Brainard was a mechanic, carpenter and a ship builder
 

Brainard Cullen and his grandson -about 1939-

Brainard Cullen and his car Emblem "Apalachicola" across front of car

On Brainard's and Ora Bertha's application for marriage license, dated Oct. 13, 1911, Mobile County, Alabama, it shows that he is 29 years old(? - 34 years?), 6 ft. 2 in. tall, weighs 147 lbs, native of Florida, residence in Apalachicola, FL and occupation of mechanic.

-Brainard married four times:

(Brainard's lst marriage Dec. 11, 1897 in Apalachicola, FL to Gertrude Falconi)

(3rd marriage to Minnie Gay)

(4th marriage to Eura Lee ??)
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Ora Bertha Houseman.........(daughter of Asbury B. Houseman and Mary Williams Collinsworth)

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**The Houseman Family continues on another page:  "Houseman Family - 3 Generations"

On Ora Bertha's and Brainard's application for a marriage license, it shows that she was a widow with the last name of 'Caballew' and this marriage to Brainard would be her third marriage.  Shows her age as 20, 5 ft. 3 in. tall, 145 lbs, a native of Florida, residence in Mobile, Alabama and of Baptist religious belief.

She was a seamtress and a homemaker and Episcopalian by faith.

John K. Dempster - Information obtained from an undated newspaper obituary clipping found in a metal box, among Ora Jeraldine Cullen Rhea's belongings, in 2002 :

     Funeral services for John K. Dempster, 86, a retired employee of the City of Mobile, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Roche's Downtown Chapel. He died yesterday at a local hospital.
     Dempster retired in 1962 as City Hall custodian after a long career of municipal service.  He saw service as a policeman and as a fireman prior to becoming a City Hall custodian.
     Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Inez McKinney, Rockford, Ill.; two stepdaughters, Mrs. S. B. Mayson, Mobile, and Mrs. L. W. Browning, Van Nuys, Calif.; three stepsons, Joe Phillips, Frank Phillips, and William Phillips, all of Mobile.

Ora and Mr. Dempster had one daughter:

(I)--Lillian Inez Dempster - m. Joseph Edward McKinney

(I)--**Ora Jeraldine Cullen - (Dec. 5, 1912 - Nov. 19, 1993) m. Lysle Edward Rhea, son of Josiah Edward Rhea and Nancy Virginia Jackson

(II)---Mildred 'Mick' Edwina Purdue Cullen - (Aug. 2, 1915 - Feb. 21, 1999) m. Newton F. Ware, son of Capt. Curtis and Pearl Ware

(III)--Bernice 'Bunny' Fuller Cullen - m. Charles Sydney Langford, son of George Franklin Pierce Langford and Susan Osie Ritchey

(IV)--James Brainard Cullen - (born Dec. 31, 1922 in Apalachicola, FL; died Feb. 7, 1923 at 4:30 am, age 6 weeks, in Apalachicola, Franklin Co., FL) noted in Trinity Church Burial records, page 126, by George E. Benedict, Rector: "James Brainard Cullen - Born - Dec. 31, 1922 - Died Feb___1923.  Buried Feb-___1923.  Magnolia."

Jeraldine Cullen -5 months old-

Mildred and Jeraldine -About 1915-

Mildred - Bernice - Jeraldine -1918-

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Born Oct. 2, 1890 in Apalachicola, Franklin Co., FL
Died Jan. 19, 1971 in Panama City, Bay Co., FL
Buried in Apalachicola, Franklin Co.,  in ?Chestnut Street Cemetery

She was a homemaker

Pearl married April 28, 1911 in Apalachicola, FL:

William 'Willie' Joseph Switzer
Born April 8, 1891 in Apalachicola, Franklin Co., FL
Died May 25, 1959
Buried in Apalachicola, Franklin Co., FL

Pearl and Willie had one adopted son and two sons that died as babies.  These births and deaths are recorded in the Family Bible:

(I)--Joseph Eugene Switzer - (March 29, 1916 - March 31, 1916) - Apalachicola, Franklin Co., FL

(II)--****George Joseph 'Joe' Switzer - Adopted - (Dec. 30, 1916 - Nov. 20, 1987) m. Cora B. Barfield

(III)--Vincent Augustus Switzer - (June 28, 1920 - July 4, 1920) -  'age six days' as entered in the Family Bible, Apalachicola,Franklin Co., FL
 

****This family continued on Cullen/Switzer Family Page