John Calder Brennan

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A member of the class of 1930 at The Citadel, where he majored in English and History,[2] Brennan retired as a personnel specialist for the Federal Reserve.[3] He was a Laurel resident for more than 50 years[4] and wrote a column on history and etymology for the Laurel Leader newspaper in the 1960s and 1970s.[3] Considered a Booth scholar, Brennan wrote the article "John Wilkes Booth's Enigmatic Brother Joseph", published in the Spring 1983 issue of Maryland Historical Magazine.[5] 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.[6] The Laurel Museum's research library is named after Brennan,[4] whose works are among its major holdings.[7] 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.[8]

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