Background
Brearley, William Henry was born on July 18, 1846 in Plymouth, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph Brearley.
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William Henry Brearley
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Education
Educated Normal School, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Career
Served in Civil War, 17th Michigan volunteer infantry, 1862-1865. Advertising manager Detroit Tribune, 1870-1873, Detroit News, 1873-1887. Property Detroit Journal, 1887-1892.
Correspondent secretary New York City Baptist Mission Society, 1899-1901.
Founded Detroit Museum of Art, 1883. Detroit Chamber Commerce, 1892.
Author: Recollections of the East Tennessee Campaign. Wanted, A Copyist; Leading Events of the American Revolution.
King Washington (with Adelaide Skeel of Newburgh, New York Home: New York, New New York
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Membership
Served in Civil War, 17th Michigan volunteer infantry, 1862-1865. Advertising manager Detroit Tribune, 1870-1873, Detroit News, 1873-1887.
Connections
Married Lina De Land, August 27, 1868.
