John Calder Brennan

John Calder Brennan (November 19 1908 – February 6 1996), a Laurel, Maryland historian, retired as a personnel specialist for the Federal Reserve. Brennan wrote a column on history and etymology for the "Laurel Leader" newspaper in the 1960s and 1970s. [Search results at [http://www.highbeam.com HighBeam Research Inc.] , resulting in preview text from a February 11 1996 "Washington Post" obituary article. "Retrieved November 27 2006".] Also among Brennan's works is "The Three Versions of the Testimony in the 1865 Conspiracy Trial", published in 1983 and cited in the book "Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln". [Edward Steers, Jr. "Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln". University Press of Kentucky. 2001. ISBN 0813122171. 344 pages. Notes to Pages 212-220. page 325.] The Laurel Museum's research library is named after Brennan, [ [http://www.laurelhistory.org/museum.html Laurel Museum] , Laurel Historical Society. "URL retrieved December 17, 2006".] whose works are among its major holdings. [University System of Maryland. University Libraries. [http://www.lib.umd.edu/Guests/DCARCHres/directory_g-l.html#LAUREL Research Materials for Architecture and the Built Environment Located in Metropolitan Washington, D.C.] . Laurel Museum. "Retrieved March 16 2007".] A World War II veteran who served as a Major in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Brennan is interred at St. Lawrence Cemetery in Sumter County, South Carolina. [ [http://www.rootsweb.com/~scsumter/cemeteries/stlawrence.html St. Lawrence Cemetery Survey] . St. Lawrence Cemetery, Sumter County, SC. "Retrieved November 27 2006".]

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