City: Memphis
BRENNAN, Henry Williams, contracting engineer; born Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 25, 1870; son of Thomas M. and Anna S. (Plunket) BRENNAN; father’s occupation, machinery manufacturer, made cannon and shot used by Confederate armies, also made 1st twelve locomotives operated on N.C. & St. L. Ry.; educated Nashville, Brennan’s Military Academy; began career as a civil engineer and later entered railroad construction in Tenn. and Ala., together with iron ore and phosphate mining; moved to Memphis, Tenn., in 1906; married Mary Frances DAY, June 8, 1908; member Tennessee Club, Country Club and Business Men’s Club; member of State Highway Commission, 1909-1911, secretary Memphis Bureau of Publicity and Development; member of Catholic church.
