Background
Brainerd was born on November 27, 1845 in Haddam Neck, Connecticut.
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Brainerd was born on November 27, 1845 in Haddam Neck, Connecticut.
He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, from which he graduated in 1865.
While at R.P.I., he, along with seven other men, founded the Theta Xi fraternity. As a civil engineer, Brainerd worked for the then-City of Brooklyn in the position of Deputy Water Purveyor — a position he held for 17 years (1869 to 1886). During this time, Brainerd published the 48-page book, The Water of Brooklyn (1873).
He died in 1887.