William Howard Brett

• Birth: 1846, Warren, Trumbull Co, OH
• Death: 1918, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH

• Marriage: 1879

1. Morgan Lewis Brett
2. Allen Vandenburg Brett
3. George Howard Brett
4. Edith Allen Brett
5. William Howard Brett

                       _Joshua Howard Brett _
 _Morgan Lewis Brett _|
|                     |_Rebecca Foote _______
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|--William Howard Brett 
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|                      ______________________
|_Jane Brokaw ________|
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Notes

Enlisted man OVI regiments 1863-65. Captured in skirmish with Gen. Morgan's forces at Cynthiana, KY 1864. Prisoner of War. Later exchanged. Served Shenandoah Valley as mounted orderly at a Brigade Hq winter of 1864-5. Attended Hudson College (now Western Reserve Unv.) and Unv. of Mich. Librarian, Cleveland Public Library 1885-1918. President ALA 1897. Organized and was first Dean of LIbrary School W.R.U. Cleveland.