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K7V-81SV : 10 February 2023), Brainard Bardwell and Mary A Fly in entry for Nettie Bardwell Baird, .
↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K7X-HSG7 : 10 February 2023), Brainard Bardwell and Mary A Fly in entry for Nettie Bardwell Baird, .
↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K7K-CM6J : 10 February 2023), Brainard Bardwell and Mary A Fly in entry for Gertrude Bardwell Withers, .
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