Biography - Henry Bruner
1878 Biography
HENRY BRUNER, was born in Breckenridge county, Ky., Dec. 12, 1812; his parents were Henry and Eves (Frymire) Bruner, of Kentucky. He only attended school a few weeks, in a log house without a floor; moved to Warren county at a very early date, where he lived for some years; filled the office of Road Commissioner there; came to Galesburg in 1856; he was married Jan. 8, 1833; he has ten children, seven of whom are living. He has been a member of the Christian Church since 1840, is now a Deacon in the congregation at Galesburg. Mr. Bruner has been a hardworking man and very successful in life. When he arrived in Warren county he had but 75 cents.
Contributed by Todd Walter, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman
1899 Biography
HENRY BRUNER; Retired Farmer; Galesburg; born in 1812, in Breckenridge County, Kentucky. He came to Warren County in 1835, to a farm nine miles west of Galesburg. He was married to Matilda Claycomb [the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index lists a Peter Bruner marrying a Sally Claycomb in Warren County on September 20, 1838], who died in 1867. Their children attained maturity. Francis M., Melissa A., Adeline, Sarah, John M., Clarinda, and Julia. Francis M. graduated from Knox College in 1857; he was President of Oskaloosa College, Iowa, from 1870 to 1876; President of Abingdon College, Illinois, from 1877 to 1885; and Professor of Sacred Literature and Exegesis in Eureka College, Illinois, from 1885 to 1887. John M. served in the Civil War; he graduated from Knox College in 1869, and studied medicine in Berlin and Halle, Germany, and in New York. He died April 23, 1890. Mr. Henry Bruner came to Galesburg in 1855. His second marriage was with Mrs. Anna Clark [the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index lists a Henry Clark marrying a Anna A. Clark in Knox County on January 25, 1877]. He is a member of the Christian Church.
Contributed by Todd Walter, extracted from the 1899 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and Knox County, Munsell Publishing Company.
